Advanced Trainee
Remuneration: $110,986 - $139,187
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: CAM25233 - Central Coast Local Health District - Public Health - Advanced Trainee
Central Coast Local Health District (CCLHD) has an opportunity for suitably trained and experienced medical officers interested in working on the Central Coast. We value our staff as our most important resource and strive to provide support and development opportunities throughout your career with us and we invite you to be part of our community.
The Central Coast Public Health Unit is a dynamic and diverse team who are passionate about protecting the health of the local community. This includes a portfolio spanning notifiable diseases, environmental health, immunisation, infectious disease outbreaks, biopreparedness, epidemiology and research. Located in the new Central Coast Clinical School and Research Institute on Gosford Hospital campus, numerous opportunities exist for collaboration with the Health Promotion Unit, Central Coast Research Institute and the University of Newcastle.
The NSW Central Coast is positioned between Sydney and Newcastle, with a population that is expected to grow from the current approximate 300,000 to 450,000 before 2030. Central Coast Local Health District (CCLHD) provides over 700 beds across its network facilities comprising Gosford Hospital, Wyong Hospital, Long Jetty Continuing Care Unit, Woy Woy Hospital and various Community Health Centres and Services. CCLHD has strong connections with Royal North Shore Hospital and is affiliated with the University of Newcastle.
Gosford Hospital is the principal referral hospital and a trauma centre for the Central Coast, with approximately 500 inpatient beds and 24-hour access to its Emergency Department and Operating Theatres. Inpatient services include Coronary and Intensive Care, General Medicine, Neurology, Renal, Geriatrics, General Surgery, Obstetrics, Mental Health, Paediatric and Emergency services. Outpatient and community services include Allied Health, Dental, Podiatry, Nursing, Child and Adolescent and Family Health, Drug and Alcohol, and Cardiac Rehabilitation.
Wyong Hospital is an acute major metropolitan hospital providing inpatient, outpatient and emergency services to residents in the northern part of the NSW Central Coast. Wyong Hospital has approx 300 inpatient beds and provides a range of medical, surgical and critical care services. Specialty services include Intensive Care, Coronary Care, Drug and Alcohol, Gastroenterology, Stroke, Mental Health, Rehabilitation, Orthopaedics, Vascular, Urology and Cancer services. Wyong Hospital is further developing its role as a district general hospital for a growing population with a $200 million expansion close to completion that will deliver a new Emergency Department, ICU, Paediatric unit, Theatres and inpatient units allowing the further development of clinical services.
Applications are accepted online via the following link: https://iworkfor.nsw.gov.au/, select location: Central Coast Local Health District, Gosford Hospital.
For questions contact our JMO Recruitment Team via CCLHD-MWEUJMORecruit@health.nsw.gov.au
For more information about what it is like to work with us please watch our Welcome Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xO2oqBjWGdA
http://www.cclhd.health.nsw.gov.au/careers/career-opportunities/medical/
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- MBBS or equivalent, currently registered with the Medical Board of Australia in an appropriate registration category.
- Completion of a minimum of three postgraduate years
- Enrolled, or eligible to enrol, as an Advanced Trainee in the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine Advanced Training Program OR 2 An Overseas Trained Physician (ie. a Specialist International Medical Graduate) who is undertaking Specialist Assessment with the AFPHM and requires a position to complete. Demonstrated understanding of population health practice including health promotion principles and evidence-based interventions, communicable disease control, immunisation, public health policy and practice, and environmental health.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including preparation of reports, research, briefs, and correspondence.
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team, with a demonstrated commitment to quality improvement, patient safety and risk management.
- Willingness and ability to participate in an on-call roster including evening and weekend support via telephone or in person.
- Demonstrated capacity to plan projects or tasks and manage them to completion, and Demonstrated understanding of how the District is Caring for the Coast and how this role would contribute.
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For role related queries or questions contact Rhiannon Walbancke via CCLHD-MWEUJMORecruit@health.nsw.gov.au
Applications Close: 05, August 2025
