Visiting Medical Officer – RPA Virtual Hospital Urgent Care Service – SLHD (Apply via eCredential)
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Employment Type: Visiting Medical Officer
Position Classification: Visiting Medical Officer
Requisition ID: REQ592803
Sydney Local Health District (SLHD) is seeking an experienced Visiting Medical Officer to join the team in our RPA Virtual Hospital.
We are looking for a Visiting Medical Officer in our Virtual Hospital Urgent Care Service RPA Virtual Hospital is Australia's first Virtual Hospital and provides a personalised service for people in the community – a new way of caring. The RPA Virtual Hospital is able to connect with patients and their carers 24 hours a day, seven days a week, by utilising technology to build on the legacy of expert staff, providing excellent patient and family centred care in the community.
The RPA Virtual Hospital Urgent Care Service launched in 2022 as a new program to provide pre-hospital virtual care to patients in the community as an alternative to presenting to an Emergency Department. This service provides support to a range of clinicians and patient groups via a range of referral pathways to better integrate care in the community.
Under the NSW Health Single Front Door framework, Sydney Local Health District (SLHD) and RPA Virtual Hospital in collaboration with the Ministry of Health Connected Care Branch is implementing virtualADULTS. VirtualADULTS is a statewide virtual care program to be delivered in collaboration with HealthDirect which will provide alternative pathways to care for patients with urgent care clinical conditions who would otherwise present to an Emergence Department.
The primary purpose of the role of the Visiting Medical Officer in the RPA Virtual Hospital Urgent Care and virtualADULTS Service is to work with the Clinical Director, service clinical leads, nursing and allied health staff to provide high-quality, safe virtual clinical care.
The Visiting Medical Officer will ensure a high standard of professional performance and encouragement of an academic environment which supports education, research, professional and service development.
The successful applicant will be registered, or eligible for registration, with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA), and Fellowship of the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine (FACEM) with recognised qualifications in Emergency Medicine and/or other equivalent specialist recognition.
Salary and conditions are in accordance with the NSW Public Hospitals Visiting Medical Officer Determination.
For enquiries about the position, please contact Dr Owen Hutchings via email at Owen.Hutchings@health.nsw.gov.au
Applications are accepted via eCredential ONLY. To apply, click here and follow the Registration/Login process. Create/update your Clinician Profile and complete the Application and Selection Criteria Questions. If you experience difficulties, please refer to the eCredential Guide or contact SLHD eCredential Team at SLHD-eCredAdmin@health.nsw.gov.au or phone (02) 9515 9933.
SLHD is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people with disability are encouraged to apply for all internal and externally advertised positions. If you require assistance, please advise the contact person at the time of your application.
Stepping Up aims to assist Aboriginal job applicants by providing information about applying for roles within NSW Health. For more information, please visit: http://www.steppingup.health.nsw.gov.au/
To be employed by NSW Health, you are required to provide evidence of current immunity status that complies with the NSW Health Occupational Assessment, Screening & Vaccination against Specified Infectious Diseases Policy. Successful applicants are required to abide by the Code of Conduct.
Sydney Local Health District is committed to implementing the Child Safe Standards
NSW Health does not require or accept the 'Fit2Work badge' offered as an option on eCredential.
Applications will not be accepted via agencies.
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Applications Close: 5 August 2025
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