MLHD - VMO - Palliative Care Specialist (Apply via eCredential)
Employment Type: Visiting Medical Officer
Position Classification: Visiting Medical Officer
Requisition ID: REQ540444
Hours per week: 4
Applications Close: Sunday 4 May 2025
Visiting Medical Officer
Palliative Care Specialist
Wagga Wagga Health Service
Make a Meaningful Impact as a Palliative Care Specialist
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Join Murrumbidgee Local Health District (MLHD) as a Visiting Medical Officer – Palliative Care Specialist and be at the heart of delivering seamless, compassionate end-of-life care across our region.
The Palliative Care Specialist will provide a Specialist Medical Service across the LHD, including direct clinical management and education, for the specialist palliative care service.
🔹 Your Role:
You'll lead specialist medical services across the LHD, providing direct clinical management and expert education within our dedicated palliative care teams. You'll also collaborate closely with non-specialist providers to enhance end-of-life care across inpatient facilities, residential aged care, and the community.
🔹 Our Scope:
MLHD’s Specialist Palliative Care Services span urban and rural communities, integrating community-based care and in-reach services to hospitals and aged care homes.
🔹 Collaboration at Its Best:
Work in strong partnership with key stakeholders like Calvary Riverina Healthcare, St Vincent’s Hospital Outreach, and a broad network of acute, aged, and community care services to strengthen service delivery and continuity of care.
🔹 Why MLHD?
With a vast and diverse region to serve, MLHD offers the opportunity to shape palliative care for entire communities—building capacity, improving patient journeys, and working within a dedicated, supportive multidisciplinary team.
The Palliative Care Specialist maintains strong partnerships with external stakeholders including, however not limited to; Calvary Riverina Healthcare, Saint Vincent Hospital (SVH) out-reach services, and other acute, aged, community based and affiliated services. The position will work with staff at these facilities to support service delivery where appropriate.
The Local Health District
Murrumbidgee LHD covers almost 125,243km2. We provide public health services to approximately 243,228 people across the Riverina, Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area and the South Western Slopes of NSW.
As the largest employer in the region, we have over 5000 healthcare staff working across 33 hospitals and 12 primary healthcare centres. We're supported by hundreds of volunteers who make an invaluable contribution to enriching the lives of people in our care.
Where you'll be working
The Wagga Wagga Health Service provides a 24-hour accident and emergency and is a referral hospital called Wagga Wagga Base Hospital.
Our services assist people and their families in living as comfortably as possible when dealing with a serious illness. Healthcare professionals in hospitals and care facilities offer this service, with specialised staff available to address complex issues.
We help manage physical, emotional, spiritual, and social challenges. We collaborate with other healthcare professionals to ensure care is well coordinated.
Palliative care support is available at home, in a care facility, or in the hospital.
Learn more about our Palliative Care Services at Wagga Wagga Health Service by clicking here.
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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.
Need more information?
1) Click here for the Position Description
For role related queries or questions contact Judy Reid on Judith.Reid@health.nsw.gov.au
Selection Criteria
- Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians Chapter of Palliative Medicine (FAChPM), or specialist qualification with certification of equivalent recognition by AHPRA
- Extensive experience in the provision of direct patient care, with an ongoing commitment to clinical consulting in palliative medicine
- Demonstrated experience in teaching palliative medicine and end of life care to health care professionals, and in the community setting
- Demonstrated ability to provide high quality compassionate medical care as evidenced by recent practice experience in working congenially and collaboratively as both a leader and member of a multidisciplinary team and as a provider of services that produces high levels of patient satisfaction and experience
- A willingness to provide both face-to-face and digital health i.e. video-consulting to all LHD communities, residential aged care facilities and acute facilities across Murrumbidgee LHD, on an ongoing basis
- Willingness to establish and facilitate formalised training appointments for medical, nursing and allied health staff in palliative and end of life care
- Willingness to engage in research activities relevant to palliative and end of life care within Murrumbidgee LHD to enhance innovation in clinical care and the equity and access of care for clients and carers in MLHD
- Demonstrate a commitment to quality improvement and clinical risk management; actively seek out improvements to service delivery; initiating change and consulting those affected by the change; allocating resources and proactively managing potential conflicts
