Visiting Medical Officer - Sydney, Australia - NSW Health

NSW Health
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Employment Type:
Visiting Medical Officer


Position Classification:
Visiting Medical Officer


Requisition ID:
REQ356924


The Royal Hospital for Women has been one of Australia's foremost specialist hospitals for women and babies, since its early beginnings as New South Wales first 'lying-in' hospital for women in 1820.

As a principal teaching hospital of the University of NSW in the fields of obstetrics, gynaecology, gynaecology oncology and neonatology the Royal has a history of innovation in women's health care services, teaching and research.


The main areas of specialisation include breast care, gynaecology, gynaecological oncology, maternity, maternal fetal medicine, menopause, newborn intensive care and reproductive medicine.

Each year the Hospital performs more than 3000 surgical procedures and has over 2000 visits through our Early Pregnancy Assessment Service (EPAS).


The Gynaecological Cancer Centre at the Royal Hospital for Women is one of 6 major tertiary referrals units for gynaecological cancer in NSW.

The Centre sees approximately new cases of invasive gynaecological cancer per year.

They are part of a multidisciplinary team, which will include gynaecological medical and radiation oncologist, medical specialists, palliative care physicians, genetic counsellors, nurses and paramedical personal.

The inpatients are nursed in a 25 bed ward, which includes patients with breast cancer and benign gynaecological problems.

About 40% of the patients come from rural NSW, and the remainder from the metropolitan area. It is a multicultural group of patients. Outreach clinics are conducted in Canberra (until February 2023) and there are plans to recommence clinics at Wollongong.


These Visiting Medical Officer will provide a diagnostic and management service to all women with gynaecological cancer at the Royal Hospital for Women and agreed partnering hospitals in a full time capacity.


  • The vision for South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) is 'exceptional care, healthier lives'. SESLHD is committed to enabling our community to be healthy and well, and to providing the best possible compassionate care when people need it.
The specialist will provide expert medical assessment and management of patients within the department/service.

Our staff strive to provide excellence in healthcare and uphold a high standard of care for all patients, families, carers and visitors to our facilities.

At the core of our organisation is a set of values - Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment.

SESLHD covers nine Local Government Areas from Sydney's Central Business District to the Royal National Park and has a culturally and linguistically diverse population of over 930,000 people, which includes highly urbanised areas of eastern Sydney, southern Sydney and industrialised areas around Port Botany.

SESLHD covers urban and suburban communities and manages eight public hospitals and one public nursing home:

  • Calvary Healthcare Sydney (third schedule with Little Company of Mary Health Care)
  • Prince of Wales Hospital
  • Royal Hospital for Women
  • St George Hospital
  • Sutherland Hospital
  • Sydney/Sydney Eye Hospital
  • War Memorial Hospital (third schedule with Uniting Care)
  • Gower Wilson Memorial
  • Garrawarra Centre


SESLHD also operates 28 Child and Family Health Centres, 12 Community Health Centres and nine Oral Health Clinics; providing prevention, early intervention and community-based treatment, palliative care and rehabilitation services.

Drug and Alcohol, Mental Health, Breast screening, HIV/AIDS, Public Health, Women's Health, Youth Health, Sexual Health, Imaging and Pathology services are provided at a number of facilities across SESLHD.

The primary location of this position may be varied as agreed with the Director of Medical Services and as approved by MDAAC to other facilities in SESLHD.


_Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified for this position following suitable labour market testing._

_ All NSW Health workers are required to have completed a primary course of a COVID-19 vaccine which has been approved or recognised by the Therapeutics Goods Administration (TGA). Additionally, Category A workers are required to receive a booster dose three months after completing the primary course of COVID-19 vaccinations. New applicants must have completed the vaccination course prior to commencement with NSW Health, or provide an approved medical contraindication certificate (IM011 immunisation medical exemption form) certifying the worker cannot have any approved COVID-19 vaccines available in NSW._
**_ Acceptable proof of vaccination is the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) Immunisation History Statement or AIR COVID-19 Digital Certificate. Booster doses are highly recommended for all health care workers who have completed the primary course of COVID-19 vaccinations.
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