Blacktown and Mount Druitt Hospitals
Permanent 0.6 FTE Staff Specialist
Palliative Care Medicine
To apply for this position, please complete an online application by clicking on the link below:
https://myclinicalprofile.com.au/OpenPositionLogin.aspx?UniqueId=01fb9a51-8c38-4e6a-8fdb-60b1e1505c4a
Applications must be received by 5pm on the advertising closing date.
APPLICATIONS CLOSE 30 JULY 2026
Applications are invited from suitably qualified medical practitioners for the above position in the Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD). This position will be located in the Department of Supportive and Palliative Care at Blacktown and Mount Druitt Hospitals.
The Successful applicant will have a strong work ethic, highly developed clinical, interpersonal and communication skills, committed to teamwork, education and research.
We are looking for a likeminded clinician who shares the passion and commitment of our team to delivering exceptional supportive and palliative care to a highly diverse, multicultural community.
The WSLHD Supportive and Palliative Care (SPC) Service is a group of specialist health professionals who are skilled, compassionate, hardworking, and committed. We are specialist physicians, specialist nurses, ward and community nurses, allied health professionals and Aboriginal and Cultural Health Workers. These health professionals are joined by Pastoral Care colleagues and a vibrant and diverse Supportive and Palliative Care Volunteer Service to make up this highly functional Multidisciplinary Supportive and Palliative Care Team.
The SPC service cares for people and their families/carers with life limiting illnesses who have complex symptomatology and/or End of Life care and bereavement support needs. The clinicians in the SPC service work with our colleagues in Specialist, General and Primary Health Care as well as the staff of Residential Aged Care Faculties to support them and their patients, and to improve their capacity to deliver timely and quality Supportive, Palliative and End of Care for all people in WSLHD living with life limiting illness.
The SPC service team also engages in pre and post graduate teaching and research in this field. The successful applicant will also be engaged in delivering such education and have the opportunity to contribute to innovative quality control and assurance activities, as well as qualitative and quantitative research and service innovation in all aspects of Supportive and Palliative Care.
Applicants expecting to be awarded fellowship within 6 months are eligible to apply.
Essential Requirements for Appointment
1. Possess or be eligible for registration with the Medical Board of Australia and Fellowship of the Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and Fellow of the Chapter of Palliative Medicine (or equivalent as provided for in the Staff Specialists (State) Award. Must have Australian Citizenship or Permanent Australian Residency.
2. Sound clinical knowledge in Specialist Palliative Medicine demonstrated through successful clinical practice in an environment appropriate to the requirements of the position.
3. Has demonstrated an advanced ability to work in a specialist multidisciplinary team in a tertiary hospital setting.
Conditions of appointment are in accordance with the Staff Specialists (State) Award.
Selection Criteria
1. FRACP and FAChPM or equivalent (candidates receiving these qualifications within 6 months of interview are welcome to apply).
2. Demonstrated skills and attitudes appropriate for practice as a Senior Medical Practitioner including:
- Proven ability to work effectively and harmoniously with medical and other health services colleagues as part of a multi-disciplinary health care team.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with patients and colleagues.
- Excellent organisational, supervision and collaboration skills with demonstrated ability to build respectful relationships.
- Maintaining and developing knowledge, skills and professional performance to the level required for contemporary practice.
- Experience and involvement in quality assurance activities and translation of research into practice to improve patient safety and quality.
- A commitment to both epistemic humility and ongoing service development to support the delivery of culturally safe and trauma informed care.
3. Demonstrated ability to manage time and resources efficiently and contributing to the effectiveness and efficiency of the health care system.
4. Demonstrated aptitude for clinical leadership which is evidenced by:
- A commitment to ethical and equitable health care founded on the best evidence and/or expert consensus.
- Commitment to building relationships, leading, and developing others.
- A capacity for Systems thinking and innovation.
- A commitment to self -care and personal development.
- A Capacity to maintain personal integrity, tolerate stress and demonstrate resilience.
- Results and outcome focused.
5. Commitment to good governance, achieving results and managing risks.
6. Demonstrated commitment to Education, Training and Research, as applicable to the position.
Working With Children Check
Applicants must provide evidence of a Working with Children Check issued by the Office of Communities Commission for Children and Young People. For more information on how to apply for the clearance, please visit the Commission for Children and Young People website: https://ocg.nsw.gov.au/working-children-check
The Position Description can be located via e-credential, please refer to the link below.
To apply for this position, please complete an online application by clicking on the link below:
https://myclinicalprofile.com.au/OpenPositionLogin.aspx?UniqueId=01fb9a51-8c38-4e6a-8fdb-60b1e1505c4a
Applications must be received by 5pm on the advertising closing date.
APPLICATIONS CLOSE 30 JULY 2026
CONTACT
Dr Sally Greenaway
0408 490 723
[email protected]
Dr Lyra Reyes
0416 115 101
[email protected]
If you are having any issues regarding your application via e-credential, please contact the Specialist Medical and Dental Recruitment Unit on (02) 8838 2094 or via e-mail: [email protected]
