Employment Type: Permanent Part Time
Position Classification: Staff Specialist
Remuneration: 186241 - 229825
Hours Per Week: 20
Requisition ID: REQ551838
Applications close: 22 August 2025
Position Classification: Staff Specialist
Remuneration: 186241 - 229825
Hours Per Week: 20
Requisition ID: REQ551838
Applications close: 22 August 2025
HNELHD Staff Specialist / Visiting Medical Officer in Pain Management - Tamworth Integrated Pain Service
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and qualified Pain Medicine Specialist to join the medical team at Tamworth Rural Referral Hospital - Integrated Pain Service - a Tier 2 chronic pain service to provide contemporary, comprehensive and professional specialist services that are safe, effective, evidence based, and patient centred. Consideration will be given to General Practitioners and other medical specialists with interest &/experience in Pain Medicine. Consultant Anaesthetists are also encouraged to apply and may consider an additional fractional appointment in Anaesthesia
About TIPS
Initially established in 2013 in partnership with the NSW Agency for Clinical Innovation, the Tier 2 chronic pain service ‘TIPS’ is one of a small number of services located in regional New South Wales, established at the Tamworth Rural Referral Hospital. The TIPS service comprises a team of experienced health practitioners: a Newcastle-based Specialist Pain Medicine Physician (SPMP), and Tamworth based team including a Clinical Nurse Consultant/Operations Manager, Clinical Psychologist, Physiotherapist, Clinical Nurse Specialist, and an Administrative Officer. TIPS provides chronic pain management care to the communities of Hunter New England Northern District and offers pain neuroscience education, assessment and management in group and individual formats for patients with chronic pain, encouraging a broad holistic care approach. TIPS has strong links with the Tier 3 tertiary service, Hunter Integrated Pain Service, located at Newcastle.
Initially established in 2013 in partnership with the NSW Agency for Clinical Innovation, the Tier 2 chronic pain service ‘TIPS’ is one of a small number of services located in regional New South Wales, established at the Tamworth Rural Referral Hospital. The TIPS service comprises a team of experienced health practitioners: a Newcastle-based Specialist Pain Medicine Physician (SPMP), and Tamworth based team including a Clinical Nurse Consultant/Operations Manager, Clinical Psychologist, Physiotherapist, Clinical Nurse Specialist, and an Administrative Officer. TIPS provides chronic pain management care to the communities of Hunter New England Northern District and offers pain neuroscience education, assessment and management in group and individual formats for patients with chronic pain, encouraging a broad holistic care approach. TIPS has strong links with the Tier 3 tertiary service, Hunter Integrated Pain Service, located at Newcastle.
Where you will be working
Tamworth Rural Referral Hospital is the main referral centre and the only Major Non-Metropolitan Referral Hospital, for acute care management within the Hunter New England Local Health District (HNE LHD). Tamworth Rural Referral Hospital is a 348-bed training hospital with clinical affiliation with the University of Newcastle and University of New England. Tamworth Hospital has a 24-hour emergency department (level 5), high level surgical and medical services, including a diagnostic and interventional cardiac catheterisation laboratory, intensive care, coronary care, rehabilitation services (including brain injury), Diabetic centre, ENT, Gastroenterology, mental health unit, renal services, paediatrics, maternity, rheumatology, oncology, radiology, pathology and an extensive range of Outpatient services and clinics.
Tamworth Rural Referral Hospital is the main referral centre and the only Major Non-Metropolitan Referral Hospital, for acute care management within the Hunter New England Local Health District (HNE LHD). Tamworth Rural Referral Hospital is a 348-bed training hospital with clinical affiliation with the University of Newcastle and University of New England. Tamworth Hospital has a 24-hour emergency department (level 5), high level surgical and medical services, including a diagnostic and interventional cardiac catheterisation laboratory, intensive care, coronary care, rehabilitation services (including brain injury), Diabetic centre, ENT, Gastroenterology, mental health unit, renal services, paediatrics, maternity, rheumatology, oncology, radiology, pathology and an extensive range of Outpatient services and clinics.
Mandatory requirements of this role include:
- Admitting, consultative, diagnostic, procedural, outpatient, telehealth and on-call services as determined and required by HNELHD
- 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 HNELHD.
- Provision of education and research as determined and required by HNELHD
- A primary medical degree registrable with AHPRA and Fellowship of the A primary medical degree registrable with AHPRA, and Fellowship of the Faculty of Pain Medicine, Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (FFPMANZCA), and/or overseas trained specialist pathways
- Evidence of being a medical expert, demonstrated by recent and comprehensive experience in Pain Management.
- Evidence of being a scholar, maintains medical professional development and has the ability to assist other staff, including trainees in the acquisition and development of knowledge.
- Evidence of being a skilled communicator, including both oral and written skills, communicating with patients, students, other health professionals and the public.
- Evidence of being a collaborator, including the ability to network and operate within an interdisciplinary framework and to work with other stakeholders in a variety of settings.
- Evidence of being a manager, including ability to be flexible and cope with a changing health system, past leadership and management experience and previous safety and quality improvement activities.
- Evidence of being a professional, including continued professional development, peer review and other forms of clinical governance.
- Evidence of being an advocate, including contributions to improving individual and societal health.
Need more information?
For role related queries or questions contact Cheryl Hayes on Cheryl.Hayes1@health.nsw.gov.au
Applications close: Monday June 2, 2025