Senior Registrar

Employment Type: Temporary Full Time

Remuneration: -

Hours Per Week: 38

Requisition ID: CAM27380

An exciting opportunity exists to join the Emergency Department at Shoalhaven District Memorial Hospital.

Come for the Lifestyle

Where you'll be working

The Shoalhaven area is one of the fastest growing areas of NSW with over 5,000 new residents making the move here every year. The area has plenty to offer with the beautiful beaches of Jervis Bay, rainforests of Kangaroo Valley and tourist townships like Berry, all within 30 minutes' drive. For more information on the Shoalhaven Region, you can visit the following website Shoalhaven

Shoalhaven Hospital is a busy rural hospital which employs over 1,000 staff and is the main acute care hospital for the Shoalhaven region, providing emergency care, medical, surgical and orthopaedic services. Shoalhaven Hospital has an Intensive Care Unit focusing on high dependency and coronary patients, Children's Ward and Maternity Unit as well as a purpose-built regional Cancer Care Centre and sub-acute Mental Health Unit. Shoalhaven Hospital is currently undergoing a $438 million redevelopment.

What you'll be doing

This is a 12 month training post available to all Fellowed General Practitioners wanting to acquire or maintain procedural skills for use in rural NSW within either Emergency Medicine, Paediatrics, Anaesthetics and Obstetrics & Gynaecology. It is recognised that General Practitioners undertaking procedural training are most likely to have established practices therefore training may be flexible to allow continuation of part time work in the practice. The procedural training specialty should be appropriate to the service needs of the rural community in which they intend to practice. Recruitment will be focused on GPs proposing to take up rural practice who are residing in or are prepared to reside and practice as a General Practitioner in rural NSW.

The General Practice Procedural Trainee will be engaged as a Senior Registrar under the Public Hospital Medical Officers (State) Award 2024 with a salary. The Trainees will receive an allowance to increase total remuneration to the level of Staff Specialist Level 1, Year 5 as per the Staff Specialists (State) Award 2024, in line with Award increases.

The NSW Rural General Practitioner Procedural Training Program is funded by NSW Health and aims to develop appropriate workforce for regional and rural NSW by training existing General Practitioners (GPs) in procedural skills.

The emergency department at Shoalhaven District Memorial Hospital receives around 40000 attendances per annum. The department attends to both adult and paediatric patient populations. Patient presentations include medical emergencies, surgical emergencies, major trauma and minor injuries. Services on site include general medicine, critical care, general surgery, orthopaedic surgery, paediatrics, aged care and obstetrics & gynaecology. As a rural emergency department, there are established pathways for referrals to tertiary care at Wollongong Hospital or services centralised to the Greater Sydney area. The department prides itself on the opportunities it provides for training, development and our commitment to staff welfare.

• MBBS or equivalent, currently registered with the Medical Board of Australia.
• Fellowship of Royal Australasian College of General Practitioners and/or Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine.
• Evidence of participation in continuing professional development and 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.
• Excellent communications skills, including both oral and written skills and a sensitive approach to clear communication with patients, carers, other professionals and the public.
• At least three years postgraduate experience and a demonstrated ability to work independently within a supervised complex clinical environment utilising excellent skills, judgement and expertise.
• High level skills and involvement in clinical care, supervision, mentoring and teaching. Able to exercise a moderate degree of professional independence.
• Demonstrated commitment to behaviours which align to the NSW Health CORE values and organisational values, goals and strategies.
• Demonstrated commitment to practicing medicine and advanced skill in a regional or rural setting in New South Wales.

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Applications Close: 21, November 2025