Employment Type: Visiting Medical Officer
Position Classification: Visiting Medical Off
Remuneration: Visiting Medical Officer Award
Hours Per Week: Negotiable
Requisition ID: REQ651326
Visiting Medical Officer – General Medicine & Respiratory Medicine - Tamworth Hospital
Tamworth Hospital is seeking a Respiratory Physician to provide high-quality respiratory and general medical services to inpatients at Tamworth Referral Hospital.
The VMO role offers:
- Opportunity to privately refer outpatients to your own consulting rooms
- Participation in the after-hours General Medicine on-call roster (1:8)
- Involvement in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching programs
- A fortnightly theatre list, including bronchoscopy and EBUS procedures
- Participation in multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings
- Experience in pleural and lung ultrasound (desirable)
Tamworth Hospital services a local and referral population of approximately 205,000 people and is one of the largest rural referral hospitals in Australia. In July 2015, the hospital completed a $220 million acute services redevelopment, providing modern facilities and expanded services.
You will join a collegial team of 16 physicians across a broad range of specialties, including cardiology, nephrology, rheumatology, medical and radiation oncology, haematology, neurology, gastroenterology, rehabilitation, and endocrinology.
Educational Opportunities
Tamworth Hospital is a teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Newcastle (Bachelor of Medicine) and the Joint Medical Program with the University of New England. The hospital supports accredited Basic Physician Training in General Medicine, as well as Advanced Training in Cardiology, Nephrology, Medical Oncology, General Medicine, and Rehabilitation Medicine.
About Tamworth
With a population of approximately 60,000, Tamworth is a thriving regional city located inland between Sydney and Brisbane. The city offers convenient access with daily flights to major capital cities, a welcoming community, affordable housing, and excellent lifestyle opportunities for individuals and families alike.
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
