Employment Type: Permanent Part Time - 0.5 FTE
Position Classification: Career Medical Officer
Remuneration: 185269 - 220018
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ657704
Applications Close: 15 May 2026
Armidale Rural Referral Hospital - Career Medical Officer in Palliative Care
Armidale Rural Referral Hospital is seeking a Career Medical Officer in Palliative Care to provide palliative care to patients across all care settings including in-patients, community patients, residential aged care and remote outreach patients, as part of the New England North West specialist multidisciplinary Palliative Care hub, in person and via telehealth.
Qualifications
* Qualified medical practitioner registered in Australia or eligible for registration in Australia with at least three years post‐graduate experience and appropriate training and experience to undertake palliative support and care to patients in all care settings.
* High level skills and involvement in clinical care, supervision, mentoring and teaching. Able to exercise a moderate degree of professional independence.
* Demonstrated skills in and commitment to improvements in clinical care, patient safety and risk management processes, including the ability to work in multidisciplinary teams to achieve change.
* High level interpersonal communication and team skills.
* Effective communication skills for working within health care organisations and the outside community, including capacity to use electronic communications (e.g. electronic records) effectively.
* Evidence of participation in continuing professional development.
* Demonstrated commitment to the broader service objectives of the public health system, including the effective utilisation of resources, and participation in activities beyond direct patient care.
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