Overview
This position is a Permanent Full Time Staff Specialist – Level 1 or Visiting Medical Officer (VMO) – Emergency Department at Griffith Base Hospital, Murrumbidgee Local Health District (MLHD).
This position qualifies for incentives under the NSW Rural Health Workforce Incentive Scheme, including up to $10,000 sign‑on incentive and up to $5,000 each year (incentive value dependent on full‑time equivalent, position and location). Staff Specialist appointments only; VMO appointments ineligible.
Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Staff Specialist - Level 1 or Visiting Medical Officer (VMO)
Remuneration: $186,241.00 - $229,825.00 per annum, pro rata or VMO Sessional Rates (IB2024_001)
Hours Per Week: 40
Requisition ID: REQ
Applications Close: 02 November 2025
Location: Griffith Base Hospital
About us
The Murrumbidgee Local Health District (MLHD) has over 3,500 staff, 33 Public Hospitals, including 2 Base Hospitals, 8 Acute Community Hospitals and 16 Multi‑Purpose Services. A progressive organisation, MLHD continues to make significant achievements in improving health services and strives to provide a compassionate health care system that consistently delivers the highest standard of care to people, no matter where they live. Communities we support are diverse, with approximately 245,000 people in communities large and small, across a geographic area of approximately 125,561 square kilometres. MLHD spans across southern New South Wales, stretching from the Snowy Mountains in the east to the plains of Hillston in the northwest and along the Victorian border.
Where you'll be working
The Griffith Base Hospital provides a range of specialist services (both resident and visiting) including emergency medicine, critical care, general medicine, surgery, paediatric medicine, oncology, obstetrics, respiratory medicine, renal dialysis, Hospital in the Home and rehabilitation. Learn more about the Griffith Base Hospital here.
What you'll be doing
Reporting to the Clinical Director of Emergency Department, the Staff Specialist/VMO – Emergency Department will participate in the consultant on‑call roster, assist with the education role of the department, and provide clinical care to patients for optimal patient outcomes. There may also be the requirement to provide support at other sites within MLHD.
Need more information?
1) Click here for the Position Description. For role related queries contact Dr Sunil Adusumilli, Director - Medical Services, Griffith Base Hospital.
Selection Criteria
- Holds Specialist registration with the Medical Board of Australia in Emergency Medicine
- Demonstrated recent clinical experience in Emergency Medicine at the role delineation of the service
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and provide leadership of a team
- Demonstrated effective clinical communication through the use of information technology and written, verbal and interpersonal skills
- Demonstrated commitment to teaching, continuing education, research and quality improvement
- Availability to participate in an on‑call roster and to respond on site within a reasonable time
- Demonstrated commitment to behaviours which align to the NSW Health CORE values and MLHD Values, goals and strategies
MLHD is an Equal Prospect Employer and encourages all suitably qualified applicants to apply, including Aboriginal people and people from racial, ethnic or ethno‑religious minority groups and people with disability.
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