Deputy Chief Medical Officer

Job no: 918271

Work type: Part time

Location: Adelaide CBD

Categories: Medical

- SA Ambulance Service, Clinical Services.

- Salary: MD2 - Consultant / Senior Consultant - $227,591.00 to$299,884.00 p.a. pro rata

- Part time (0.1 FTE) / Term Contract (12 months)

- Location: Eastwood / 5063

- Eligibility: Open to Everyone

About Us

SA Ambulance Service (SAAS) is South Australia’s provider of emergency ambulance transport, clinical care, and patient transport services.

We are committed to ensuring South Australia has access to the best possible emergency medical care, non-emergency transport, and rescue and retrieval services.

Our Vision: An innovative, patient focused, technology enabled, evidence driven, emergency response and health care ambulance service; achieved by exceptional people.

Our Mission: Providing emergency response and health care ambulance services within South Australia, designed and development around patient and community needs, enabling timely and equitable access for our patients to the most appropriate point of care.

Our Purpose: To ensure South Australia thrives by enabling access to emergency and non-emergency ambulance health care and alternative patient pathways while contributing to our state’s emergency preparedness and health response capability.

Our Values

PATIENT FOCUSED: We will put our patients and the safe and quality care we provide them first; in everything we do.

TEAMWORK: We will work across SAAS, our health system, our partners, stakeholders and the community to achieve our goals.

INTEGRITY AND HONESTY: We accept and uphold the standards and expectations of our organisation and communities.

RESPECT AND COURTESY: We will always be respectful and courteous toward our patients, each other, and all those we work with.

COMMUNITY COLLABORATION: We value our role in the community, and we value the communities we serve.

CHANGE READY: We know our communities’ needs will evolve and we must adapt to meet them.

AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP: We will support leadership development for our people at every level.

Reporting to and working with the Chief Medical Advisor (CMA) the Deputy Chief Medical Officer will also work closely with the Executive Director Clinical Services and other senior leaders across SA Ambulance Service (SAAS) and our stakeholders to maintain and improve the quality, safety and effectiveness of clinical care delivered by all SAAS staff.

The Deputy CMO has a responsibility for providing professional leadership, advocacy and facilitating the development of a culture of safety and quality in the medical workforce and the clinical services of SAAS.

The Deputy CMO will be required to participate in a 1-in-4 on-call roster to provide clinical support to other SAAS clinical staff.

The Deputy CMO will lead relevant collaborative work across SAAS paying particular attention to the management of low acuity/high complexity patient activity both in frontline operations and in the Emergency Operations Centre/Clinical Hub.

What We Offer

- Work in a collaborative, forward-thinking environment with a culture of inclusion and diversity.

- Giving back to the people of South Australia Play a vital role in enhancing the well‑being of our community.

- We take care of you Access to a range of staff and wellness support programs

Application Information

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part‑time.

Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and appropriate immunisation requirements.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.

Check(s)

- DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)

- National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. aged care employment or work involving vulnerable clients)

- National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving no contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (general employment)

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Enquiries

Name: Natali Gomez

Title: Executive Assistant to the Chief Medical Advisor

E-mail: natali.gomez@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: 26 October 2025

Attachments

- Role Description - Deputy Chief Medical Officer 29.09.2025.pdf

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Advertised: 14 Oct 2025 Cen. Australia Daylight Time

Applications close: 26 Oct 2025 Cen. Australia Daylight Time

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