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Employment Type: Full Time / Part Time / Job Share
Location: Cooma
Position Classification: Visiting Medical Officer (VMO)
Remuneration:
Hours Per Week: up to 40
Requisition ID: REQ443462
Applications Close: 25 March 2024
We welcome you to come and join our friendly, committed and proud team at Southern NSWLHD
At Southern NSW Local Health District (Southern) we are working to help our communities lead healthy lives. Our mission is that all people across our diverse societies have timely access to the right healthcare in the right setting to maximise their health, wellbeing and independence.
Southern covers a large area of the state, from Goulburn and Crookwell to the Victorian border, and surrounds the ACT on three sides. A total of 44 537sq kms, extending from the pristine beaches of the NSW South Coast, the farmlands of the Southern Tablelands, across the picturesque Monaro and spectacular Snowy Mountings of the Great Dividing Range.
We are home to five large Aboriginal nations – the Gundungurra, Ngambri, Ngunnawal, Ngarigo and Yuin people. Southern NSWLHD comprises of four Networks - Tablelands is centred around Goulburn, Monaro centred around Queanbeyan and Cooma, the Coastal Network located in the far south-east corner of NSW, and the Integrated Care Network.
Where you'll be working
Cooma Hospital and Health Service is part of the Monaro Network. It is a 41 bed acute hospital and offers Emergency Medicine; surgery (Orthopaedics, Gynaecology, Gastroenterology, General Surgery and Obstetrics); Inpatient Services; Maternity, (24 hours) beds; Renal Dialysis; Outpatient Oncology; Pathology collection; Pharmacy; and Medical Imaging (X-Ray, CT and Ultrasound).
Cooma is the gateway to the Snowy Mountains, the gold rush town of Cooma is the largest in the region, and a popular stop for snow lovers on their way to the ski fields. You can also fish for trout in crystal clear mountain streams and explore the beautiful alpine countryside.
The drive from Sydney to Cooma is a little over four hours, from Canberra it’s about 80 mins and from the pristine beaches and tourist towns of the Sapphire Coast it’s 70 mins. You can fly into Snowy Mountains Airport and hire a car and explore the High Country. Cooma has a range of accommodation including motels, hotels, farm stays, cottages and caravan parks.
What we offer:
- Flexible work arrangements
- Salary Packaging – up to $9k for living expenses + $2.6k meal & entertainment + Novated leasing
- Corporate Health and Fitness program
- 10.5% Superannuation on top of your gross income
- Annual Leave Loading
A team member from the NSW Government - Department of Regional NSW called a Local Connector will discuss the concerns, questions and needs of each individual and connect them with the right people and services, to ensure their move and transition into the community is as easy as possible.
To find out more on what it is like to live and work in Regional NSW click here and register your details via .
What you'll be doing
Provide contemporary comprehensive specialist services for optimal patient outcomes.
Provide and support training to clinicians across multiple disciplines to achieve quality education and safe clinical practice.
Selection Criteria: * Eligible for registration with the Medical Board of Australia as a Specialist General Practitioner or training towards.
- Demonstrated recent clinical experience in Emergency Medicine.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and provide leadership of a team.
- Demonstrated effective communication through the use of information technology and written, verbal and interpersonal skills.
- Demonstrated commitment to teaching, continuing education, and research and quality improvement. Demonstrated commitment to participation in on-call rosters and providing timely on-site responses
- Demonstrated understanding of and commitment to all aspects of clinical governance
- Demonstrated ability to consistently display a commitment to, and compliance with, and leadership in high quality Customer Service, Workplace Diversity, Occupational Health & Safety and Industrial Democracy principles, practices and relevant legislation relating to these areas and an understanding of and commitment to the organisation’s values
This is a Category ‘A’ position, please read and understand NSW Health policy directive . All new employees must agree to comply with the requirements outlined in this policy. OASV requirements also include proof of vaccination against influenza and is compulsory for NSW Staff that enter any Residential Aged Care Facility (RACF) or who work in NSW Health owned and operated RACFs.
All NSW Health Category A workers are required to have received at least two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. You will be required to provide a record of your COVID-19 vaccination status if successful.
Australian Work Rights
Please note that to apply for this position you must be an Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident of Australia, or be able to independently and legally live and work in Australia by way of your own Temporary Visa. For more information, please see
At Southern NSW Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don’t just accept differences but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of ⚫️ 🟡 🔴 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander ⚫️ 🟡 🔴 background, people with a disability and people from the LGBTQI+ community to apply.
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Applications Close: 25 March 2024
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