Sydney Institute of General Practice Education and Training

Special Skills

Although special skills may be undertaken at any stage of training, some posts are not suitable for Registrars who have not undertaken any GP terms. These include primary care based skin clinics and drug health services. Please contact your medical educator if you have any questions about the suitability of any planned special skills post before arranging any position.

A registrar may elect to do a period of training in an area of clinical interest (Special Skills). This experience can generally be obtained at any stage of training although many Registrars do their Special Skills terms directly after their year of Hospital training.

Below are a few examples of special skills terms however, you may choose to work in any area that will be relevant to General Practice. We constantly accredit new positions in response to Registrar training needs so let us know if you have a special interest or need.

Special Skill and Contact Details

Information about the role

Spinal Outreach Service

Contact
Dr James Middleton MBBS, PhD, FAFRM (RACP)
Senior Staff Specialist
Spinal Outreach Service Director State Spinal cord injury Service

Tel: 02 9808 9666

The Spinal Outreach Service is a NSW health funded service that offers health services and support to people with Spinal Cord Injury in the community, and the clinicians who manage them. GPs are a key link in the network and the postion will involve liaising and supporting them in their role to achieve best outcomes for SCI clients. Spinal cord injury is a complex condition affecting multiple systems of the body so offers ample opportunity to diversify knowledge and skills. This post would suit a Registrar with at least 2 years clinical experience post internship, and/or a Registrar who has done a Basic GP term".

We have a 0.5-0.6 position available for an enthusiastic registrar with an interest in disability and health promotion. A 12 month post is ideal but consideration will be given to people interested in 6 months.

You will work with an experienced and dedicated multi-disciplinary team and be supervised by a Staff Specialist in Spinal Cord Injury Medicine, providing regular education and support. You will also have training links with other registrars at the Royal Rehabilitation Centre Sydney where we are based. Rural clinics are held periodically with opportunities to learn from a range of Spinal Consultants.

After Hours Home visiting

Eastern Suburbs
Medical Service

Contact
Dr. Danny Beran
PO Box 275
Bondi Rd.
Bondi
NSW 2026

Tel: 02 93893133
Fax: 02 93710620

Website

ESMS is a Deputising Service offering House-calls after hours in Sydneys’ Eastern Suburbs. It is an Accredited Medical Deputising Service and was established by its current management in 1982.

Service work involves doing House calls only, usually in 5 hour shifts, and acting as a Locum for over 100 GP’s. Work is supervised by the Medical Director, Dr. Beran, and locums are exposed to a multitude of clinical circumstances all in the home setting, which offers new insights into patient perspective.

ESMS has won several Federal Government awards for its QA and social value. Locums would be welcome to do as little as 1 shift/week

Drug Addiction

Contact
Dr Raymond Seidler
Kings Cross Travellers Clinic
Suite 1,
13 Springfield Avenue,
Kings Cross 2011

Ph: (02) 9358 3066
Fax: (02) 9358 3676

The clinic has a strong addiction medicine focus, treating heroin and other drugs of addiction. This post is accredited as both a General Practice term and as a special skills post, depending on the amount of addiction medicine the Registrar chooses to practice.

This term would suit a GP Registrar with some general practice experience and an interest in drug health. It is generally not suitable for Registrars without any general practice experience.

Ambulatory Care

Contact
Dr Nick Collins
The Macarthur Ambulatory Care
Service (MACS)
Campbelltown

Ph: 0408 618 492

The Macarthur Ambulatory Care Service (MACS) manages hospital-type problems in a location other than a hospital bed.

The Service covers over 3000 square kilometres and a population of 250,000. Over 2000 patients per year are admitted to MACS resulting in over 11,000 nursing occasions of service.

The day-to-day activities are managed by a GP registrar in a Special Skills post accredited by the RACGP, with supervision by senior medical staff who are themselves GPs.

Please call or email Dr Nick Collins for further details.

Sexual Health and HIV Medicine

Contact
Dr Craig Rodgers
The Kirketon Road Centre (KRC)
Kings Cross

Ph: (02) 9360 2766

Opportunities exist for GP Registrars to work as part of a diverse team in a primary health care environment at KRC. The position involves provision of day-to-day medical care and is an accredited site for RACGP, ACSHP and FAFPHM trainees.

You will need to have at least two years of general clinical experience and a commitment to harm minimisation and primary health care philosophies.

It's desirable for you to have postgraduate training and or experience in primary care, drug and alcohol, family planning, sexual health, HIV medicine, women’s and adolescent health (training available).

Please call Dr Craig Rodgers for further details.

GP Casualty

Contact
Dr Ann Marie Crozier

GP Director
Balmain Hospital Booth Street
Balmain 2041

Ph: (02) 93952152 or 0418 239 017

We seek enthusiastic GP Registrars with an interest in emergency aspects of general practice (including procedural work eg fracture care, IV therapy (antibiotics), ECG diagnosis, eye slit lamp use, suturing, tissue glue).

Extensive clinical and nursing support are available along with the potential to develop your individual clinical research project.

The special skills positions are full-time, six months (Jan-July 08, July 08 to Jan 09) and supervision for the GP Registrar is provided by the GP Director and their Assistant. The GP Casualty is located on the ground floor of Balmain Hospital.

Lots of local eateries and cafes and well supplied with public transport. GP hours are 9:00 am - 10:00 pm daily in three separate shifts. The unit sees emergency overflow patients from local GPs during the day and operates as an after-hours clinic in the evenings and at weekends.

Please contact Dr Ann Marie Crozier for more information.

Interviews will be conducted with interested applicants. Position closes end October.

Rehabilitation/ Geriatrics/ Palliative Care

Contact
Dr John Obeid FRACP
Consultant Physician and Geriatrician
Director of Medical Services
Lady Davidson Private Hospital
434 Bobbin Head Rd
North Turramurra NSW 2154
Australia

Ph: (02) 9488 0111
Fax: (02) 9488 1438
0412190361

This is an outstanding training opportunity for any GP Registrar interested in Rehabilitation, Geriatric Medicine or Palliative Care. This hospital position is well supported by consultant staff, including rehabilitation specialists, geriatricians, surgeons and a broad range of subspecialists.

GP Registrars will work in multi-disciplinary teams and will learn everything they need to know about case conferencing and associated item numbers. There will also be active ongoing education and weekly training. The hospital has very friendly staff and a supportive environment and is set adjacent to the beautiful Bobbin head national park on Sydney's North Shore.

The hospital welcomes registrars who wish to work part-time. After hours on-call is optional.

Contact Dr John Obeid for more information.

Expedition Medicine

Contact
Dr Nick Cooling
Email

OR
Dr Edi Albert
Email

A Special Skills post in Expedition Medicine, organised by GP Training in Tasmania, and based in Tasmania, will be available in in 2007. It will incorporate some travel and emergency medicine skills. There will also be two 8-day short courses, one in summer the other in winter.

It may be possible to arrange to do the course elsewhere - it is worth asking the question if you are interested.

Please contact either Dr Nick Cooling or Dr Edi Albert for more information.

Sports Medicine

Contact
Dr Ken Crichton
North Sydney Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Centre,
272 Pacific Hwy,
Crowsnest, 2065

Phone: (02) 9966 4700
Fax: (02) 9966 4733

This position is an opportunity to develop sports medicine skills by one-on-one clinic exposure. The experience includes sitting in with a sports physician (possibly one half-day per week during the period of coverage), plus paid coverage (backed by a sports physician and with a physiotherapist also in attendance) of either a high level club rugby team (April to early September ) or an elite private school rugby competition (8 weekends with varying half and full days).