MLHD - VMO - General Practice - Culcairn (Apply via eCredential)
Employment Type: Visiting Medical Officer
Position Classification: Visiting Medical Officer
Requisition ID: REQ543745
Applications Close: Sunday 19 January 2025
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VMO – General Practice – Non-Procedural – Culcairn MPS
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As a GP VMO, you will provide high-quality, patient-centred care in a range of general practice services, ensuring that care is safe, effective, and evidence-based. You will play a pivotal role in delivering comprehensive medical services to the local community.
Key responsibilities include:
- Providing admitting, consultative, diagnostic, procedural, outpatient, telehealth, and on-call services as required by MLHD.
- Being available during rostered hours and on-call, including clinical handovers, supervision, teaching, and emergency and routine care.
- Offering education and support to clinicians across multiple disciplines, promoting quality education and safe clinical practice.
Murrumbidgee Local Health District requires Visiting Medical Officers to participate in service and policy development as well as an involvement with education, training and quality projects activities.
Where you'll be working
Located in the town of Culcairn, this facility plays a central role in ensuring that the people of the surrounding region have access to quality health services close to home. The hospital is dedicated to delivering patient-centred care, fostering a compassionate and supportive environment for both patients and staff.
Culcairn is a beautiful town in The Murray, adorned with tree-lined streets, pretty parks and heritage-listed buildings. Discover colonial heritage and bushranger tales, and enjoy cycling, nature and golf. Learn more about the benefits and lifestyle of Culcairn
About us
The Murrumbidgee Local Health District (MLHD) has over 3,500 staff, 33 Public Hospitals, including 2 Base Hospitals, 8 Acute Community Hospitals and 16 Multi-Purpose Services. A progressive organisation, Murrumbidgee LHD continues to make significant achievements in improving health services and strives to provide a compassionate health care system that consistently delivers the highest standard of care to people, no matter where they live.
Communities we support are diverse, with approximately 245,000 people in communities large and small, across a geographic area of approximately 125,561 square kilometres. Murrumbidgee Local Health District (MLHD) spans across southern New South Wales, stretching from the Snowy Mountains in the east to the plains of Hillston in the northwest and all the way along the Victorian border.
Need more information?
Please refer the Position Description for further information relating to this role.
For role related queries or questions contact Kathryn Walters, Facility Manager on kathryn.walters@health.nsw.gov.au
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A National Police Check will be conducted, NSW Health does not require or accept the Fit2Work Badge offered as an option in eCredential.
Applications via agencies will not be accepted.
MLHD is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourage all suitably qualified applicants to apply, including Aboriginal People and people from racial, ethnic or ethno-religious minority groups and people with disability.
To learn more about working for Murrumbidgee Local Health District visit Careers
Selection Criteria
- A primary medical degree registrable with AHPRA and Fellowship of the RACGP/ ACRRM/RACP and/or overseas trained specialist pathways.
- Minimum three (3) years post graduate clinical experience. Previous experience in Emergency Medicine, General Practice, Adult Internal Medicine, Paediatrics or Rural Medicine an advantage.
- Knowledge of contemporary clinical management and modern approaches in assessment and management of the broad range of acute and chronic medical conditions. Competence in performing the range of minor urgent procedures commonly undertaken in a rural emergency department including Advanced Life Support and Trauma management
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and provide leadership of a team.
- Demonstrated commitment to teaching, continuing education, and research and quality improvement.
- Availability to participate in an on-call roster and to respond on site within a reasonable time.
- Demonstrated commitment to behaviours which align to the NSW Health CORE values and MLHD Values, goals and strategies.
