Registrar, Community Palliative Care

Fixed-term Part-time 2 days/week role from Aug 2025 until Feb 2026
- Located at Northern Beaches Palliative Care Service at Mona Vale Hospital
- We are a NSW Health Affiliated Health Organisation with continuity of entitlements

***About HammondCare**:
HammondCare is an independent Christian charity that exists to improve the quality of life for people in need. We specialise in aged and dementia care, palliative care, rehabilitation, mental health services for older people, and other related health and aged care services. HammondCare seeks to embed evidence-based best practices in its services and we provide these services through home care, sub-acute hospitals and residential aged care.

Bringing these health, hospital and aged care services together, HammondCare has been able to develop innovative, flexible care models designed to serve people with complex health or aged care needs, regardless of their circumstances. HammondCare works to provide its staff with support, career development opportunities, education, responsibility and recognition, work/life balance, and satisfying roles.

**About the role**:
This is a fixed-term part-time 2 days per week opportunity from Aug 2025 to Feb 2026. The Palliative Care Registrar is based at Northern Beaches Palliative Care Service in Mona Vale. This role provides palliative care reviews to patients in the home setting and works within the Mission and Mission in Action of HammondCare to ensure that medical clinical care is provided to outpatients of the Palliative Care service, under the supervision of the Staff Specialist.

**The essence of this role**:

- Provide palliative care reviews to patients in an outpatient clinic and home visits
- Provide specialist palliative care reviews in residential aged care facilities
- Liaise with other members of the multi-disciplinary team in providing patient care
- Maintain an appropriate standard of personal professionalism at all times and in all activities undertaken
- Implement a personal learning program for the term in conjunction with their Specialist Supervisor

***Qualifications | Work Experience | Skills and Competencies**:
**Essential**
- Commitment to engage and align with HammondCare’s Christian Mission, Motivation and Mission in Action
- Unrestricted NSW Medical Board Registration or eligibility for Unrestricted NSW Registration
- Primary Medical degree, eligible for Medical Board registration, and a minimum of two years supervised practice as an RMO
- Experience in Palliative Medicine or related specialty with competence in the individual specialty area expected to be consistent with the level of training and professional development stage attained by the individual occupying the position
- Strong administrative and computer skills
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
- Current Driver’s License
- Demonstrated excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills
- Organisational ability - both personal organisation and ability to supervise others
- Demonstrated compassion and caring attitude.

**Desirable**
- Advanced palliative medicine trainee (RACP, AChPM) or other Accredited trainees (eg other specialities, general practice)
- Previous training in oncology (medical or radiation) or other relevant specialities
- Experience in medical research and quality assurance
- Experience in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
- Working towards post-graduate qualifications in Palliative Medicine (including a palliative care diploma) or related specialty

**HammondCare is a NSW Health Affiliated Health Organisation with continuity of entitlements.**
- Free independent, confidential counselling services, wellbeing resources and webinars available through our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your family. HammondCare is committed to creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity and inclusion. We thrive on creating an equal employment environment where everyone from any background can be themselves._
- All short-listed applicants for these positions will be asked to consent to a criminal record check, immunisation staff screening & vaccination compliance checks._