SNSWLHD – Staff Specialist – VMO – Medical Director District Patient Flow Unit. Apply via eCred[...]

Southern NSW Local Health District; Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council; On-site; AUD 125,000 - 150,000; Part time

Job summary

A regional health service in NSW is seeking a part-time Medical Director for the District Patient Flow Unit. This role emphasizes clinical leadership and management of patient safety, ensuring quality patient outcomes. Candidates must be eligible for registration as a Specialist in Emergency Medicine. Join a dedicated team committed to community health and diverse patient needs.

Benefits

Salary packaging options

Corporate health and fitness program

11% superannuation

Qualifications

• Eligible for registration as a Specialist in Emergency Medicine.
• Experience in clinical leadership and management.
• Ability to deliver effective patient care.

Responsibilities

• Provide medical leadership for patient flow.
• Supervise and educate junior medical staff.
• Ensure continuity of quality care.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Patient safety management

Analytical skills

Interpersonal communication

Education

Registration with the Medical Board of Australia as a Specialist in Emergency Medicine (FACEM)

Job description

Overview

SNSWLHD – Staff Specialist / VMO – Medical Director District Patient Flow Unit - Apply via eCredential

• Employment Type: Part Time
• Location: District Wide
• Position Classification: Senior Medical Practitioner
• Remuneration: Staff Specialist Rates: View Here & VMO Rates: View Here
• Hours Per Week: 4
• Requisition ID: REQ610405
• Application Close: Sunday 26th October, 2025

Come and join our team at Southern and experience all this District has to offer!

Where you'll be working

At Southern NSW Local Health District we are working to help our communities lead healthy lives. Our mission is that all people across our diverse societies are able to have timely access to the right healthcare in the right setting to maximise their health, wellbeing and independence.

Southern NSW Local Health District covers a large area of the state, from Goulburn and Crookwell to the Victorian border, and surrounds the ACT on three sides, a total of 44 537 sq kms. It extends from the pristine beaches of the NSW South Coast, the farmlands of the Southern Tablelands, across the picturesque Great Dividing Range and the spectacular Snowy Mountains. We are home to four large Aboriginal nations – the Gundungurra, Ngunnawal, Ngarigo and Yuin.

Southern NSWLHD comprises two networks - Inlands centred around Goulburn, Monaro, Queanbeyan and Cooma, and Coastal centred around Bega, Batemans Bay and Moruya in the far south-east corner of NSW and the Integrated Care Network.

We have 18 facilities and our hospitals take care of more than 200,000 people. As a major local employer, our staff are a part of our local communities.

What you'll be doing

The Medical Director District Patient Flow Unit (Physician) is responsible for providing the medical clinical leadership, direction, and strategy for patient flow across Southern NSW Local Health District to support the provision of safe, efficient, consistent and reliable delivery of vital clinical care to acutely unwell patients for optimal patient outcomes.

Our Offer

Salary Packaging – up to $9k for living expenses + $2.6k meal & entertainment + Novated leasing - Click to find out more

Corporate Health and Fitness program

11% Superannuation on top of your gross income

Annual Leave Loading

Provide best practice evidence-based clinical services to achieve quality patient outcomes.

Undertake supervision and education within the clinical environment of junior medical staff and other relevant staff to foster safe clinical practice.

Utilise information systems to enable informed decision making and care planning.

Communicate with staff and clinicians to ensure quality and continuity of care.

Actively participate in risk management and quality programs to improve organisational processes and own practices

Comply with relevant legislation and regulations, NSW Ministry of Health policies and SNSWLHD procedures to assist in meeting Activity Based Funding, Commonwealth and State targets.

Selection Criteria

• Eligible for registration with the Medical Board of Australia as a Specialist in Emergency Medicine (FACEM).
• Experience in and understanding of frameworks for managing patient safety and quality, and clinical improvement.
• Proven ability to deliver effective patient care as a senior medical clinician in the relevant specialty.
• Experience in clinical leadership and management.
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to develop creative, yet practical solutions.
• Experience in service planning and development and in workforce planning.
• Demonstrated interpersonal, communication, consultation and negotiation skills necessary to build and maintain collaborative relationships.
• Evidence of a current unrestricted drivers’ licence and the ability to maintain. Ability and willingness to drive/travel as the role requires. This may involve driving long distances and overnight stays.

Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specific Diseases

This is a Category ‘A’ position, please read and understand NSW Health policy directive PD2024_015. All new employees must agree to comply with the requirements outlined in this policy. OASV requirements also include proof of vaccination against influenza and is compulsory for NSW Staff that enter any Residential Aged Care Facility (RACF) or who work in NSW Health owned and operated RACFs.

Australian Work Rights

Please note that to apply for this position you must be an Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident of Australia or be able to independently and legally live and work in Australia by way of your own Temporary Visa. For more information, please see www.immi.gov.au

At Southern NSW Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don’t just accept differences but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background, people with a disability and people from the LGBTQI+ community to apply.

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Find out more about applying for this position

For role related queries or questions contact Matthew Stephenson on [e-mail]

Applications Close: Sunday 26th October, 2025

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NSW Health acknowledges the people of the many traditional countries and language groups of New South Wales. It acknowledges the wisdom of Elders past and present, and pays respect to all Aboriginal communities of today.