General Medicine

**Employment Type**: Zero hours reliever
**Position Classification**: VMO
**Hours Per Week**: 0
**Requisition ID**: REQ513896

**Application**s Close**: 8 October 2024

The Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District is looking for VMO’s to join the General Medicine team at the Wollongong Hospital on a temporary appointment.

**Together, we can do more.**

The General Medicine Department currently has Visiting Medical Officer positions available at Wollongong Hospital. We are looking for Physicians experienced in General Medicine who will commit to the delivery of General Medicine Service provisions and development within the ISLHD. The Visiting Medical Officers will have the opportunity to work with a group of Physicians at Wollongong Hospital with specialty expertise in Neurology, Cardiology, Respiratory Medicine, Gastroenterology, Infectious diseases, Rheumatology, Endocrinology, Renal Medicine, Medical Oncology, Radiation oncology and Haematology.

The position will be primarily located at Wollongong Hospital and may be varied as agreed with the Director of Medical Services and as approved via the Medical and Dental Appointments Advisory Committee (MDAAC) to other facilities in ISLHD.

In addition to providing a high level of care in General Medicine, you will be expected to bring to the Department an area of expertise likely to enhance the breadth and depth of services available in the district. You will participate in Medical Grand Rounds and other duties as agreed with the Head of Department.

All members of this Unit participate in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.

The Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District (ISLHD) has responsibility for health services in the Illawarra Shoalhaven region - a catchment area extending along the coastline from Helensburgh in the north to North Durras in the south with over 400,000 residents. This catchment covers four Local Government Areas (LGAs): Wollongong, Kiama, Shellharbour and Shoalhaven. ISLHD operates eight hospital sites in Coledale, Bulli, Wollongong, Port Kembla, Shellharbour, Berry, Shoalhaven and Milton Ulladulla, and community health services operating from approximately 58 locations across the region. ISLHD is one of the region’s largest employers with a workforce of more than 8,500 staff.

Wollongong Hospital is the largest of Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District’s eight hospitals, treating more than 48,000 patients annually. It is the region’s tertiary referral hospital servicing a population of more than 400,000 people. The Wollongong Hospital is a 500+ bed centre which provides both general and specialty medical and surgical services including adult intensive care and coronary care units.

ISLHD leadership is strongly committed to facilitating clinical research. Tangible evidence of this commitment is the significant investment in the infrastructure to support research. ISLHD has a well
- developed research support unit that offers staff an extensive range of research support services including: assistance in the development of the research study design, biostatistics support, data analysis, and help writing final research publications, as well assistance with the ethics and governance processes.

**Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District is committed to equal employment opportunity and embraces diversity and inclusion within its workforce. As such, people from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply. This includes but is not limited to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, People with Disability, Women and People from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse backgrounds.**
- An eligibility list may be created for future Temporary/Permanent Full-Time and Part-Time positions

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- Specialist registration or eligible for specialist registration as a Medical Practitioner with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
- Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) and demonstrated subspecialty training in General Medicine and/or equivalent specialist recognition.
- Evidence of continuing medical education and self-monitoring/audit practices consistent with the scope of practice requirements of the position.
- Proven capacity and/or experience in the provision of effective high quality services, demonstrated through successful clinical practice in an environment appropriate to the requirements of the position including evidence of participation in quality improvement activities relevant to the specialty.
- Demonstrated commitment to teaching with experience in teaching both undergraduate and post graduate students and other staff of the hospital.
- Demonstrate the skills and attitudes appropriate as a Senior Medical Practitioner including modelling a high standard of professional b