MLHD – VMO – General Practice – West Wyalong (Apply via eCredential)

Employment Type: Visiting Medical Officer
Position Classification: Visiting Medical Officer
Requisition ID: REQ540115
Applications Close: Sunday 12 January 2025

Visiting Medical Officer

General Practitioner – Non-Procedural

West Wyalong Health Service

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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 West Wyalong Health Service provides 24-hour accident and emergency and includes a hospital facility along with a range of community health services.

West Wyalong is a town located in the central west region of New South Wales at the cross roads of the Newell and Mid-Western Highways, just over 2 hours north of Wagga Wagga and 6.5 hours’ drive from Sydney.

Learn more about our West Wyalong Health Service by clicking here.

What you’ll be doing

The GP VMO will provide contemporary comprehensive and professional specialist services in General Practice that are safe, effective, evidence based and patient centered.
Requirements of the role include

• Admitting, consultative, diagnostic, procedural, outpatient, telehealth and on-call services as determined and required by MLHD
• Attendance and availability during rostered work hours and whilst on-call including clinical handover, clinical supervision, teaching and for emergency and routine care as determined and required by MLHD
• The provision of education and support to clinicians across multiple disciplines to achieve quality education and safe clinical practice.

Apply via eCredential here
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 disabi

Selection Criteria

1. A primary medical degree registrable with AHPRA and Fellowship of the RACGP/ ACRRM/RACP and/or overseas trained specialist pathways.
2. Minimum three (3) years post graduate clinical experience. Previous experience in Emergency Medicine, General Practice, Adult Internal Medicine, Paediatrics or Rural Medicine an advantage.
3. Knowledge of contemporary clinical management and modern approaches in assessment and management of the broad range of acute and chronic medical conditions. Competence in performing the range of minor urgent procedures commonly undertaken in a rural emergency department including Advanced Life Support and Trauma management
4. Demonstrated ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and provide leadership of a team.
5. Demonstrated commitment to teaching, continuing education, and research and quality improvement.
6. Availability to participate in an on-call roster and to respond on site within a reasonable time.
7. Demonstrated commitment to behaviours which align to the NSW Health CORE values and MLHD Values, goals and strategies.