This 98-bed rural teaching hospital offers a wide variety of services including 24-hour emergency and maternity services. It is a rural teaching hospital, providing a 10-bed Emergency Department as well as general medical, surgical, obstetric, paediatric, dialysis, oncology unit and acute mental health beds, operating theatres, specialist palliative care, intensive and coronary care units. Support services include radiology and pathology departments, as well as a wide range of allied and primary health services. Inpatient beds: 27 medical acute beds including palliative care priority beds, 21 surgical beds, 5 ICU/CCU beds, 6 maternity beds, 6 paediatric beds, 6 mental health inpatient beds, 10 sub acute rehabilitation beds, 6 dialysis chairs, 3 operating theatres and 3 recovery beds, 2 Special Care Nursery Level 2 cots.
Located in far western NSW about **** km west of Sydney, the town has approximately 17,569 residents
Travel and accommodation provided

Details

A Western NSW hospital requires Junior Medical Officer in Surgery for the following date(s).

Shift(s) details as below:

from 16/11/2026 07:30 to 01/02/2027 16:00 at $130 per hour

For further information about this job, please contact Skilled Medical on ************.

* The team consists of Consultant, SRMO, RMO and Intern * The role will include occasional rostered overtime. PRIMARY PURPOSE See all surgical admissions and decide on their management including obtaining the services of specialist surgical staff when necessary KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES • Provide clinical care of all surgical patients on assigned ward ensuring ward rounds are completed, comprehensive medical records for each occasion of service are maintained and the review of all patients prior to discharge. • Discharge patients from assigned ward ensuring patient has appropriate prescriptions on discharge with patient discharge summaries being completed and returned to Medical Records.



• Ensure the relevant consultant is aware of any admissions to assigned ward and of any deaths on the ward with consideration of the need for referral to Coroner. • Supervise the Surgical Intern and act as clinical resource and teacher for medical students and junior doctors. • Provide on call shifts as rostered on Health Roster. • Respond to MET calls. • Complete or assist as requested with the completion of legal and police reports on patients seen. • Attend educational and clinical audit activities organised by the Hospital and be prepared to participate in these and other quality programs. • Manage and develop people, inspire direction and purpose, optimise business outcomes, manage and reform change, and optimise rostering capability. KEY CHALLENGES Showing a commitment to effective handover, given the competing priorities within a busy clinical setting. • Health Service reliance on locum medical officers. • Developing solid working relationships with a multidisciplinary workforce.
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