• Job Description

  Req#: 233010
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Employment Type: Visiting Medical Officer
  Position Classification: Visiting Medical Officer
  Requisition ID: REQ450371
  
  
  
  
  Sydney Local Health District (SLHD) is seeking an experienced Visiting Medical Officer to join our team at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
  
  
  We are looking for a Visiting Medical Officer in Neurosurgery!
  The primary purpose of the role is to provide high quality diagnostic and consultative specialty services in Neurosurgery and to participate in teaching, research, quality improvement and administrative activities within the Neurosurgery Department and Hospital as required.
  
  
  The Visiting Medical Officer role will require advanced training in spinal surgery and experience with sacral resection for benign and malignant pathologies including as part of a multidisciplinary team. As well as experience with resections for epilepsy and placements of stereotactic, electroencephalogram (EEG) leads to assist with planning epilepsy surgery.
  
  
  The Visiting Medical Officer will ensure a high standard of professional performance and encouragement of an academic environment which supports education, research and professional development.
  The successful applicant will be registered, or eligible for registration, with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA), and Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS) with recognised qualifications in Neurosurgery and/or other equivalent specialist recognition.
  Salary and conditions are in accordance with the NSW Public Hospitals Visiting Medical Officer Determination.
  
  
  
  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.
  For enquiries about the position, please contact Dr Rodney Allan HOD Neurosurgery via email at rodney.allan@health.nsw.gov.au.
  Applications are accepted via eCredential ONLY. To apply, click here and follow the Registration/Login process. Create/update your Clinician Profile and complete the Application and Selection Criteria Questions. If you experience difficulties, please refer to the eCredential Guide or contact SLHD eCredential Team at SLHD-eCredAdmin@health.nsw.gov.au or phone 9515 9933.
  SLHD is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people with disability are encouraged to apply for all internal and externally advertised positions. If you require assistance, please advise the contact person at the time of your application.
  Stepping Up aims to assist Aboriginal job applicants by providing information about applying for roles within NSW Health. For more information, please visit: http://www.steppingup.health.nsw.gov.au/
  To be employed by NSW Health, you are required to provide evidence of current immunity status that complies with the NSW Health Occupational Assessment, Screening & Vaccination against Specified Infectious Diseases Policy . Successful applicants are required to abide by the Code of Conduct.
  NSW Health does not require or accept the 'Fit2Work badge' offered as an option on eCredential.
  Applications will not be accepted via agencies.
  Need more information?
  1. Click here for the Position Description.
  2. Click here for the Clinical Privileges and Scope of Practice.
  3. Applications for this position will be received via eCredential ONLY. Click here to apply.
  
  
  Applications Close: 7 December 2023
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• About the company

  The New South Wales Ministry of Health, branded NSW Health, is a ministerial department of the New South Wales Government.

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