: Temporary Full Time and Part Time (01-Apr-2025 to 31-Jan-2027)
:Career Medical Officer
: $139,187 - $168,166
: Up to 38
:REQ558111
Hawkesbury District Hospital is a 125-bed teaching hospital providing acute and allied health services with a 24-hour emergency department, surgical, diagnostic and specialised medical services.
Hawkesbury Hospital provides effective clinical management of surgical patients, under appropriate supervision, whilst developing expertise in medical practice, in a complex clinical environment. The medical officer is the key person who works closely with all members of a multi-disciplinary team and deals with matters of an urgent or sensitive nature, whilst exercising discretion, sensitivity and maintaining confidentiality.
What you'll be doing
A great opportunity has come up at Hawkesbury Hospital for Career Medical Officers to join our General Medicine Unit on a temporary basis.
The primary purpose of the Career Medical Officer is the assessment, investigation and initial management of patients admitted to the inpatient ward of Hawkesbury District Hospital, under the direction of the Admitting Specialist.
The successful candidates will be expected to adopt a progressively more autonomous approach to patient management according to their experience, under the guidance of and at the discretion of the appropriate Specialist. All patients managed within the hospitals of the health district are under the direct care of a Specialist medical practitioner. Decision making and supervision will be at the appropriate level according to the medical officer’s skills, knowledge and experience.
You will make decisions regarding their care are clearly documented and communicated with the specialist responsible for that care.
If this is the opportunity you have been waiting for, we would love to hear from you.
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Selection criteria:
- Qualifications and experience commensurate with the Essential Requirements for the role.
- Demonstrated ability to work autonomously within a supervised complex clinical environment utilising excellent clinical skills, judgment and expertise.
- Minimum four years postgraduate experience and demonstrated clinical practice as a registered medical practitioner in the last 2 years in a setting appropriate to the needs of the position.
- Adept ability to work collaboratively within multi-disciplinary teams, including the sharing of appropriate information internally and externally with key persons or services.
- Advanced verbal, written and interpersonal skills, with the capacity to vary communication style in line with the understanding of the needs of diverse audiences.
- Demonstrated ability to prioritise workloads and display a flexible approach to meet changing situations in a demanding and unpredictable clinical environment.
- Demonstrated commitment to continuing professional development and self-education.
- Demonstrated commitment to quality improvement, patient safety and risk management.
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Applications Close: 12, March 2025