Trainee - Unaccredited Position

NSW Health; Tamworth; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization is seeking passionate Unaccredited Trainees in General Medicine to join their team in Tamworth, UK, in 2026. Successful candidates will perform rotations in specialties like Cardiology and Gastroenterology, participate in night cover, and receive support for vocational training and career development. Living in Tamworth offers a rural lifestyle with amenities and community benefits, making it ideal for families. Applications close on December 15, 2025.

Responsibilities

• Undertake rotations in various medical specialties including Cardiology, Gastroenterology, and General Medicine.
• Participate in night cover for General Medicine.
• Engage in vocational training and career support.

Job description

Tamworth Rural Referral Hospital is seeking passionate Unaccredited Trainees in General Medicine to join our team in 2026!

Employment Type: TemporaryVarious
Remuneration: -
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: CAM27386

We need your commitment to deliver high quality clinical skills to our patients, our service, and our community. Involvement in a dynamic team that promotes active, stimulating, and supportive learning environment.

HNELHD facilitates a WBA program and was the first LHD to deliver the WBA and now has more than 15 years’ experience. The HNELHD WBA runs over 6 months is one of the largest in Australia and is based in Newcastle with a regional hub in Tamworth.

Where you'll be working

Tamworth Hospital has 288 beds and is the major Rural Referral Hospital providing services to the North West of NSW. We are the largest hospital outside the Sydney – Newcastle – Wollongong regions servicing a local community of 60,000 and a referral community of 175,000.

Tamworth Hospital is a teaching hospital for the University of Newcastle and Joint Medical Program, University of New England and is equipped with an onsite post graduate education complex with clinical skills labs and access to the nearby Education Centre, University of Newcastle. The ED is delineated to Level 5 and offers great experience in leading edge critical care medicine. Tamworth is a trauma centre for the NSW North West of NSW with locally staffed helicopter retrieval service. Tamworth Hospital encourages collaboration and collegiate relationships across multi-disciplinary teams ensuring the best service delivery.

About the role

You will have the opportunity to undertake terms (rotations) in some of the following areas: Cardiology, Gastroenterology, General Medicine, Neurology, Medical Oncology, Nephrology, Respiratory, Endocrinology. The Unaccredited Trainee in General Medicine clinical year consists of 4 terms and includes participation in night General Medicine cover. We are committed to vocational training and career support; term allocations are based on submitted preferences and future aspirations.

Where you will be living

Tamworth boasts a population of 60,000 meaning you will be living a rural lifestyle, in a very liveable inland city halfway between Sydney and Brisbane, and weekends at the coast are within easy reach. Tamworth is a thriving regional city where you will experience the best of both worlds with 6 daily return flights to the closest major capital cities with the knowledge you are living and raising your family under the most ideal circumstances; big wide-open spaces, a welcoming and friendly community, affordable housing, great schools, and endless opportunities for you and your family to pursue past-time passions.

We are a hub for the AMC approved WBA program and our current waitlist for placement is less than 12 months.

Please contact Dr Patrick Flynn on [e-mail] with any role queries.

Applications Close: 15, December 2025