Employment Type: Temporary Full Time
Position Classification: Career Medical Officer
Remuneration: $147,664 - $220,018
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ662600 - CCLHD - General Medicine Career Medical Officer
Agency applications will not be accepted for this position.
Welcome to Central Coast Local Health District where we strive to deliver exceptional healthcare services and enhance the health and wellbeing of our community. We invite suitably trained and experienced medical officers to join our community and enjoy the benefits of a relaxed, coastal lifestyle paired with a rewarding career supporting our rapidly growing population.
CCLHD have vacancies in the following Positions: Addiction Medicine, Geriatrics Medicine, Medical Oncology, Palliative Care, Rehabilitation Medicine and General Medicine
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At CCLHD we value our staff as our most important resource and offer ongoing support and development opportunities. Find out more:
· Central Coast Local Health District - Imagine Regional (nsw.gov.au)
· Central Coast Local Health District (CCLHD) - NSW Health
· Find your place at Central Coast Health, like Dr Nick - YouTube
· CCLHD - YouTube
Where you will be working:
Wyong Hospital has a busy and active General Medicine Department with the opportunity to be attached to and help develop the MAU. Positions are also offered in ICU and a variety of subspecialties (including palliative care, cardiology, geriatrics, rehabilitation, medical oncology) at Wyong, Gosford, and Woy Woy Hospitals. The General Medical teams are supported with interns and residents and headed by either a staff specialist or VMO or combinations of these. Supervision is provided by dedicated general medicine specialists and subspecialty specialists where appropriate. CCLHD has strong links with the University Of Newcastle Medical School. Third year medical students are attached to each General Medical team. Teaching responsibilities include the teaching of the medical students, JMOs and BPTs. BTPTs are attached on rotation from Hunter New England.
Gosford Hospital is the principal referral hospital and trauma centre for the Central Coast, with over 500 inpatient beds and 24/7 access to the emergency department and operating theatres. A recent $368 million dollar redevelopment delivered a new emergency department, ICU, nuclear medicine facility, special care nursery and expanded medical imaging services.
Wyong Hospital is an acute major metropolitan hospital with over 300 beds providing inpatient, outpatient and emergency services to residents in the northern region of the Central Coast. A recent $200 million expansion delivered a new emergency department, ICU, paediatric unit, inpatient wards, theatres and expanded medical imaging services.
Woy Woy Hospital is a 30 bed care unit which provides sub-acute and transitional health care including rehabilitation and community health services, and which works closely with the current acute inpatient facilities and outpatient support services, with shared staffing to promote a continuum of care.
In conjunction with the University of Newcastle, CCLHD has recently opened the Central Coast Clinical School and Research Institute on the Gosford Hospital campus, providing additional opportunities in training and research.
What you'll be doing
* The CMO will undertake the clinical duties within an allocated medical team. The role will also, in consultation with the Director of Physican Education (DPE) and Medical Workforce and Education Unit (MWEU), assist with the coordination of education, mentoring and buddying to support the Basic Physician Trainees (BPTs) and Unaccredited Trainees (UATs), who may be new International Medical Graduates (IMGs).
* The CMO will be based with the Department of General Medicine and be allocated on rotation to the various medical subspecialties, predominantly at Wyong Hospital. The key medical subspecialties are General Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, Rehabilitation Medicine, Cardiology, Respiratory, Neurology, Gastroenterology, Palliative Medicine, Medical Oncology and Relief (including weekend, evening and night shifts for site medical after-hours cover).
* The primary purpose of the CMO role is to enable quality care to patients in a complex clinical environment via direct patient care. The purpose of the education, mentoring and buddy component of the CMO role is to assist IMGs in transitioning into fully independent medical practitioners competent at the level of a UAT.
* The CMO reports to the Head of Department – General Medical for clinical services and works under supervision of the Director of Physician Education (DPE) for the education, mentoring, buddy roles. The role will work in collaboration with the relevant Advanced Trainees and allocated supervisors.
* The CMO will also support quality improvement initiatives and the development or review of relevant medical protocols used within the wards and services. The CMO will work under an appropriate level of supervision according to their level of competence to evaluate, diagnose, treat and provide consultation to patients of all ages presenting in any condition and will work in a variety of inpatient and outpatient settings.
* The CMO is responsible for coordinating and documenting the admission, management and discharge planning of patients within the unit; the day-to-day assessment and management of the patients, maintaining high levels of communication with patients and family regarding the nature of their condition and its treatment; communicating and coordinating care with the team; arranging consultation with other staff when appropriate; and arranging discharge and liaising with local medical officers and other community based care modalities in order to ensure the provision of optimal patient care within CCLHD.
* The CMO will participate in rotational shifts involving weekend, evening and night shifts. At times the CMO shifts will be aligned with the new UAT IMG shifts to provide a buddying process.
* MBBS or equivalent, currently registered holding General Registration with the Medial Board of Australia.
* Australia/NZ/Competent Authority Applicants: Completion of a minimum of 4 post graduate years or more working in an acute hospital setting with a minimum of 12 months in General Medicine or Associated subspecialties in an Australian General Medicine Department as a Career Medical Officer, Trainee or Unaccredited Trainee, or equivalent. Standard Pathway Applicants: completion of a minimum of 6 post graduate years or more working in an acute hospital setting with a minimum of 4 years in General Medicine or Associated subspecialties in an Australian General Medicine Department as a Career Medical Officer, Trainee or Unaccredited Trainee, or equivalent. Standard Pathway Applicants: completion of a minimum of 6 post graduate years or more working in an acute hospital setting with a minimum of 4 years in General Medicine or Associated subspecialties in an Australian General Medicine Department as a Career Medical Officer, Trainee or Unaccredited Trainee, or equivalent.
* Demonstrated successful experience in developing and delivering education programs and mentoring junior medical staff.
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Applications Close: 24, May 2026