2018 SURGICAL SKILLS TRAINING NETWORKS

Recruitment Information

Application for employment into a networked Surgery Skills position in 201 8

Recruitment for the 2018 clinical year will be advertised in accordance with the NSW Health policy

directive “Recruitment and Selection of Staff of the NSW Health Service – Additional Standards for

Junior Medical Officer Annual Recruitment Campaign”. The recruitment process will comply with the

NSW Health policies for recruitment in the public sector and the principles of equal employment

opportunity.

This document relates to the application process for doctors:

1. Who will be PGY3+ in 2018, 2. Who have an interest in a career in surgery, or are basic surgical trainees, and, 3. Are not on a SET program in 2018.

All doctors who meet these criteria and wish to apply for generalist surgical training positions must follow the application process outlined below.

Please note: While some of the networks recruiting to non-SET positions have chosen to advertise ‘unaccredited’ surgical trainee positions under the banner of their network, the majority of ‘unaccredited’ surgical trainee positions should also refer to the separately listed job positions contained in the JMO Jobs List on the Health Jobs website.

APPLICATION PROCESS

Doctors who will be PGY3+ in 2018 and wish to apply for generalist surgical trainee positions will apply to the Surgical Skills networks. Each network will advertise generalist surgical trainee positions and, as noted above, may advertise ‘ unaccredited’ trainee positions. These positions are accessed through the NSW JMO recruitment website:

http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/jobs/recruitment/jmo.asp

Doctors with an interest in applying to more than one network will need to apply to each of the networks separately. All applications must be lodged online. Culling and interviewing requires considerable network resources. Therefore, it is requested that doctors only apply to networks in which they are genuinely considering working.

Each network will review applications independently, and contact those doctors judged to be suitable for an interview.

JOB SHARING

The networks are committed to promoting and supporting job share opportunities.

INTERVIEWS

For further information on annual recruitment, please refer to the NSW Health policy directive “Recruitment and Selection of Staff of the NSW Health Service – Additional Standards for Junior Medical Officer Annual Recruitment Campaign”.

For all but the Hunter New England network, interviews will be held at Cliftons, L13, 60 Margaret Street, Sydney, from Tuesday 29 August 2017 – Thursday 31 August 2017 inclusive. The Hunter New England network will be interviewing in Newcastle.

What do I need to bring to interview?

100points of ID- Originals plus 1 photocopy (only one photocopy per applicant is required, not one per interview)

Evidence of ability to work in Australia: If 100point ID documents do not include an Australian or New Zealand passport or an Australian birth or citizenship certificate, an appropriate visa or work permit allowing the person to work in Australia must be sighted eg copy of your VEVO.

Working with Children Number or Application Form

Criminal Record Check Form

SELECTION

The NRMP matching algorithm will be used to match applicants with employing networks for the 2018 clinical year. Applicants will be asked to upload their preferences into the e - recruitment system during the application process. The networks will NOT be privy to the preference ranking applicants provide.

At the end of the interview process, and after completing reference checks, the six networks will lodge their preferred eligibility list on the e -recruitment system. The preference matching will take place automatically to place JMOs with employing networks. For more information on the NRMP matching alg orithm, please see:

http://www.nrmp.org/match-process/match-algorithm/

Following the preference matching process, the networks will be sent a revised eligibility list. The networks will then make offers of employment via email through the e -recruitment system. Applicants will receive NO verbal offers. Please note successful applicants will receive only one offer for the Surgical Skills Program.

NSW NETWORKS

New network arrangements for basic surgical training in NSW were implemented in January 2006 with the establishment of six training networks that covered the state and included metropolitan and rural sites. With the introduction of the Surgical Education a nd Training (SET) program by the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons from 2008, the focus of the NSW basic surgical training networks has broadened to meet the needs of all JMOs seeking to join a SET program.

For more information, please refer to the Health Education and Training Institute (HETI) website at: http://www.heti.nsw.gov.au/programs/surgical -skills/

The table below provides details on each of the Surgical Skills training netw orks. Detailed information on each of the networks is available elsewhere on the NSW JMO recruitment website: https://nswjmo.erecruit.com.au/jobvac.asp

Surgical Skills Network Contact List 2017

Surgical Skills Training Networks Network Hospitals

Eastern and Greater Southern Surgical Skills Training Network – St Vincent’s Director: Vacant – currently recruiting St Vincent’s Education Support Officer: Vacant – currently recruiting Griffith Contact Ms Carolyn Marsh Wagga Wagga Email: carolyn.marsh@svha.org.au Phone: 02 8382 2993

Eastern and Greater Southern Surgical Skills Training Network – Prince of Wales Director: Dr Mark Muhlmann Prince of Wales Medical Workforce Officer Kate Liston Albury Email: Kate.liston@health.nsw.gov.au The Sydney Children's Phone: 93828231 Sydney/Sydney Eye

Trainees may be required to rotate to Prince of Wales Private, Albury, Dubbo and Tamworth for relief

Hunter New England Surgical Skills Training Network Director: Dr Stephen Smith John Hunter and The

John Hunter Children’s Hospital

Education Support Officer: Ms Belinda Tuynman Armidale

Email: belinda.tuynman@hnehealth.nsw.gov.au Belmont

Phone: 02 4985 5568 Calvary Mater Newcastle

Maitland

Manning Base (Taree)

Royal Newcastle Centre

Tamworth

Trainees may be required to rotate to Coffs Harbour

Northern Surgical Skills Training Network Director: Dr Johnny Kwei Royal North Shore

Education Support Officer: Ms Catherine King Gosford

Email: catherine.king2@health.nsw.gov.au Hornsby-Ku-Ring-Gai

Phone: 02 9463 1281 Ryde

Mona Vale

Wyong

Trainees may be required to rotate to North Shore Private and Lismore for relief

Southern Surgical Skills Training Network

Director: Dr Melanie Webb St George

Education Support Officer: Ms Corinne Hayes Shoalhaven (Nowra)

Email: Corinne.Hayes@health.nsw.gov.au Sutherland

Wollongong

Phone: 02 9113 2001 Shellharbour

Surgical Skills Network Contact List 2017

Sydney South West Surgical Skills Training Network – Royal Prince Alfred Director: Dr Carolyn Jameson Royal Prince Alfred

Education Support Officer: Ms Fleur Dechaineux Alice Springs

Email: fleur.dechaineux@sswahs.nsw.gov.au Campbelltown

Phone: 02 9515 8046 Concord

Fairfield

The Children's Hospital Westmead

Sydney South West Surgical Skills Training Network - Liverpool Director: Dr Scott MacKenzie Liverpool

Education Support Officer: Ms Fleur Dechaineux

Email: fleur.dechaineux@sswahs.nsw.gov.au

Phone: 02 9515 8046

Sydney West Surgical Skills Training Network - Westmead

Director: Dr Lawrence Yuen Auburn

Education Support Officer: Ms Linda Bell Nepean

Email: Linda.bell@health.nsw.gov.au The Children's Hospital Westmead

Phone: 02 9845 7503 Blacktown

Mount Druitt

Westmead

Orange

Broken Hill

Those networks without a tertiary paediatric rotation will be able to negotiate with The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, The Sydney Children’s Hospital and/or John Hunter Children’s Hospital through the relevant network management committee to access paediatric terms if required.

INTERVIEWEE’S CHECKLIST: PREPARATION FOR YOUR INTERVIEW WITH THE SURGICAL SKILLS NETWORKS

To ensure that you are ready and relaxed in advance of your interview(s) with the Surgical Skills network(s), please run through the following checklists.

Before coming for an interview:

I have read all the relevant information relating to interviewing for Junior Medical Officer recruitment at http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/jobs/recruitment/jmo.asp and clicked on the relevant links.

If attending the interview(s) in person I will bring the following to register at the HETI Registration desk:

Completed 100point ID form, original copies of all identification used plus 1 photocopy (only one photocopy per applicant is required, not one per interview).

Evidence of ability to work in Australia (If 100point ID documents do not include an Australian or New Zealand passport or an Australian birth or citizenship certificate, an appropriate visa or work permit allowing the person to work in Australia must be sighted eg copy of your VEVO).

Working with Children Number or Application Number.

Completed Criminal Record Check Form.

When I get to Cliftons, Level 13, 60 Margaret Street, Sydney:

I will ensure I register at the HETI registration desk. Failure to do so will result in you not being interviewed.

If attending the interview(s) via teleconference:

I have arranged to have access to a phone (if mobile, fully charged) in a quiet environment.

If I receive an offer:

Please note successful applicants will receive ONLY ONE offer for the Surgical Skills networks. Applicants that accept a position at a Surgical Skills network will not receive further offers from other Surgical Skills networks.

I will accept or decline an offer from the Surgical Skills networks within 48 hours of it being sent.

Networks will decline offers after 48 hours on behalf of non -responsive applicants.

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100 Point Identification Checklist Appendix 8

Working with Children Clearance Number/Application Number________________________

Instructions

(a) The 100 point identification check must be completed and checked against the applicant’s completed NSW Health National Criminal Record Check Consent Form prior to lodgement of a National Criminal Record Check (or National Criminal Record Check for Aged Care purposes). *

(b) Employers are required to sight original identifying documents (scanned or photocopied certified copies are not acceptable), as listed on page 2, and ensure that an appropriately delegated officer checks the details and completes the record of identifying documents below. There is no requirement to retain copies of the identifying documents.

(c) Identification must be current and must include at least one type of photographic ID and identification that contains a signature and date of birth. Passport and/or Driver’s License are preferred.

(d) The point score of documents produced must total at least 100 points (refer to page 2).

(e) The applicant must provide evidence of ability to work in Australia: If their documents do not include an Australian or New Zealand passport or an Australian birth or citizenship certificate, an appropriate visa or work permit allowing the person to work in Australia must be sighted.

Applicant’s Full Name: ______________________________________________________

Mandatory record of identifying documents sighted:

Description of document

Full name on document Date issued

Place/ Office of issue/ issuing organisation

Expiry date

Checked Against Consent Form *

Points

Mandatory record of document sighted that confirm person’s ability to work in Australia

Total points

I have checked the details provided above against the applicant’s National Criminal Record Check consent form as required at point (a) above, and I confirm: The names in the ID documents are included in the consent form, and Any reference numbers for documents detailed in the consent form match those I have sighted today, and The applicant has provided evidence that they are allowed to work in Australia, as required at point (e) above. I have also confirmed with the applicant that all aliases / former / middle names are included in the consent form. (Note: Failure to include all names may warrant the check invalid). Name: ------------------------------------------------------ Position: ------------------------------------------------------ Signature: ----------------------------------------------------- Date: --------------------------

100 Point Identification Checklist Appendix 8

100 Point ID Checklist June 2013

DOCUMENTS POINTS

Primary - Only one form of identification accepted from this category:

- Birth Certificate /Birth Extract

- Australian Citizenship Certificate

- Australian passport (current or expired within the past two years but not cancelled)

- International passport (current or expired within the past two years but not cancelled) - Other document of identity having same characteristics as a passport e.g. diplomatic /refugee (Photo or signature)

70

Secondary – the initial secondary document will score 40 points, any additional documents will be awarded 25 points each:

- Current Licence or Permit (Government Issued)

- Current driver photo licence issued by an Australian state or territory

- ASIC/MSIC Card

- Working with Children /Teachers Registration Card

- Public Employee Photo ID (Government Issued)

- Department of Veterans Affairs Card

- Centrelink Pensioner Concession Card or Health Care Card

- Current Tertiary Education Institution Photo ID.

- Reference from a Doctor (must have known the applicant for a period of at least 12 months)

40 or 25

- Foreign driver’s licence

- Proof of aged card (Government issued)

- Medicare Card / private Health Care Card

- Council rates notice

- Property Lease/rent agreement

- Property Insurance Papers

- Tax Declaration

- Superannuation Statement

- Seniors Card

- Electoral roll compiled by the Australian Electoral Commission

- Motor Vehicle Registration or Insurance Documents

- Professional or Trade Association Card

25

If more than one of these documents are used, they must be from different organisations:

- Current Utility bills (e.g. telephone, water, gas or electricity)

- Credit / Debit card

- Bank Statement /Passbook

25

SPECIAL PROVISIONS ONLY TO BE USED IF 100 POINT CHECK ABOVE CANNOT BE MET

The full 100 point check is required when the applicant has been in

Australia for longer than 6 weeks

For recent arrivals in Australia (6 weeks or less – proof of arrival

date required) current passport

100

Aboriginal person or Torres Strait Islander resident in a remote area

/community

Identity of applicant ordinarily resident in an isolated area verified by

TWO persons recognised as ‘Community Leaders’ of the

community to which the applicant belongs

100

Child under 18 years of age - Birth Certificate /Birth Extract

- Australian Citizenship Certificate

- Australian passport (current or expired within the past two

years but not cancelled)

- International passport (current or expired within the past two

years but not cancelled)

- Other document of identity having same characteristics as a

passport e.g. diplomatic /refugee (Photo or signature) Or Statement from an educational institution, signed by the principal or deputy principal, confirming that the child attends the institution (statement must be on the institution’s letterhead)

100

National Criminal Record Check Consent Form

ESRU 7.3 last Updated June 2013

NATIONAL CRIMINAL RECORD CHECK CONSENT FORM

Please read the General Information sheet attached and compete all sections of this Form. Provide all names which you are currently known by, or have ever been known by, including aliases and any name changes, including by Marriage or by Deed Poll. NSW Health is required to sight your original identifying documents as per NSW Health’s 100 point ID Checklist.

Is this a renewal check (Aged Care Only) Yes No

Family Name Given Name (Primary)

Given Name 2

Given Name 3 Primary Name Maiden Name Previous/Alias Name 1

Previous/Alias Name 2

Previous/Alias Name 3

Previous/Alias Name 4

Gender Male Female Other Date of Birth / / (dd/mm/yyyy)

Place of Birth Suburb/Town:

State: Country:

Current Residential Address

No/Street: Suburb/Town: State: Postcode: Country:

Postal Address (if same as Residential Address, write “As Above”) Previous Address (over the last 5 years) - If full details of previous addresses are unavailable, names of towns and States/Territories of residence will suffice. If actual dates are unavailable, details of year of residence will suffice. Previous Address (if any)

No/Street: Period of Residence: Provide year only if full date unknown

Suburb/Town: From: To:

State: Postcode: Country: Previous Address (if any)

No/Street: Period of Residence Suburb/Town:

From: To: State: Postcode: Country:

Previous Address (if any)

No/Street: Period of Residence Suburb/Town:

From: To: State: Postcode: Country:

Email Telephone No Mobile: Business: Private: Position Type of Position Paid Volunteer Other If you have used one of these documents to verify your identity, please fill in these details: Driver’s Licence (Number) Issuing State: Firearms Licence (Number) Issuing Agency:

Passport Details (Number) Type:

Private Government UN Refugee

Issuing Country:

1. I acknowledge that I have read the General Information sheet and understand that Spent Convictions Legislation, in the Criminal Records Act 1991 in the Commonwealth and many States and Territories protects “spent convictions” from disclosure and understand that the position for which I am being considered may be in a category for which exclusions from Spent Convictions legislation apply.

2. I have fully completed this Form, and the personal information I have provided in it relates to me, contains my full name and all names currently and previously used by me, and is correct;

3. I acknowledge that the provision of false or misleading information is a serious offence and acknowledge NSW Health is collecting information in this Form to provide to Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) (an Agency of the Commonwealth of Australia) and the Australian Police Agencies .

4. I consent to: i. NSW Health forwarding details obtained from this form to ACIC and to Australian police agencies or other relevant law enforcement

agencies, if required.

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National Criminal Record Check Consent Form

ESRU 7.3 last Updated June 2013

5. I consent to: i. ACIC disclosing personal information about me to the Australian police agencies; ii. The Australian police agencies disclosing to ACIC, from their records, details of convictions and outstanding charges, including findings

of guilt or the acceptance of a plea of guilty by a court, that can be disclosed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth and States and Territories and, in the absence of any laws governing disclosure of this information, disclosing in accordance with the policies of the police agency concerned; and

iii. ACIC providing the information disclosed by the Australian police agencies, to NSW Health in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth so that NSW Health may assess my suitability in relation to my employment

6. I acknowledge that any information provided by me on this form and information provided by the Australian police agencies or ACIC relates

specifically .to the position detailed above.

7. I acknowledge that it is usual practice for an applicant’s personal information to be disclosed to the Australian police agencies for them to use for their respective law enforcement purposes including the investigation of any outstanding criminal offences.

I am aware that if any such records are identified, NSW Health may seek additional information relating to that record from sources such as courts, police, prosecutors and past employers. I understand that the purpose of seeking this information is to enable a full and informed employment risk assessment and that where other information is available, NSW Health will obtain that information for employment risk assessment purposes only. I acknowledge that any information obtained as part of this process may be used by Australian Police Services for law enforcement purposes including the investigation of any outstanding criminal offences. Note: The information you provide on this form, and which ACIC provides to NSW Health on receipt of this Form, will only be used for the purposes stated above, unless statutory obligations require otherwise.

Applicant’s Name:

Signature:

Date:

Parent/Guardian Consent - If you are under 18 years of age, a parent or guardian must provide consent. Parent / Guardian Details Name (printed in full):

Signature:

Date: