Consultant Geriatrician | Hobart, Tasmania

Date published: Oct 22, 2026, 11:39 AM

Location

Royal Hobart Hospital

Description

Join one of Australia's most established and collegial geriatric medicine services at the Royal Hobart Hospital, Tasmania's largest tertiary referral and teaching hospital. As part of a team of 17 geriatricians, you'll deliver comprehensive inpatient and outpatient care across acute geriatrics, Geriatric Evaluation and Management (GEM), orthogeriatrics, dementia and behavioural services, and innovative community-based models including GEM at Home. The service spans 106 inpatient beds across 3 sites and is supported by dedicated multidisciplinary teams, specialist nursing, and a robust registrar workforce.

This role offers opportunities to develop subspecialty interests, including:

- falls and balance
- orthogeriatrics
- outreach and telehealth services
- the future Older Persons Emergency Department model of care

Research, quality improvement, undergraduate and postgraduate teaching are strongly encouraged and supported through close links with the University of Tasmania. Tasmania offers an enviable lifestyle with short commutes, affordable living, excellent schools, and immediate access to world-class natural environments. Enjoy a rewarding specialist career while living minutes from beaches, mountain trails, award-winning food and wine experiences, and a vibrant cultural scene. Suitable for specialist geriatricians and International Medical Graduates on the specialist pathway,



this permanent position offers an attractive remuneration package, salary packaging benefits, CPD support, relocation assistance, and genuine work-life balance in one of Australia's most desirable locations. Relocate. Thrive. Make a lasting impact in Tasmania.

Successful applicants will be required to meet the following essential criteria:

- holds specialist registration, or
- is a registered Medical Practitioner who is an International Medical Graduate (IMG) who is on the specialist pathway, or
- is a registered Medical Practitioner who is an International Medical Graduate (IMG) who has a recognised overseas specialist qualification and is assessed as having sufficient experience in the speciality

Registration/licences that are essential requirements of this role must remain current and valid at all times whilst employed in this role and the status of these may be checked at any time during employment. It is the employee’s responsibility to ensure that registration/licences remain current and to advise the Employer if their circumstances change. This includes notifying the Employer if a registration/licence is revoked, cancelled or has its conditions altered.

We acknowledge and pay respect to the Traditional Custodians and Elders — past, present and emerging — of the lands and waters on which RACP members and staff live, learn and work. RACP acknowledges Māori as tangata whenua and Te Tiriti o Waitangi partners in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Find out more about our commitment to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Māori health equity.

📌 Consultant Geriatrician | Hobart, Tasmania
🏢 Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
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