SNSWLHD - VMO / Staff Specialist - Oncologist - South East Regional Hospital - BEGA
Employment Type: Full Time / Part Time / Job Share / Regular Rotation
Location: South East Regional Hospital – Bega
Position Classification: VMO or Staff Specialist
Remuneration: VMO or Staff Specialist rates available online
Requisition ID: REQ
Applications Close: Sunday 12th October, 2025
Come and join us here in Bega – it’s outstanding! An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and qualified Oncologist to join the medical team at South East Regional Hospital in the Bega Valley, part of the Southern NSW - Coastal Network.
Where you’ll be working: Bega - 429 kilometres south of Sydney, 228 kilometres from Canberra or 174 kilometres from the NSW Snow fields. Nearby Merimbula (32 kilometres) offers a regional airport with a short 55 minute flight to Sydney and daily flights to Melbourne.
Our Offer
- Remuneration – VMO or Staff Specialist rates available online
- Flexible work arrangements
- Salary Packaging – up to $9k for living expenses + $2.6k meal & entertainment + Novated leasing
- Corporate Health and Fitness program
- 11% Superannuation on top of your gross income
- Annual Leave Loading
Your Opportunity
- Provide high quality, evidence based, patient focused medical oncology services to patients with solid tumour cancers in the Bega Valley.
- Participate in specialist multidisciplinary team meetings, ensuring where possible that complex patient cases are presented at multidisciplinary team meetings prior to a decision on disease management and commencement of treatment.
- Lead the development of processes and resources to enrol eligible patients into clinical trials, including establishing relationships with tertiary clinical trials units.
- Lead and participate in relevant research and safety and quality projects to guide service improvement.
- Participate in formal and informal peer review and other Continuing Medical Education activities consistent with College and Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) requirements.
- Provide oversight of care when not on site, including remaining available and responsive to telephone calls and emails from the oncology unit.
- Ensure the routine use of SNSWLHD electronic clinical management systems, including comprehensive documentation of patient care.
- Provide training and education to the local oncology team including nursing and allied health clinicians and junior medical staff.
- Participate in the medical on-call roster in accordance with clinical privileges.
- Lead a process of ongoing review of existing electronic treatment protocols in line with changes to the evidence.
Selection Criteria
- Current Registration as a Medical Specialist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
- Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) with subspecialty training and experience in medical oncology.
- Demonstrated ability to provide comprehensive, high quality, compassionate medical oncology services and patient care.
- Recent experience working congenially and collaboratively in a specialist multidisciplinary team.
- Demonstrated ability to work with local clinical teams to lead, support and improve the delivery of oncology services.
- Demonstrated ability to actively improve service delivery, initiating change and consulting with those affected by change.
- Demonstrated commitment to leading a program of oncology education and training for local multi-disciplinary clinicians.
- Commitment to clinical research, including experience in clinical trials.
Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specific Diseases: This is a Category ‘A’ position. All new employees must agree to comply with the requirements outlined in this policy.
Australian Work Rights: To apply for this position you must be an Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident of Australia or be able to independently and legally live and work in Australia by way of your own Temporary Visa.
Southern NSW Local Health District is an equal prospect employer, where we don’t just accept differences but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background, people with a disability and people from the LGBTQI+ community to apply.
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