Position Classification: Visiting Medical Officer / Staff Specialist
Remuneration: 186241 - 229825
Hours Per Week: 40
Requisition ID: REQ540670
Applications Close - 22 August 2025
HNELHD - Staff Specialist in General Medicine, Armidale Rural Referral Hospital
Armidale Rural Referral Hospital is seeking the services of a Staff Specialist General Medicine to join their team of highly experienced consultants.
The successful applicant will share an on-call role, as well as outpatient consulting, teaching and the opportunity for an appointment to the University of New England. Adult Medical services include respiratory, cardiac, chemotherapy, renal and palliative care. Armidale can offer you a challenging career that is richly rewarding, complemented by ample opportunity for leisure time that is family centred. A dynamic management team and broader rural and regional networks provides a supportive working environment. We are looking for someone who is eligible for registration with the Medical Board of Australia as a Specialist in General Medicine, and/or overseas trained specialist pathways, who has recent clinical experience in General Medicine, who will work well as part of a multidisciplinary team , who can communicate effectively through the use of information technology and written, verbal and interpersonal skills and who as part of a wider team will share in the on-call roster and to respond on site within a reasonable time.
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 Royal Australasian College of Physicians, and/or overseas trained specialist pathways.
Evidence of being a medical expert, demonstrated by recent and comprehensive experience in General Medicine with subspecialty interest in
Respiratory, Rheumatology, Renal and Haematology
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.
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For role related queries or questions contact
Liz Bourke
Manager Medical Administration Services | HNELHD - Armidale Rural Referral Hospital
Rusden Street, Armidale NSW 2350
Tel 02 6776 9895 | Fax 02 6776 9452 | [email protected]
Applications Close: 22 August 2025
