Career Medical Officer in General Medicine

Employment Type
: Permanent Full Time, Permanent Part time

Position Classification
: Career Medical Off Gde 1

Remuneration
:

Hours Per Week
: 38

Requisition ID
: REQ394421

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Career Medical Officer - General Medicine (In Patients) Armidale Rural Referral Hospital
Armidale Rural Referral Hospital is seeking the services of a Career Medical Officer to provide ward in patient care. You will provide consistent generalist medical service to patients of Armidale Rural Referral Hospital, coordination of clinical management of patients consistent with the plans of the Admitting Medical Officer and improvement in the continuity of care within name of service or facility and between the hospital and community.

If lifestyle and variety is a key attraction for you practicing medicine, Armidale can offer you a challenging career that is richly rewarding, complemented by ample opportunity for leisure time that is family centred. A dynamic management team and broader rural and regional networks provides a supportive working environment. Armidale Hospital is a ninety nine bed facility providing a comprehensive range of services including acute medical and surgical services, obstetrics, paediatrics and a range of diagnostic and allied health services. A busy emergency department, a Level 3 Close Observation Unit, mental health unit and renal dialysis unit. The referral community of the area is 55,200. Adult Medical services include respiratory, cardiac, chemotherapy, renal and palliative care. Surgical services include general, orthopaedics, gynaecology, urology and ophthalmology. The hospital is a spacious, modern and well-equipped with the most recent development opening in 2019.

Armidale is set high on the picturesque Northern Tablelands and is known for its beautiful tree lined streets and magnificent autumn colours and has a distinctive seasonal climate. Armidale is located midway between Sydney and Brisbane on the New England Highway with an abundance of transport options between the major cities. The region offers diversity in outdoor activities such as bushwalking in the nearby World Heritage listed National Parks offering spectacular gorges and waterfalls in Australia. Armidale is an educational centre featuring a university, as well as public and private schools, and a regional conservatorium each providing a level of education comparable to any capital city in Australia.

• Qualified medical practitioner registered in Australia or eligible for registration in Australia with at least three years post-graduate experience and appropriate training and experience
• High level skills and involvement in clinical care, supervision, mentoring and teaching. Able to exercise a moderate degree of professional independence.
• Demonstrated skills in and commitment to improvements in clinical care, patient safety and risk management processes, including the ability to work in multidisciplinary teams to achieve change.
• High level interpersonal communication and team skills
• Effective communication skills for working within health care organisations and the outside community, including capacity to use electronic communications (e.g. electronic records) effectively.
• Evidence of participation in continuing professional development
• Demonstrated commitment to the broader service objectives of the public health system, including the effective utilisation of resources, and participation in activities beyond direct patient care

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Liz Bourke

Manager Medical Administration Services | HNELHD - Armidale Rural Referral Hospital

Rusden Street, Armidale NSW 2350

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