Specialist in Geriatric Medicine

**Description**

**Employment Type**:Part Time, Temporary 12 - 24 months with possibility of extension and/or permanency
**Classification**: Staff Specialist / Senior Specialist
**Total Salary Package**:$305,300 to $404,970 (pro rata for part time)

**Location**:Canberra Health Services
**Section**:Geriatric Medicine -**Division of Rehabilitation, Aged and Community Services
**Closing Date**:**9 November 2025

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Medical Staff in the Canberra Health Services enjoy excellent conditions, and our Enterprise Agreement is available at ENTERPRISE AGREEMENTSCity 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.Flexible working conditions.Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.Generous leave provisions, including up to 4 weeks training/education leave and up to 5 weeks annual leave per annum (Pro Rata Part Time)Medical Education expenses allowance reimbursement up to $21,037 (Pro Rata Part Time)**About the Role**:
Position Overview

The Rehabilitation, Aged and Community Services (RACS) provides integrated and effective services for rehabilitation, aged care and community care throughout the ACT. This includes healthcare and support for people with acute, post-acute and long-term illnesses.

The Department of Geriatric Medicine, at Canberra Health Services, promotes healthy aging through the care of older adults in both inpatient and outpatient settings based at the Canberra Hospital, a tertiary teaching hospital and at the University of Canberra Hospital, a stand-alone Sub-acute facility.

The department provides care in the following areas:
Acute CareSubacute CareOrtho-geriatric Medicine, andCommunity Care (RADAR) and specialist input to specialist dementia care unit (SDCU)

In addition to providing health care to the elderly in Canberra and surrounding regions, the department is firmly committed to the education of both Advanced Trainees (ATs) and Basic Physician Trainees (BPTs).

This position will report to the Clinical Director of Geriatric Medicine and is expected to work across Canberra Hospital and UCH campuses.

Geriatricians will work across Acute Care of the Elderly ward, Sub-Acute ward (UCH) and Community Geriatrics, on a rotational basis.

Consultants will also contribute to education, training, quality improvement and research, within the department.

Strong research links are maintained with the ANU, University of Canberra and the Australian Catholic University. All specialties are represented with the exception of organ transplantation. The hospital has well developed post graduate teaching programs. A fully equipped medical library is available on site with a large collection of hard copy and on line journals and textbooks.

**For more information regarding the position duties click here for the Position Description.**Hold Specialist registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation AgencyMeet credentialing requirements and receive an Endorsed scope of clinical practice from the Medical Dental Appointments Advisory Committee (MDAAC)Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.

**To Apply**:
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.

**Our**Vision**: creating exceptional health care together
**Our** **Role**: to be a health service that is trusted by our community
**Our**Values**: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind
- The new state-of-the-art Building 5 is now officially open at Canberra Hospital. This 44,000sqm, nine-storey facility, the largest healthcare infrastructure project in the Territory’s history, delivers cutting-edge acute clinical services. Building 5 seamlessly integrates with existing campus buildings, ensuring smooth public access, patient transportation, and efficient logistics._

**Job**: Senior Medical Officers

**Contact Name**: Manoj Saraswat

**Closing Date**: 09/Nov/2025, 6:59:00 AM