WNSWLHD - Visiting Medical Officer - Paediatrician - Dubbo Health Service - Apply via eCredential

Employment Type: Fee for Service and Sessional
Position Classification: Visiting Medical Officer
Remuneration: As per VMO Fee for Service Determination and VMO Sessional Determination
Hours Per Week: 20
Location: Dubbo, NSW

Applications Close:  9 July 2025 at 11:59pm

Western NSW Local Health District is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability and people from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply for our advertised positions. If you require any assistance with your application or have any questions about this position, please get in touch with the contact person listed in this advertisement.

About the opportunity

Provide contemporary comprehensive specialist services for optimal patient outcomes and provide support training to clinicians across multiple disciplines to achieve quality education and safe clinical practice.

Do you have a passion for medicine and wish to practice in a rural setting? Do you have a strong work ethic and interested in working with vulnerable communities? Do you have an open mind and a desire for career progression? Would you like to live and work in an environment with open spaces, sunshine and time on your side? A move to Dubbo could make all the difference!

What we can offer you

·        Country living with a meaningful career path

·        Flexible work practices (as appropriate to the position and negotiated with your manager)

·        Corporate wellbeing programs, including the Fitness Passport

·        Opportunities for learning and development, including in-house training with My Health Learning and the NSW Health RTO

·        Professional growth and accelerated career progression

Where you'll be working

Dubbo Health Service is a major rural referral facility in Dubbo, NSW situated on the edge of the Western plains of outback Australia. It is a rapidly growing service providing critical care, specialist medical inpatient and outpatient services, surgery, mental health and many specialised allied health and medical outreach services.

Our senior clinicians and staff value everyone in the team and go out of their way to welcome you as part of the hospital community. You’ll be amongst colleagues who care that you are having a great experience in Dubbo. Here are a few other reasons why Senior Medical staff find Dubbo Hospital a rewarding place to work.

ž   Redevelopment completed in 2021 – a surgical unit of 6 surgeries completed in 2018

ž   Great variety and autonomy – no super sub-specialties, you get to work with your colleagues to the top of your scope

ž   Vulnerable population, including significant proportion of people who identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

ž   Robust research vision with key university partnerships

ž   Networked state-wide – you will never feel isolated

ž   Experience in Dubbo is well respected by peers

ž   Accredited training programs

ž   We know each other by name

About Dubbo

A regional city of 55,000 residents, Dubbo will surprise you. No longer a dusty town surrounding a world famous zoo, Dubbo has rapidly grown into a cultural, sporting and well-serviced regional city.

Grab an easy park, pop into your favourite cafe for a latte on your way to work, and at the other end of the day, choose from Japanese, Thai, Indian, Vietnamese, Chinese and modern Australian, with casual dining as well as more formal fare.

Touring theatre productions and well-known artists feature at the modern cultural centre think Bell-Shakespeare, Ensemble, Belvoir, Australian Ballet and there’s a growing multicultural community, adding spice to the program. If the outdoors are your thing, you are spoilt for choice in the parks, gardens and river in town, or at the nearby national parks and reserves, including Australia’s first dark sky national park – Warrumbungle.

Sport continues to be king in Dubbo, whether individual or team, and there are kids, interest, volunteer and service groups aplenty – a great way to meet other like-minded residents of Dubbo.

Schools, private schools and universities are all based in Dubbo. Childcare is accessible, as are the day to day supports that make life that little bit easier.

Median house price is $581,000, it’s a 10 minute commute and daily direct flights to Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane take off from Dubbo Airport – just 10 minutes out of town.

You also have access to the Welcome Experience – a free government service that assists with everything you need when moving to Dubbo. And don’t forget if you are moving, you can salary package a range of relocation costs with no limit – saving you lots!

You can learn more about Dubbo and the Hospital in WNSWLHD’s Dubbo Community page.