Employment Type: Temporary Various
Remuneration: - As per Award
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: CAM29993

Position Tagline
https://youtu.be/55EA9xcYJJA

Where you'll be working
Blacktown and Mount Druitt Hospital

What you'll be doing

The primary purpose of a Career Medical Officer (CMO) in Anaesthesia at Blacktown-Mt Druitt Hospitals is to provide anaesthesia and perioperative medicine services, under appropriate supervision. Anaesthetic Career Medical Officers will be expected to:

• Utilise clinical knowledge and skills to manage patients intra-operatively and peri-operatively. This includes the management of low to high complexity anaesthetic / surgical / patient factors with appropriately graded supervision depending on the situation.

• Deliver anaesthesia, peri-operative care and pain management services inside and outside the operating rooms at Blacktown and Mount-Druitt Hospitals.

• Participate as a multidisciplinary team member across key areas of anaesthesia, including:
o General Anaesthesia and Sedation
o Regional Anaesthesia
o Airway Management
o Pain Medicine
o Obstetric Anaesthesia
o Peri-operative Medicine
o Resuscitation
o Trauma and Crisis Management

• The CMO is expected to provide high quality care to patients.



Individual practitioners’ scope of practice may be expanded over time following recredentialing based on a demonstrated commitment to ongoing personal and professional development

- MBBS or equivalent, currently registered or eligible for registration with the Medical Board of Australia.

- Minimum of three (3) years of Anaesthetic experience with experience in ICU and emergency medicine.

- Able to work in Anaesthesia under appropriate supervision, and to work weekends and after-hours in the specialty area.

- Ability to work in Anaesthetics, within a complex clinical environment, displaying excellent clinical skills, judgement and expertise.

- Demonstrated ability to work cohesively within multi-disciplinary teams, even during complex and stressful situations.

- Demonstrated ability to prioritize workloads and display a adaptable approach to meet changing situations in a demanding and unpredictable clinical environment.

- Commitment to participating in development opportunities to further develop skills and knowledge in anaesthesia.

- Demonstrated commitment to quality improvement, patient safety and risk management.

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For role related queries or questions contact Tejas Chikkerur on [email protected]

Applications Close: 04, August 2026

📌 Career Medical Officer (Blacktown)
🏢 NSW Health
📍 Blacktown