Staff Specialist - Palliative Care in Wagga Wagga

The Murrumbidgee Local Health District (MLHD) offers medical clinicians the opportunity to thrive in a dynamic, highly supportive regional health network. With more than 5,000 dedicated staff working across 33 public hospitals, MLHD is a progressive organisation known for innovation, compassion, and excellence in patient care. Serving a diverse population of approximately 245,000 people across 125,561 square kilometres, MLHD provides clinicians with unparalleled scope to expand their clinical practice, manage a wide variety of presentations, and make meaningful impacts in both small rural communities and larger regional centres.

As the Staff Specialist in Palliative Care you will play a pivotal role in delivering expert, contemporary care. You will:

• Be part of a world class palliative care team with doctors, nurses, and allied health professionals.
• Deliver specialist palliative and end-of-life care through clinical consultation, outreach, education, and multidisciplinary collaboration across hospital, community, residential aged care, and virtual care settings.
• Provide face to face care in our regional centres of Wagga Wagga and/or Griffith, virtual care and prescribing support as part of a multidisciplinary on-call roster, and scheduled outreach clinics as required across the region.
• Support patients across MLHD with complex care needs through inpatient consultation, outpatient and home-based consultative services and virtual outreach services.
• Provide clinical leadership, education, training and mentoring in palliative and end of life to medical staff, specialist palliative care nurses and allied health professionals.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, specialist palliative care visiting medical officers, nurse practitioners, nursing staff and allied health professionals to deliver high-quality services.
• Contribute to service development, quality improvement and the ongoing growth of specialist palliative care across MLHD.

In accepting this position, you will uphold core NSW public sector values, including cultural diversity, equity, ethical practice, and contributing to a healthy, safe, and fair workplace.

You will be based in Wagga Wagga or Griffith, joining a dedicated Specialist Palliative Care team that delivers high-quality services across the Murrumbidgee Local Health District.

Working for the Murrumbidgee LHD may come with access to:

• Salary packaging (pay less tax!)
• Car leases
• Fitness Passport
• Support through advanced education & training
• Access to EAP, wellbeing programs and supports for you and your family

MLHD provides remuneration consistent with NSW Health statewide awards and determinations. Clinicians may also benefit from regional incentives, salary packaging opportunities, and flexible working arrangements designed to attract high quality medical practitioners to rural practice. As a Staff Specialist, earn up to $275.85/hour (Specialist rate + practice rate).

A National Police Check will be conducted. MLHD is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds—including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse communities, and people with disability.

Extensive experience in the provision of direct patient care, with an ongoing commitment to clinical consulting in palliative medicine is required. Demonstrated experience in teaching palliative medicine and end of life care to health care professionals, and in the community setting is essential. A willingness to provide both face-to-face and digital health i.e. video-consulting to all LHD communities, residential aged care facilities and acute facilities across Murrumbidgee LHD, on an ongoing basis which will include travel is necessary.