Consultant Anaesthetist - Bathurst, NSW - only 50 mins from Sydney

Head Medical; Bathurst; On-site; AUD 254,000 - 424,000; Full time

Job summary

Head Medical is assisting a NSW hospital in Bathurst to recruit a Consultant Anaesthetist. You will join a cohesive team delivering high‑quality anaesthetic care, contribute to service development and mentor junior staff, with a broad case mix across surgical specialties and obstetric anaesthesia.

The role emphasizes clinical excellence, teaching, and a commitment to improving patient experiences in a growing regional centre.

Qualifications

• Applicants should be registered or eligible for registration as a specialist with the Medical Board of Australia.
• Fellowship of FANZCA or equivalent (FCAI with CSCST) or FRCA with CCT.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive anaesthetic services to Bathurst and surrounding community.
• Teach and mentor junior anaesthetic staff and other doctors.
• Contribute to development of Anaesthetic Services and pre‑operative assessment.
• Manage anaesthesia for surgical specialties and obstetric epidural service.

Education

FANZCA

FRCA

Job description

Looking for a tree change where you can live and work in an environment with open spaces, sunshine and time on your side? Great opportunity for Consultant Anaesthetists in NSW.

• Fantastic lifestyle in a beautiful historic city - Australia's oldest inland city.
• Regular short flights to Sydney (50 mins, 3 times a day) or a 2.5 hour drive.
• Salary package up to AUD$424,000 (dependent upon experience)
• Excellent choice of some of the best schools in Australia - public, private and university.
• Large, varied and affordable housing - buy a few acres of land and graze cattle or grow some olives, vines or fruit trees….
• Home to one of Australia's premier motor racing circuits.
• Lovely climate with warm summers and mild winters.

The Opportunity

You will be part of a cohesive Anaesthetics team, providing excellent clinical care to patients as well as contributing to the development of Anaesthetic Services and mentoring of junior medical officers and registrars.

• You will be able to flourish in a department where your generalist skills will be maintained due to the variety of specialties available.
• You will be actively encouraged to develop your area of interest.
• Provide comprehensive, high quality, anaesthetic services to the Bathurst and the surrounding community.
• This is to include but is not limited to, providing anaesthesia for the surgical specialties at Bathurst Base Hospital, anaesthetic pre-assessment clinic, management of acute pain and provision of and obstetric epidural service
• Teaching and training of our junior anaesthetic staff as well as other doctors and allied health professionals

The Hospital

Bathurst Hospital serves a population of over 60,000 people and the Emergency Department sees over 25,000 patients per year. The hospital is a modern campus built approximately 12 years ago. Surgical services include ENT orthopaedics including trauma. General surgery, urology , ophthalmology , endoscopy, MRI, cardio version/ TOE, Obstetrics and Gynaecology. You will anaesthetise children on elective ENT surgery from 12 months. A 7 bed combined ICU / HDU / CCU supports complex surgery and medicine. Paediatric, renal dialysis, hospital in the home and day only chemotherapy services are also provided

The $200 million Bathurst Hospital Redevelopment will include an expanded emergency department and maternity services alongside a new modern non-acute mental health inpatient unit

Requirements

Applicants should be registered (or eligible for registration) as a specialist with the Medical Board of Australia and be a Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand College for Anaesthetists (FANZCA) or equivalent as an overseas trained specialist who has completed their training in either the UK, Ireland, Canada, USA (ABA certified) or New Zealand.

The Medical Board of Australia implemented a new expedited pathway to specialist registration in December 2024, eliminating the need for a specialist assessment with a specialist medical college for those with an accepted qualification in Anaesthetics.The standard Specialist Pathway or the Pathway to Fellowship are still available to those who aren’t eligible for the Expedited specialist pathway. The accepted qualifications are:

• Fellowship of the College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland (FCAI), together with a Certificate of Satisfactory Completion of Specialist Training (CSCST) from Ireland, or
• Fellowship of the Royal College of Anaesthetists (FRCA) and a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) from the United Kingdom.

The Location

Set in a wonderful natural environment with warm summers, clear, crisp winters, occasional snowfalls and lovely spring and autumn colours, Bathurst is one of the region's most beautiful cities, offering a diversity of attractions, activities and facilities.

Bathurst is a prosperous and rapidly growing regional centre. The city offers a pleasant country lifestyle with affordable housing, excellent public and private school education and a university. It is just three hours drive from Sydney. The region is conveniently located with effective transport links to Sydney and Canberra. Visit www.bathurstregion.com.au for more information. There is a private hospital which can provide private endoscopy lists. Academic and research opportunities are available at the co-located Western Sydney University clinical school.