AddressPosition Classification: CW - Contingent Worker
Requisition ID: REQ493579
Location: Broken Hill NSW
How to apply
Your application is to be submitted through E-Credential ONLY. To apply please click this link:
https://myclinicalprofile.com.au/OpenPositionLogin.aspx?UniqueId=995a41b1-223b-493a-b8d6-277833adab59
We really aren’t that far away - only 3 hours’ drive from Mildura, 5 hours from Adelaide or a short flight from anywhere in Australia with everything you need right at your front door!
What you'll be doing
To direct and deliver specialist Sexual Assault and Child Protection medical services across the Far West LHD ensuring the service is performing effectively and efficiently in accordance with NSW Health policy.
About the Far West LHD
Key to our success of course, is our people. Our workforce is inclusive and diverse. We employ well over 800 clinicians and support staff across our 9 health facilities in Broken Hill, Balranald, Dareton, Ivanhoe, Menindee, Tibooburra, Wentworth, White Cliffs and Wilcannia.
In the Far West LHD, we are working together to make a real difference to the health outcomes for our communities. We encourage you to consider joining our friendly team for a meaningful and rewarding career in rural and remote healthcare.
About Broken Hill
A true “Oasis in the Outback”, Broken Hill is a thriving regional town in far west NSW full of diversity, history and character. Being Australia’s first city to be Nationally Heritage Listed, Broken Hill is a culturally rich town with a vibrant art scene with over 20 galleries (more than pubs)! The unique attractions, festivals and beautiful natural landscapes see tourists flock from all over, but the ones who stay quickly fall in love with the place and its liveability.
With a population of around 20,000, Broken Hill is small enough to allow for a relaxed country lifestyle, while big enough to provide all the desired facilities of a regional hub including major supermarkets and retail stores, excellent schools (7 primary & 2 high), multiple gyms & aquatic centre, well-known fast-food franchises and a plethora of trendy restaurants, pubs and cafés.
Selection Criteria
- Current medical practitioner, registered, or eligible for registration, with the Medical Board of Australia and Fellow of the Faculty of Clinical Forensic Medicine of the RCPA or overseas equivalent or other relevant specialist qualification as provided for in the NSW Staff Specialist State award.
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience in clinical and forensic management of sexual assault/Child Protection
- Ability to participate in an on call roster as required by the Far West Local Health District
- Demonstrated ability to work and communicate effectively as part of a team and provide leadership of a team
- Demonstrated commitment to quality improvement, patient safety and risk management
- Demonstrated participation in teaching and training at undergraduate and/or post graduate level, including supervision of junior medical staff and mentoring and education of Doctors commending or less experienced in Forensic Practice.
The Welcome Experience
Need more information?
Applications Close: 25th June 2024
At Far West 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
