Resident Medical Officer

**Description**

**‘Creating exceptional health care together.’**

**Position Title**: Resident Medical Officer
**Employment Type**: Temporary, Full Time
**Classification**: RMO 1 - 4
**Salary**: $91,153 - $122,359 (Plus 11.5% Super)
**Location**: Canberra Health Services
**Section**: CHS Medical Services
**Closing Date**: 10 April 2025

**What can we offer you**:

- City living without the traffic - click here to see why you should live in Canberra
- Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital
- Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions
- 11.5% Superannuation
- To find out more on what a career at CHS can give you, the benefits of working with us and why Canberra is Australia's happiest city click here: Benefits of working with us - Canberra Health Services (act.gov.au

**About the Role**:
Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person-centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding regions. More information can be found on the CHS website.
- Medical Staff in the Canberra Health Services enjoy excellent conditions, and our Enterprise Agreement is available at: ACTPS Medical Practitioners Enterprise Agreement 2021-2022
- This position is for an August commencement, for one year with possible extension. To be eligible for shortlisting you must be at least PGY 2 + from August 2025

**Position**:

- Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person-centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website: Home - Canberra Health Services (act.gov.au)
- Applications are sought from August 2025
- Canberra Health Services recruits RMOs to the ACT Network which includes North Canberra Hospital, Goulburn Base Hospital, Moruya Hospital, Cooma Hospital and South-East Regional Hospital (Bega). All RMOs are allocated rotations within the ACT Network.
- Rotations may include:

- Emergency Medicine at Canberra & North Canberra Hospitals
- Various Medical specialty rotations
- Palliative Care at Clare Holland House in Canberra

**Duties**:

- You will:

- 1. Provide day-to-day medical care for patients of the Canberra Health Services Directorate at a level commensurate with the level of clinical experience and under the supervision and direction of more senior medical staff.
- 2. Demonstrate appropriate progression toward more independent medical practice, with concomitant development of clinical knowledge, skills and behaviours required for safe medical practice.
- 3. Work within and support the multidisciplinary clinical team.
- 4. Contribute to clinical audit and participate in changes that improve quality and safety of patient care.
- 5. Participate in the supervision and education of more junior medical staff and contribute to the education of medical students.
- 6. Maintain adequate medical records with legible entries, and complete discharge summaries on time.
- 7. Participate in the after-hour’s roster as required and in accordance with current safe working hour’s provisions.
- 8. Undertake other duties appropriate to this level of classification which contribute to the operation of the organisation.

**About you**:
**Behavioural Capabilities**
- 1. Good communication and organisational skills.
- 2. Adaptability and flexibility to accommodate change and provide responsive services to meet clients’ needs.
- 3. Ability to take direction from more senior medical and nursing staff.

**Position Requirements/Qualifications**:
**Mandatory**:

- An Australian MBBS medical degree or equivalent.
- General Registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
- Current Basic Life Support skills as a minimum, and Advanced Life Support skills where required.
- Proficient computer literacy skills, as you will be responsible for completing clinical documentation in the DHR and using other CHS IT systems.
- Have an understanding of how the National Standards and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) indicators align with this role.
- Fulfil the responsibilities of this role as detailed in the CHS Exceptional Care Framework, Clinical Governance Framework, Partnering With Consumers Framework and all other related frameworks.
- Obtain a Compliance Certificate from OMU (Occupational Medicine Unit) relating to assessment, screening & vaccination processes against specified infectious diseases
- Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.

**What you require**:

- These are the key selection criteria for how you will be assessed in conjunction with your resumé and experience:

- 1. Proven clinical competence at a level commensurate with the number of years since graduation in medicine.
- 2. Demonstrated