NSLHD - Visiting Medical Officer - Virtual Care and Hospital In The Home

Virtual Care and Hospital in the Home Services within Northern Sydney Local Health District are seeking suitably qualified specialists and General Practitioners to join the dynamic team in providing and supporting high-quality Virtual Care and Hospital in the Home Services.

Applications are accepted via eCredential only, to apply click here

Position Classification: Visiting Medical Officer

Contract Type: Sessional

Duration: Quinquennium ending 30 June 2030

Who we are : We are a health service that touches thousands of lives across the Northern Sydney Local Health District, together as a team of like-minded people. We are passionate, driven and have the skills and knowledge to care for our patients whilst creating the best services possible. Our teams have meaningful, interesting and rewarding work everyday. We challenge and nurture each other, sharing our knowledge and experience so that we can deliver better care for everyone. There's a real sense of belonging here because we value and respect our patients, employees, and teams' voices. You'll feel a real privilege being a trusted caregiver in our patients, their families, their carers, and our communities' lives. 

About the Role

This position requires a minimum commitment of one weekend day per month with on-call responsibilities, providing specialist medical oversight and delivering acute and subacute care to patients in their homes. Service delivery is multimodal, including home visits, telehealth, and in-person consultations, with patient allocation across any hospital within the district.

Purpose of the Position

The successful candidate will work closely with a multidisciplinary team to conduct timely assessments, guide clinical decisions, and support early interventions, enhancing continuity of care and reducing avoidable hospital admissions.

Key responsibilities include:

• Providing medical governance and clinical oversight of weekend HITH and virtual care patients

• Conducting timely assessments and reviews via multimodal consultations

• Managing complex chronic and infectious conditions in community settings

• Supporting care planning and clinical risk mitigation

• Collaborating with nursing, allied health, and virtual care teams

• Contributing to hospital avoidance and service responsiveness initiatives

You will provide clinical management and treatment of patients under your care in a Northern Sydney Local Health District facility or service. This care will be provided within the scope of clinical practice endorsed by the NSLHD Medical and Dental Appointments Advisory Committee. 

The position will provide clinical consultation services within NSLHD and will contribute to the teaching and training of medical students, graduates and other health care professionals and to research, evaluation and quality improvement activities within NSLHD.

Selection Criteria

1. MBBS or equivalent, currently registered or eligible for registration with the Medical Board of Australia. Applicants must have Fellowship of a recognised Australasian Specialist College or recognition as a specialist by the Medical Board of Australia. Applicants expecting to be awarded their fellowship within 3 months may be considered.
2. Consistently demonstrates behaviours that reinforce the CORE Values of our organisation; Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment. Demonstrates these behaviours with all stakeholders; colleagues, direct reports, as well as our patients and consumers, and those that care for them.
3. Sound clinical knowledge in a relevant specialty demonstrated through successful clinical practice in an environment appropriate to the requirements of the position including evidence of participation in quality assurance activities relevant to the specialty.
4. Demonstrated clinical, diagnostic and technical skills commensurate with functioning as an independent Specialty Consultant
5. High level interpersonal and communication skills and demonstrated ability to lead and work within a multidisciplinary team environment.
6. Demonstrated participation in and commitment to undergraduate, postgraduate, interdisciplinary teaching and education, including research, quality improvement, patient safety and risk management.
7. Preparedness to participate in any on-call service, including on-call rosters already existing or established.
8. Current NSW Drivers licence.

Need more information? 

  1) The requirements of the position can be viewed via the Position Description 

  2) For assistance with your application please refer to the eCredential guide

3) To view the the Scope of Clinical Practice for this position click here

For role related queries or questions contact Dr Michelle Chen on or email.

This is a NSW Health Category A position which requires immunisation and screening for certain diseases. The full list of requirements are outlined in the NSW Health OASV Policy (Page 11) You will be required to complete the OASV Undertaking/ Declaration Form and TB Assessment Tool during the recruitment process. Please upload this with your application along with any other vaccination evidence that you may have.

Applications Close: 23 September 2025

Please Note: NSW Health does not require or accept the 'Fit2Work badge' offered as an option in eCredential.