Staff Specialist or Visiting Medical Officer

**Employment Type**: Full Time / Part Time / Job share / Regular rotation

**Position Classification**: Staff Specialist or VMO

**Remuneration**:Staff Specialist Click here to view rates** or **VMO** **Click here to view rates VMO remuneration

**Requisition ID**: REQ364020

**Location**:Goulburn Base Hospital - Tablelands Network - SNSWLHD

**Applications Close**: Ongoing

**Welcome to Southern NSWLHD**

**We are in the process of significant medical staff renewal and we would like you to be part of our team.**

**Watch our "We Are Southern" video here**

At Southern NSW Local Health District we are working to help our communities lead healthy lives. Our mission is that all people across our diverse societies are able to have timely access to the right healthcare in the right setting to maximise their health, wellbeing and independence.

Southern NSW Local Health District covers a large area of the state, from Goulburn and Crookwell to the Victorian border, and surrounds the ACT on three sides, a total of 44 537sq kms. It extends from the pristine beaches of the NSW South Coast, the farmlands of the Southern Tablelands, across the picturesque Great Dividing Range and the spectacular Snowy Mountains.

We are home to four large Aboriginal nations - the Gundungurra, Ngunnawal, Ngarigo and Yuin.

Southern NSWLHD comprises of four Networks - Tablelands centred around Goulburn, Monaro centred around Queanbeyan and Cooma, the Coastal Network located in the far south-east corner of NSW, and the Integrated Care Network.

**Where you'll be working**

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and suitably qualified Intensivist to join the medical team at Goulburn Base Hospital in the Mulwaree Shire, part of the Tablelands Network.

The Goulburn Health Service is located in the Gundungurra Nation on the Southern Tablelands region of NSW. It is a networked service spread over three campuses, Goulburn Base Hospital, Crookwell and Yass Hospitals.

Goulburn Base hospital is a new redeveloped hospital which opened it’s doors in December 2021 marking the long awaited delivery of a 99 bed hospital at level 4 role delineation. It offers the following services:

- Emergency department
- Medical imaging department
- Intensive care unit
- Operating theatres, day surgery and recovery areas
- Medical, surgical, paediatric, rehabilitation inpatient units with specific designated Palliative care beds within the Medical IPU
- Maternal and newborn unit, birthing suite and special care nursery, as well as paediatric and antenatal outpatient clinics.

**What you will be doing**

Reporting to the Director of Medical Services, you will play an important role in providing contemporary comprehensive specialist services in Intensive Care Medicine for optimal patient outcomes.

Provide and support training to clinicians across multiple disciplines to achieve quality education and safe clinical practice.

The role and responsibilities are to be carried out in a manner that is consistent with delegations, policies, procedures and operations systems of HealthShare NSW, and in line with the NSW Health Code of Conduct.

There will be plenty of opportunity to participate in combined team meetings in order to grow the Intensive Care services and participate in collegiate improvement practices, teaching and research projects

**Specialists, Fellows and soon to be Fellows are also encouraged to apply.** This role would be undertaken within an approved scope of practice and within the SNSWLHD in conjunction with other existing local Anaesthetists.

**Wonderful Local Benefits**

There is an abundance of lifestyle benefits available to you in country NSW and you will be amazed at what you will have access to - and it all comes without the queues and crowds of a big city. For more information visit our website.

Goulburn is Australia’s first inland city and is the largest city in the region. Embrace a simpler, less stressful way of life, smell the clean air and settle into relaxed country living.

With affordable housing, picturesque landscapes and two major cities close by (but not too close), as well as quality schooling, infrastructure and healthcare - Goulburn is the perfect place for your tree change.

Live in a City that is rich in heritage and natural beauty, with the conveniences of modern city indulges. There are multitudes of service clubs, sporting, artistic and special interest groups to become involved in, all of which will welcome you warmly in to the community.

Goulburn combines the best of both worlds - a country lifestyle with city benefits and is an easy 2 hour’s drive down the freeway from Sydney and a short 1 hour to Canberra. There are also regular bus and train services to the major cities.

With a range of quality private and public schools in the area, younger generations are also be well looked after, growing up with fantastic friendly country folk, and a huge range of outdoor activities to keep them occupied w