NBMLHD – Visiting Medical Officer

Overview

Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District

REQ436049 Requisition #

Employment Type: Quinquennium – ending 30 June 2027
Position Classification: Visiting Medical Officer – Emergency Medicine
Hours Per Week: Zero Hours Contract
Requisition ID: REQ436049

How to apply

Your application is to be submitted through E-Credential ONLY. To APPLY please click this link:

Applications close on 09 November 2025 and must be received by midnight of the closing date.

Application guidance

Please refer to the Application Guide for instructions on how to create a Clinician Profile and a list of mandatory requirements for all Senior Medical & Dental Officer applications. If you are experiencing any difficulties, please first refer to the User Guide attached to this advertisement. Alternatively, you can contact Senior Medical Workforce Unit on 4734 2281. For all enquiries relating to the position and its function, you must contact the designated contact person.

Position details

Applications are invited from suitably qualified medical/dental practitioners for the above position (s) in the Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District. The position will be primarily located at Nepean Hospital within the Department of Emergency Medicine.

Successful applicants will be highly motivated and competent emergency physicians.

The sessions will be in consultation with the successful appointees and the department, but with no guarantee of hours or numbers of sessions as this appointment is on a zero-hour basis. The sessions allocated will be on a rotating roster of days, evenings, across the seven-day week at Nepean Hospital Emergency Department. Appointees may be eligible for credentialing and privileging across all other facilities in the Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District.

Qualifications

- Possess or be eligible for registration with The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).

- Possess Fellowship of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine or equivalent specialist recognition as provided for by the Health Insurance Act 1997 and Visiting Medical Officers Sessional Contracts Determination, and evidence of continuing medical education and self-monitoring/audit practices consistent with the scope of practice requirements of the position.

- Sound clinical knowledge in Emergency Medicine demonstrated through successful clinical practice in an environment appropriate to the requirements of the position including evidence of participation in quality assurance activities relevant to the specialty.

- High level interpersonal and communication skills and demonstrated ability working within a multidisciplinary team.

- Demonstrated commitment to teaching and junior medical staff supervision consistent with contemporary best practice supervision standards.

- Demonstrates the skills and attitudes appropriate for practice as a Senior Medical /Dental Practitioner including modelling of a high standard of professional behaviour to junior medical staff.

- Sound clinical knowledge in the subspecialty of Emergency Medicine demonstrated by relevant qualifications and/or appropriate post-Fellowship clinical experience.

- Familiarity with research concepts and commitment to support basic, applied, or clinical research as required within the Department.

Conditions of appointment are in accordance with the Health Services Act 1997, and Public Hospitals (Visiting Medical Officers Sessional Contracts) Determination 2014.

Employees and Contractors must abide by the NSW Health Code of Conduct.

The position requires a Working with Children Check (WWCC) issued by the office of the Children’s Guardian. For more information on how to apply for the clearance, please visit the Office of Children’s Guardian website: https://ocg.nsw.gov.au/working-children-check

Successful applicants will be required to obtain required vaccinations prior to commencing employment. Please click on the link for further information: https://www1.health.nsw.gov.au/pds/Pages/doc.aspx?dn=PD2024_015

To see a full position description, please click HERE

To apply you need to be an Australian citizen, permanent resident or hold an appropriate work visa.

We respectfully request no agencies apply

Enquiries

Enquiries - Dr Cindy Hastings, Clinical Director - Emergency Medicine
E: cindy.hastings@health.nsw.gov.au or P: 0439 325 240

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