Visiting Medical Officer

**Employment Type**: Full Time / Part Time / Casual

**Location**: Queanbeyan District Hospital

**Position Classification**: Visiting Medical Officer

**Remuneration**:VMO remuneration Click here to view rates

**Requisition ID**: REQ325251

**Applications Close**: Ongoing

**Welcome to Southern NSW Local Health District**

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

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

Southern 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, extending from the pristine beaches of the NSW South Coast, the farmlands of the Southern Tablelands, across the picturesque Monaro and spectacular Snowy Mountings of the Great Dividing Range.

We are home to five large Aboriginal nations - the Gundungurra, Ngambri, Ngunnawal, Ngarigo and Yuin people. Southern NSWLHD comprises of four Networks - Tablelands is 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 will be Working**

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and suitably qualified Anaesthetists to join the medical team at Queanbeyan District Hospital.

Queanbeyan Hospital and Health Service is part of the Monaro Network. It has 29 inpatient beds and offers emergency medicine; surgery (orthopaedics, gastroenterology, gynaecology, general surgery and obstetrics); inpatient services including close observation, maternity, surgical and medical beds; renal dialysis; pathology collection; pharmacy; and medical imaging (x-ray, CT and ultrasound).

**What you will be doing**

Reporting to the Director of Medical Services, you will play an important role in providing Specialist Anaesthetic Services to patients presenting to the facility.

You will use your expert clinical and management skills to provide the highest levels of care to the patients who access your service. You will balance your clinical responsibilities with developing the service and will take a leading role in clinical governance, service design projects, delivery of a top-class education framework for other medical officers.

**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 for you in country New South Wales and you will be amazed at what there is offer - and it all comes without the queues and crowds of a big city. For more information visit our visit our website.

Queanbeyan is a city in the south-eastern region of New South Wales, Australia, located adjacent to the Australian Capital Territory in the Southern Tablelands region. Located on the Queanbeyan River, the city is the council seat of the Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council.
Queanbeyan has an enviable lifestyle and affordable property, surrounded by an eclectic mix of small towns and villages. With Canberra just a 5 minute drive away, you can enjoy all the attractions of the nation’s capital along with fabulous restaurants. Connect easily and quickly with world through the Canberra International Airport, with the beach and ski fields just 2 hours away.

Working in rural NSW has many personal and professional benefits. The following link contain stories of some of our NSW Health professionals who live and work in rural NSW. They share why they choose to work in rural NSW and what they love about it. Click here to see why you should choose Southern NSW LHD

**Selection Criteria**:

- Holds registration with the Medical Board of Australia as a Specialist in Anaesthetics, and/or overseas trained specialist pathways.
- Demonstrated effective clinical communication through the use of information technology and written, verbal and interpersonal skills.
- Demonstrated significant experience relevant to Anaesthesia practice and evidence of competence in skills relevant to Australian rural hospital practice, including trauma and emergency scenarios.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and provide leadership of a team
- Demonstrated commitment to teaching, continuing education, research and quality improvement.
- Demonstrated commitment to behaviours which align to the NSW Health CORE values and SNSWLHD Values, goals and strategies.

This is a Category ‘A’ position, please read and understand NSW Health policy directive PD2