Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Staff Specialist
Remuneration:
Hours Per Week: 40
Requisition ID: REQ603770
Rural Workforce Incentive Eligible
HNELHD - Staff Specialist in Emergency Medicine - Armidale Rural Referral Hospital
Be rewarded with up to $10,000 in the first 12 months PLUS up to $10,000 each year thereafter in fortnightly payments under the Rural Health Workforce Incentive Scheme.*
Armidale Rural Referral Hospital is expanding its Emergency Medicine Department and is seeking to appoint an additional 2 Staff Specialists in Emergency Medicine. Lifestyle and clinical variety are the key attractions for regional emergency medicine. Armidale can offer you a challenging career that is richly rewarding, complemented by ample opportunity for leisure time that is family centred. A dynamic management team and broader rural and regional networks provides a supportive working environment. Candidates applying via the SIMG Pathway deemed Substantially Comparable to an Australian-trained specialist, with 6 months ACEM peer review are encouraged to apply, with additional HNELHD training sites available to assist in delivering the training and supervisory requirements prior to you commencing in your permanent role with Armidale Hospital.
About Armidale Rural Referral Hospital
Armidale Hospital is a ninety -nine bed facility providing a comprehensive range of services including acute medical and surgical services, obstetrics, paediatrics and a range of diagnostic and allied health services. A busy emergency department, a Level 3 Close Observation Unit, mental health unit and renal dialysis unit. The referral community of the area is 55,200. Adult Medical services include respiratory, cardiac, chemotherapy, renal and palliative care. Surgical services include general, orthopaedics, gynaecology, urology and ophthalmology. The hospital is a spacious, modern and well-equipped with the most recent development opening in 2019. If an academic career in teaching and research is what interests you, we have opportunities for academic positions in the School of Rural Medicine at the University of New England that could complement your clinical role. Medical students undertake clinical placements and attend teaching at the clinical school which is exceptionally well resourced with simulation laboratories and tutorial rooms.
About Armidale
This position is ideally suited to those who are looking for the ideal combination of a relaxed rural lifestyle with a challenging reward career. Armidale offers you a home where you and your family can feel part of a community that is vibrant and welcoming with all the benefits of a rural lifestyle with opportunities provided by a large regional university with a wide range of cultural and sporting activities. Armidale is set high on the beautiful Northern Tablelands and is known for its beautiful tree lined streets and magnificent autumn colours and has a distinctive seasonal climate. Armidale is located mid-way between Sydney and Brisbane on the New England Highway with an abundance of transport options between the major cities. The region offers diversity in outdoor activities such as bushwalking in the nearby World Heritage listed National Parks offering spectacular gorges and waterfalls in Australia. Armidale is an educational centre featuring a university, as well as public and private schools, and a regional conservatorium each providing a level of education comparable to any capital city in Australia. There is also plenty of childcare options and children's services for families in the area.
Relocation Support to Make Your Move Easy
We'll help make your transition smooth with a comprehensive relocation package, including
* Up to $20,000 in relocation assistance
* 4 months accommodation
* Access to a personal settlement concierge - your dedicated support for everything from finding a home and enrolling your children in school, to connecting utilities and settling in while you focus on work
Position Enquiries
Cheryl Hayes
Senior Manager Medical Administration, Rural and Regional Health Services, HNELHD
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Applications close: 30 September 2025
* A primary medical degree registrable with AHPRA and Fellowship of the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine, and/or overseas trained specialist pathways.
* Evidence of being a medical expert, demonstrated by recent and comprehensive experience in Emergency Medicine
* 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.
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Applications Close: 30 September 2025