Staff Specialist in Paediatrics and Child Health - Community Child Health - Tamworth Rural Referral Hospital (0.3FTE for 24 Months)
Employment Type: Temporary Part Time - 0.3 FTE for 24 months
Position Classification: Staff Specialist
Remuneration: 197,583 - 243,822
Requisition ID: REQ645533
HNELHD invites applications from suitable candidates for an exciting opportunity to provide care for children and families at Tamworth Rural Referral Hospital where you will provide trauma-informed paediatric outpatient assessment of children with developmental and behavioural problems through the Out Of Home Care (OOHC) Pathway. This service cares for children and young people in the New England North‐West area using a combination of regular face‐to‐face clinics at Tamworth Rural Referral Hospital and telehealth. The staff specialist works as part of a supportive team including allied health, nursing and administrative staff, with a professional reporting line to the Child and Adolescent Safety Paediatrician (CASP).
Essential Criteria
* Hold a primary medical degree registrable with AHPRA and Fellowship of the RACP, and/or overseas trained specialist pathways.
* Have demonstrated recent and comprehensive experience in development and behavioural paediatrics, including Community Paediatric clinical practice in both acute and ambulatory services.
* Community Child Health training would be beneficial but is not essential.
* Have demonstrated skills and knowledge in providing holistic, trauma informed and culturally safe care.
* Hold a primary medical degree registrable with AHPRA and Fellowship of the RACP, Paediatrics and Child Health Division) and/or equivalent overseas trained specialist pathways.
* Evidence of being a medical expert, demonstrated by recent and comprehensive experience in Paediatrics - Community Child Health.
* Evidence of being a scholar, maintains medical professional development and has the ability to assist other staff, including trainees in the acquisition and development of knowledge.
* Evidence of being a skilled communicator, including both oral and written skills, communicating with patients, students, other health professionals and the public.
* Evidence of being a collaborator, including the ability to network and operate within an interdisciplinary framework and to work with other stakeholders in a variety of settings.
* Evidence of being a manager, including ability to be flexible and cope with a changing health system, past leadership and management experience and previous safety and quality improvement activities.
* Evidence of being a professional, including continued professional development, peer review and other forms of clinical governance.
* Evidence of being an advocate, including contributions to improving individual and societal health.
For role related queries or questions contact District Manager.
Violence, Abuse and Neglect (VAN) | Integrated Care Networks and Partnerships HNE LHD
Email: Rebecca.Morrison@health.nsw.gov.au
Applications Close: 1 May 2026
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