Nslhd - Visiting Medical Officer - Hospital in The

2 weeks ago

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia NSW Health Full time
An opportunity to be part of the Hospital in the Home Team at Royal North Shore Hospital is available.

Position Classification:
Visiting Medical Officer

Contract Type:
Sessional

Duration:
until 25 September 2023

Purpose of the Position


Provide clinical management and treatment of patients under your care in a Northern Sydney Local Health District (NSLHD) facility or service.

This care will be provided within the scope of practice endorsed by the NSLHD Medical and Dental Appointments Advisory Committee (MDAAC).

This role will provide clinical consultation services within NSLHD and will contribute to the teaching and training of medical students, graduates and other health care professionals and to research, evaluation and quality improvement activities within the District.

This position is responsible for providing weekend on-call service in ensuring:

  • onsite review of patients admitted under the HITH Staff Specialist (both existing and new referrals) on Saturday and Sunday. Clinic sessions will be conducted in the mornings for up to 3-4 hours or as required to meet the clinical review of the patients
- first on call and medical responsibility for patients admitted under HITH Staff Specialist. In practice the weekend VMO should receive a hand over of these patients on a Friday PM
- second on call (as backup) for all other patients on the HITH service where the admitting AMO is not contactable.

  • This position is temporary with the possibility of temporary extension based on performance, funding and need_

Selection Criteria

  • MBBS or equivalent, currently registered or eligible for registration with the Medical Board of Australia. Applicants must have Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) or Fellowship of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (FACEM) or Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (FRACGP) or recognition as a specialist by the Medical Board of Australia
  • Consistently demonstrates behaviours that reinforce the CORE Values of our organisation; Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment. Demonstrates these behaviours with all stakeholders; colleagues, direct reports, as well as our patients and consumers, and those that care for them
  • Demonstrated knowledge of contemporary Hospital pressures with a commitment to quality improvement, patient safety and risk management
  • Demonstrated ability to participate in weekend oncall service and ability to work cooperatively within a multidisciplinary team and demonstrated current clinical practice of a high standard and ability to adapt clinical practice in accordance with contemporary evidence based best practice
  • Demonstrated ability to comply with the service objectives of public health organisations, including the provision of services to local community, effective utilisation of resources, preparedness to participate in provision of health services at Area level, if credentialed
  • Demonstrated commitment to continuing selfeducation and development, including evidence of participation in continuing medical education/continuing professional development and service development and evidence of and commitment to quality improvement methodologies
  • High level interpersonal and communication skills and experience/involvement in quality assurance activities and evidencebased best practice
  • Current NSW Drivers license
Need more information?

1) The requirements of the position can be viewed via the Position Description
3) To view the the Scope of Clinical Practice for this position click here

COVID-19 Vaccination Compliancy
All NSW Health workers are required to have two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, as defined by NSW Health. Employees working in a clinical area or are required to attend clinical areas are considered category A.

Category A positions are required to provide evidence of having received three doses of COVID-19 vaccine in accordance with the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (TGA) and meet the requirements of the Occupational Assessment Screening and Vaccination Against Specified Infectious Diseases Policy Directive.

Acceptable proof of vaccination is the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) Immunisation History Statement or AIR COVID-19 Digital Certificate.

Applications Close: 11 July 2023

Please Note:
NSW Health does not require or accept the 'Fit2Work badge' offered as an option in eCredential.

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