Positions Available
1. Advanced Nephrology Training Positions The Department has 6 advanced
training and 3 basic physician training positions. These are 12 month clinical
appointments, which commence in the 2nd or 3rd week of January each year.
Online applications (http://www.health.qld.gov.au/medical/rmoinfo.asp) are
invited in late June and usually close late July. Interviews are usually held on
the 2nd Thursday of August. We hold weekly Renal educational meetings,
registrar education meetings, Medical Grand Rounds, Renal Journal clubs and
biostatistics and epidemiology training courses. Renal biopsy meetings are
held fortnightly. We expect advanced nephrology trainees to complete at least
1 research project (and preferably more) per year. Trainees rotate through 2
month terms of Renal Transplant Inpatients, Renal Transplant Outpatients,
General Dialysis Ward, Peritoneal Dialysis, Haemodialysis, General
Nephrology Ward and a Satellite Dialysis Unit (Logan, Ipswich or Redlands).
The Ipswich rotation is linked with an attachment to the Hypertension Unit.
2. Australasian Kidney Trials Network Fellowship: AKT Network
Scholarships, paid at NHMRC equivalent, are available to advanced trainees
or nephrologists who wish to undertake a higher degree in clinical nephrology
research through the Australasian Kidney Trials (AKT) Network. These
scholarships are funded by the University of Queensland School of Medicine.
3. Centre of Clinical Research Excellence (CCRE) Trainee Fellowship: Our
unit is part of the Cardiovascular/Metabolic CCRE and offers training
scholarships looking at cardiovascular risk assessment, stratification and
modification in chronic kidney disease (CKD). The fellowships are paid at
NHRMC-equivalent and enrolment in a higher degree (M Phil or PhD) is
expected.
4. Princess Alexandra Clinical Research Fellowship: The Princess Alexandra
Hospital provides 3 Clinical Research Fellowships each year for a 12-month
period, to registrars who wish to undertake basic science or clinical research
(preferably towards the attainment of a higher degree).
Contact:
Professor David Johnson
Director of Nephrology
Co-Director of Centre for Kidney Disease Researcch
Ph +61 7 3240 5080
Fax: +61 7 3240 5480
Email: david_johnson@health.qld.gov.au