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District Medical Officer Non-Procedural and Procedural (Obstetrics and Anaesthetics)

Salary: DMO – Non-Procedural MP Year 1-6 $481,620 - $602,976 p.a.* or DMO – Procedural (Obstetrics and Anaesthetics) MP Year 1-3 -$550,858 - $602,976 p.a. pro rata*

Location: Carnarvon

Unit/Division: WA Country Health Service - WACHS - Midwest

Work Type: Fixed Term - Full Time, Fixed Term - Part Time, Permanent - Full Time, Permanent - Part Time, Casual, Sessional

Join Carnarvon and Exmouth Regional Health Services in Midwest and become part of a supportive teamdelivering high‑quality care!

DMO – Procedural ((Obstetrics and Anaesthetics) -MP Year 1-3 -$550,858 -$602,976*

*The above salary is as per WA Health System Medical Practitioners AMA Industrial Agreement 2024(inclusive of base salary, PD allowance and 12% superannuation). This is subject to the assessment of qualifications,clinicalskillsand years of practice.

This pool aims to fill currentvacancies for permanent or fixed termappointments.

Employment Types: Fulltime,Part Time,Sessional and Casual, with the possibility ofextension(s).

Appointments from this pool may bemade until 30/06/2027.

Note: Applications are alsoopen to candidates with a Rural Generalist background.

The Carnarvon Health Campus isa vital healthcare facility in Western Australia's Gascoyne region. The Health Campusoffers 24/7 emergency and acute care,supported by around12 beds across generalward. The hospital focuses more onacute care,diagnostics, allied health, and outpatient services, with visitingspecialists covering areas likegeneral surgery, generalmedicine, cardiology, urology,dermatology,ophthalmology,gynaecology. Antenatal and postnatalsupport is provided along with travelassistanceforbirths at other centres. Carnarvon Hospital also supportsnumber of outreach sites including Gascoyne Junction, Coral Bay,Burringurrahand Shark Bay nursing posts. These areeither via road or air.

The Exmouth Health Service isa up-to-date healthcare facility in the Gascoyne region with a total ofnine beds-six for inpatient care and three forresidential aged care.



It features a 24/7 emergency departmentcapable of handling urgent medical situations, including injuriesand acute illnesses, with referral pathways to larger hospitals forcomplex cases. The hospital provides essential services such asgeneral medical care, outpatient services, chronic diseasemanagement, community nursing,dentalcareandallied health. While it does notoffermajor surgeries,it supports primary care needs and offers telehealth and visitingspecialist services based on local demand.

About the Roles

In this role of District Medical Officer, you will be a valued member of the team and willbe responsible for providing comprehensive medical and communityhealth services to the Carnarvon/Exmouth Health Service and remotecommunities.
This is not a junior doctorposition. District Medical Officers are experienced clinicians whopractise with a high level of clinical autonomy and decision-makingresponsibility and may supervise junior medical staff and otherclinicians. Procedural District Medical Officers maintain regularprocedural practice in areas such as anaesthetics, obstetricsand/or procedural medicine to support protected, accessible healthcaredelivery in regional communities. You will provide high-quality,culturally responsive care across a broad clinical scope whilecontributing to service delivery, leadership, supervision, andcontinuous improvement.

Key responsibilities include,but are not limited to:

- Leading clinical teamsand provide mentorship to junior medicalstaff.
- Responding to emergencypresentations and provide acute inpatient care.
- Providing antenatal andpostnatal care for women in the regionvia weeklyantenatal clinics.
- Responding to obstetricemergencies and provide acute care in collaboration with thehospital team.
- Deliver safe andeffective anaesthesia for surgical and emergencyprocedures.
- Manage pre-operativeassessments, intra-operative care, and post-operativerecovery.
- Provide sedation and painmanagement services asrequired.
- Delivering on-call dutiesdepending on the role classification.
- Utilising telehealthtechnologies to extend care to remote areas.

Why you’ll love theroles:

- Diverse, hands‑onclinical work across emergency, inpatient, outpatient andremote care.
- Make a real differencedelivering culturally responsive care tocommunities.
- Maintain strong acuteskills with regular emergency and on‑call exposure.




- Supportive teamenvironment with close collaboration acrossdisciplines.

The Successful Candidates Will:

- Be eligible forregistration with the Medical Board of Australia
- Hold Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, or the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine, or equivalentexperience at the date of commencing duties.
- Possess formal postgraduate qualification in anaesthetic, or obstetricsorequivalent extensive experience.
- A recordofappropriate Emergency Department skillmaintenance in the last trienniumof completion of atleast 1 of the following and evidence of continuedprofessionaldevelopment:
- ACLS (orequivalent)
- APLS (orequivalent)
- EMST (orequivalent)
- GCCA (orequivalent).

Note: Specialist International Medical Graduate (SIMG) applicants should ideally have eitherapplied for Specialist Recognition with RACGP or ACRRM or beeligible for the AHPRA Expedited Specialist Pathway with anassessment outcome of Substantially Comparable and a supervisionperiod of 12 months or less.

Advantages Included tothe Roles:

- Competitive salarypackage, inclusive of 12% employer superannuationcontributions.
- Access to generous salarypackaging arrangements.

This is an active recruitmentpool which will be assessed on a regular basis by the panel to fillboth immediate vacant positions and future vacancies. Please notethe below:

- After filling the currentvacancies, the suitable applicants will be placed in the poolfrom which appointments will be made when similar vacanciesoccur.
- Appointments may be madefrom this pool until 30/06/2027.
- A detailed Curriculum Vitae which outlines your qualifications, summarises yourexperience and how you meet the positionrequirements.
- Contact details for twowork related referees (one of your referees must be a currentsupervisor or manager).

WA Health engages staff inpositions of trust and responsibility. WA Health policies requireapplicants to undertake criminal records screening and integritychecking as part of the appointment process. Referees may also beasked to comment on an applicant’s integrity and past demonstrationof ethical behaviour.

This vacancy is subject to aWestern Australian Working with Children (WWC) Check. For furtherinformation please refer to the WWC website at: note this recruitmentprocess requires completion of satisfactory Pre-Employment Health Assessment (PEHA). Any offer of employment with WA Country Health Service (WACHS) is conditional on satisfactory PEHA to ensureyouare able toperform the inherent requirements of theposition. An unsatisfactory PEHA will result in the offer ofemployment being withdrawn. Please see the attached WACHS PEHAPolicy for further information.

Late or emailedapplications will not be accepted.

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📌 District Medical Officer Non-Procedural and Procedural (Obstetrics and Anaesthetics) (Western Australia)
🏢 WA Government
📍 Western Australia