
Career Medical Officer
2 days ago
Employment Type: Temporary Full Time
Position Classification: Career Medical Off Gde 2
Remuneration:
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ
What you'll be doing
The primary purpose of the Career Medical Officer (CMO) is to provide independent, high level medical care, including responsibility for the assessment, investigation and initial management of patients presenting to the Emergency Department and admitted to inpatient wards. The CMO will be supervised by specialist staff, and provide supervision and support to junior medical staff in the Emergency Department.
The position also serves to support the completion of the Emergency Medicine Certificate (EMC) or Emergency Medicine Diploma (EMD) through the Australian College of Emergency Medicine]
If you are a registrar level doctor (non ACEM trainee) looking to gain ED experience and join a team of friendly and enthusiastic ED staff in a bustling regional centre, then look no further than the Wagga Wagga Base Hospital Emergency Department
Wagga Wagga is the largest inland city in NSW, situated in the Riverina area just under five hours' drive southwest of Sydney, four hours' north from Melbourne, and just under three hours' drive west from Canberra. It is a lovely and welcoming, family-friendly city with plenty to see and do. Some examples include the city's museum, art gallery and Civic Theatre, the Wagga Beach, the Wiradjuri walking track encircling the city, the beautiful Botanical Gardens, along with great boutiques, cafes, restaurants and wineries, good schools, and a local university. We are surrounded by stunning countryside in all directions, with the Snowy Mountains and multiple National Parks all within easy reach. There is a regional airport in Wagga which provides regular direct flights to and from Melbourne and Sydney in an hour, and Brisbane in two hours.
The city itself has a population of approximately 65,000 people. WWBH is the major rural referral hospital for the Murrumbidgee Local Health District (MLHD), which services 250,000 people in total across the vast Murrumbidgee area in NSW.
The WWBH ED has over 45000 presentations per year, with a wide variety of cases including general medicine and surgery, obstetrics, orthopaedics, and mental health. Approximately 25% of the ED presentations are paediatrics. One of the many advantages of coming to work in a regional centre is the exposure to rural medicine and procedural skills in a supervised environment, which includes managing significant trauma cases from farming/machinery accidents and MVAs.
WWBH is the regional trauma centre seeing approximately 100 major trauma presentations per year, the regional stroke centre, and the regional PCI centre with 24/7 access to two interventional cardiology labs and interventional radiology services. The ED has 3 resuscitation beds, and acute and subacute / ambulatory care areas. There is a co-located Emergency Department Short Stay Unit (EMU) with 8 monitored beds.
Non vocational ED registrars are rostered to all areas of the ED including EMU, which ensures not only access to the breadth of presentations but makes the most of the opportunities in our procedure rich environment. There is double FACEM cover from daily with an on-call FACEM overnight.
Opportunities in this role at Wagga include FACEM supervision to complete an ACEM qualification such as the Emergency Medicine Certificate, Diploma and/or the Advanced Diploma. There is an extensive ACEM Emergency Medicine Education and Training (EMET) teaching program in place at WWBH ED called the "WESTEND" teaching program to facilitate this, with fortnightly full day sessions run by local FACEMs and specifically aimed at non vocational mid-grade ED medical officers including Rural Generalist and GP trainees. There are 10 hours of paid protected teaching time once a fortnight, along with favourable rostering to attend external courses. There is also the option to do critical care rotations in anaesthesia and ICU, as well as rotations in paediatrics and ultrasound. Research is encouraged and supported by the ED, as is participation in trauma grand rounds and our M&M program. Ongoing career opportunities in the MLHD include transitioning to a permanent ED Career Medical Officer (CMO) and/or a senior ED CMO position which is recognised as a vital role in our local workforce.
WWBH ED also has strong ties to both University of New South Wales and University of Notre Dame Rural Medical Schools, with opportunities to support the student learning experience both within the ED and in an academic post.
- MBBS or equivalent, currently registered with the Medical Board of Australia.
- Unconditional general registration or eligible for unconditional registration with AHPRA
- Advanced ability to work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team in the planning, delivery and coordination of patient care.
- Advanced written and verbal communication skills and ability to communicate effectively and respectfully with patients, family members and others members of the health care team.
- Advanced organisational and time management skills and ability to manage competing priorities in a complex environment.
- Demonstrated commitment to quality improvement, patient safety and risk management.
- Evidence of continuing professional development and commitment to self education.
- (3) years experience in a public hospital setting, with Demonstrated competency in clinical skills including advanced life support with ability to perform ALS procedures (including endotracheal intubation and insertion of central lines, arterial lines and intercostal catheters), interpreting patient history, physical examination, pathology, ECG and radiological investigations to diagnose simple and complex Emergency Medicine presentations.
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Applications Close: 26 October 2025
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