Stroke Fellowship – Neurology
Accredited Registrar 1-4(Dependent on level of experience)
Canberra Hospital and Health Services
Temporary Full Time 5/02/2018 to 3/02/2019
Applications are invited for the Stroke Fellowship at Canberra Hospital and Health Services.
Position ID 016U2 Applications open: 17 July 2017
About us:
Canberra Hospital & Health Services provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community-based health services to the ACT and surrounding region. The key strategic priority for acute services is to deliver timely access to effective and safe hospital care services. The hospital delivers a full range of medical, surgical and obstetric services, including complex procedures in areas such as cardiac surgery, neurosurgery and neonatal intensive care. The position will rotate with Calvary Hospital which is run by the Little Company of Mary; their vision as a Catholic Health, Community and Aged Care provider, is to excel, and be recognised, as a continuing source of healing, hope and nurturing to the people and communities they serve.Their Services include public and private hospital care, acute and sub-acute care, community care and
retirement and aged care services, in both rural and metropolitan areas.
ACT Health is a partner in teaching with the Australian National University, the University of Canberra and the Australian Catholic University.
Overview of the position:
The stroke fellow will spend 6 months at each hospital and will gain extensive experience in management of stroke and, in particular, in patient assessment and selection for acute therapy. By the end of the year, the fellow will be confident to manage stroke thrombolysis and select patients for endovascular clot retrieval. The registrar will obtain exposure and training in advanced imaging for acute stroke and will become confident in the interpretation of multimodal CT (CTA and CTP) and MRI (including MR perfusion). The fellow will also run a rapid-access referral TIA clinic, a stroke follow-up clinic, and a general neurology clinic at each hospital. There are ample opportunities for research and it is expected that the fellow will each complete a novel research project in stroke which will be presented at national and international conferences and also have scope for publication in peer-reviewed journals. The fellow will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the acute stroke unit and the acute thrombolyis team at each hospital (with support from the consultants) and will gain extensive experience in post-acute stroke management, including secondary stroke prevention and rehabilitation. The fellow will also participate in the on-call stroke rosterat each hospital. The positions will be accredited for 1 year of elective/non-core neurology training.
Qualifications:
Full Registration as a medical practitioner with AHPRA. Successful completion of the FRACP part 1 and part 2 examinations and in the final years of advanced training for the fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) with the intention to obtain sub-speciality qualifications in stroke and/or neurology.
For further information please contact
Prof Christian Lueck, Clinical Director,Dr. Yash Gawarikar
Department of NeurologyDirector – Medical Officers, Stroke Service
The Canberra HospitalCalvary Hospital
Tel: +61 2 6244 7090Tel: +61 2 6264 7202
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