At a Glance
- Tasks: Provide on-call medical support to young patients with life-limiting conditions.
- Company: Join a passionate health service team at the Adolescent and Young Adult Hospice.
- Benefits: Work in a supportive environment with opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Collaborative multidisciplinary team focused on quality care and education.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in the lives of adolescents and young adults.
- Qualifications: MBBS or equivalent, with relevant fellowship qualifications.
The predicted salary is between 82800 - 101200 $ per year.
An exciting and unique opportunity to be part of the Adolescent and Young Adult Hospice (AYAH) located at the old Manly Hospital site is now available. This position is to provide out of hours on-call medical support to adolescents and young adults with life-limiting conditions.
Position Classification: Visiting Medical Officer
Contract Type: Sessional
Duration: Quinquennium ending 30 June 2030
Where you'll be working: The AYAH is on the grounds of the Old Manly Hospital. It is operated by Mona Vale Hospital and is a part of the Northern Sydney Local Health District (NSLHD).
About The Role: The Adolescent and Young Adult Hospice (AYAH) provides subacute care to adolescents and young adults with life-limiting conditions. Specialist or General Practice Visiting Medical Officers will provide out of hours on-call medical support. The roster will be shared with Palliative Care Staff Specialists already appointed to AYAH. On-call hours overnight Monday to Friday 16:30 to 08:00 plus all Saturday and Sunday with attendance as necessary for urgent after hours issues. The rostered on-call will be for a week and shared across 8 specialists.
Purpose of the Position: The AYAH team caring for patients and families is multidisciplinary. This team includes medical staff, nursing staff, social work, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, psychology, dieticians, speech pathology, pharmacy and pastoral care. Nursing staff are onsite 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The nursing staff are supported medically by a palliative care staff specialist (0.5 FTE) and junior medical officers. Medical staff will be onsite on business days from 08:00 to 16:30. Weekend cover will generally be a junior medical officer (registrar or senior resident) visiting the AYAH on both Saturday and Sunday from 08:00 to 12 noon to respond to any nursing, patient, or family concerns that have been escalated. This care will be provided within the scope of clinical practice endorsed by the NSLHD Medical and Dental Appointments Advisory Committee. 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.
Selection Criteria:
- MBBS or equivalent, currently registered with the Medical Board of Australia. Applicants must have Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of General Practitioners (FRACGP) or Fellowship of the Australian Chapter of Palliative Medicine (FRACP) or recognition as a specialist by the Medical Board of Australia. Applicants expecting to be awarded their Fellowship within 3 months may be considered.
- Consistently demonstrates behaviours that reinforce the CORE Values of our organisation; Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment.
- Sound clinical knowledge in Palliative Medicine and/or General Practice demonstrated through successful clinical practice in an environment appropriate to the requirements of the position including evidence of participation in quality assurance activities relevant to the specialty.
- Demonstrated clinical, diagnostic and technical skills commensurate with functioning as an independent Palliative Medicine and/or General Practice Consultant including clinical experience in managing adolescent and young adult patients.
- Experience in quality and safety and clinical governance. Demonstrated commitment to quality improvement, patient safety and risk management.
- High level interpersonal and communication skills and demonstrated ability to lead and work within a multidisciplinary team environment and ability to work independently within a supervised complex multidisciplinary clinical environment utilising judgment and expertise.
- Demonstrated participation in and commitment to undergraduate, postgraduate, interdisciplinary teaching and education, including research, quality improvement, patient safety and risk management.
- Preparedness to participate in any on-call service, including on-call rosters already existing or established.
This is a NSW Health Category A position which requires immunisation and screening for certain diseases. The full list of requirements are outlined in 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.
Applications Close: 29 October 2026
Visiting Medical Officer - Palliative Medicine or General Practice – Adolescent & Young Adult Hospice – Mona Vale employer: Northern Sydney Local Health District
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