After Hours

After Hours Roster.

During your terms at Westmead Hospital you will participate in the after hours and night roster. This section details the after hours requirements for trainees.

As a junior trainee you will be generally allocated to the obstetric/pain evening cover in your first two years of training. Generally, for most trainees at some stage in your third or fourth year you will be allocated to the inside (OR) cover.

Notes on after hours commitments

The department generally takes a flexible attitude to after hours commitments - we try to accommodate all reasonable requests within the service requirements of the hospital.
It is generally easy to swap shifts internally with other trainees. Most of our trainees are flexible in swapping shifts and we encourage prospective trainees to have a similar attitude.
There are generally no admimistrative problems with shift swaps, even at late notice provided that adequate cover is maintained - as long as the resident support unit are informed in advance they are happy.
Cover at appropriate levels must be maintained. In practice this means that generally you will swap with others at a similar level as yourself. You can't have two first year trainees end up on together as its inadequate cover for either of the trainee if they encounter problems.

Intensive care rosters

NICU and ICU terms have their own internal arrangements for shift work which you will be allocated to. During these two terms you will not be required under normal circumstances to provide after hours cover for the department.