Staff Specialist Physician
The Broken Hill Health Service is seeking a Specialist Physician, preferably General Medicine, to commence as soon as possible.
Summary about this job
Medical Specialists
Company: Far West NSW Local Health District
Location: Far West & North Central NSW
Work type: Full Time
Salary: Dependent on qualifications
Phone: +61-2-4194-7362
Fax: +61-7-3419-1457
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Detail information about job Staff Specialist Physician. Terms and conditions vacancy
About the business
Broken Hill is the centre of the Far West New South Wales outback and is 500km north east of Adelaide and 1,100 km west of Sydney. There are daily flights to major cities.
The Broken Hospital has 100 beds that services a wide area with a population of 25,000 people. It is a rural teaching hospital, providing acute, non-acute and outpatient services, including dialysis and chemotherapy. It has an emergency department, general medical, surgical, obstetric & gynaecology, paediatric, mental health and sub-acute beds. Work is underway to enhance the level of ICU and CCU. Support services include Pathology, Medical Imaging (CT Scan), as well as a wide range of Allied and Primary Health services.
About the role
Responsibilities of this role includes providing professional specialist physician care to acute public and private patients, after-hour on-call, education of junior staff and some administrative duties. There is potential for an academic appointment.
An attractive remuneration package includes additional leave, education allowance and furnished housing.
Skills and experience