An opportunity to be part of the Department of Aged Care at Royal North Shore Hospital is available
Applications are accepted via eCredential only, to apply click here
Position Classification: Staff Specialist
Employment Type:Temporary Part Time
Hours Per Week: Up to 24
Duration: Until 10 April 2026
Who we are: We are a health service that touches thousands of lives across the Northern Sydney Local Health District, together as a team of like-minded people. We are passionate, driven and have the skills and knowledge to care for our patients whilst creating the best services possible. Our teams have meaningful, interesting and rewarding work every day. We challenge and nurture each other, sharing our knowledge and experience so that we can deliver better care for everyone. There's a real sense of belonging here because we value and respect our patients, employees, and teams' voices. You'll feel a real privilege being a trusted caregiver in our patients, their families, their carers, and our communities' lives.
About the Role
The primary purpose of the Primary Care Outreach Geriatrician is to provide specialist advice to General Practitioners and other community providers on management of older patients. This will include telephone, videoconferencing and some in-person advice or review of community-dwelling older people with an aim to prevent functional or medical decline. The Geriatrician will aim to reduce decline in function or hospitalisation for frail older people with chronic or subacute frailty or comorbidity.
The Primary Care Outreach Geriatrician will provide advice, education and support to primary care providers (GPs, Practice Nurses) servicing community-dwelling older people in the Lower North Shore region, in addition to inpatient and outpatient duties as a staff specialist geriatrician at Royal North Shore Hospital.
This position will support the Integrated Care, Collaborative Commissioning and Virtual Hospital initiatives by providing specialist outreach to primary care to enable patient care planning and education opportunities between GPs and the geriatrician.
The role will include collection of appropriate data on the service provided to GPs and outcomes for patients.
Purpose of the Position
The incumbent will provide clinical management and treatment of patients under their care in a Northern Sydney Local Health District (NSLHD) facility or service. This care will be provided within the scope of practice endorsed by the NSLHD Medical and Dental Appointments Advisory Committee (MDAAC).
The position will provide clinical consultation services within NSLHD and will contribute to the teaching and training of medical students, graduates and other health care professionals and to research, evaluation and quality improvement activities within NSLHD.
This position is temporary with the possibility of temporary extension based on performance, funding and need.
Selection Criteria
1. MBBS or equivalent, currently registered or eligible for registration with the Medical Board of Australia. Applicants must have Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians or recognition as a specialist by the Medical Board of Australia.
2. Consistently demonstrates behaviours that reinforce the CORE Values of our organisation; Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment. Demonstrates these behaviours with all stakeholders; colleagues, direct reports, as well as our patients and consumers, and those that care for them.
3. Appropriate experience to practice as a Senior Medical Practitioner in Geriatric Medicine.
4. Demonstrated experience in community-based Geriatric Medicine, preferably as part of a multidisciplinary community-based team.
5. Demonstrated excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
6. Current NSW Driver's licence.
7. Demonstrated computer literacy skills and knowledge of Microsoft Office and email applications.
Need more information?
1) The requirements of the position can be viewed via the Position Description
2) For assistance with your application please refer to the eCredential guide
3) To view the Scope of Clinical Practice for this position click here
For role related queries or questions contact Dr James Hardy on or email
This is a NSW Health Category A position which requires immunisation and screening for certain diseases. The full list of requirements are outlined in the NSW Health OASV Policy (Page 11). You will be required to complete the OASV Undertaking/ Declaration Form and TB Assessment Tool during the recruitment process. Please upload this with your application along with any other vaccination evidence that you may have.
Applications Close: 17 December 2025
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