SNSWLHD - Staff Specialist /VMO Physician – Goulburn Base Hospital – Head of Department Stroke [...]

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Job Details

Employment Type: Part Time (0.2 FTE) 8 Hours per week - 2 Years

Location: Goulburn

Position Classification: Visiting Medical Officer or Staff Specialist

Remuneration: VMO Click here to view rates or Staff Specialist Click here to find out more

Applications Close: Sunday 2nd November, 2025

Where You'll Be Working

Goulburn Base Hospital is in Southern NSW LHD, approximately 2 hours from Sydney (195 kms) and 1 hour from Canberra (90 kms). Goulburn was established as Australia's first inland city in 1863, is located in the Southern Tablelands and has a population of approximately 30,000. It is situated on Gundungurra and Ngunnawal lands. Today, it is a relaxed country town, home to the Big Merino (the world’s largest concrete sheep), the Lieder Theatre Company (Australia’s oldest theatre company) and the famous Trapper’s Bakery. The hospital is located in a new Clinical Services Building and has approximately 100 beds, with services consisting of an ICU, paediatric unit, maternity unit, rehabilitation unit, general surgical unit, and a medical inpatient unit.

The ED and operating suite operate at a Level 4 role delineation, with the Canberra Hospital being the nearest Tertiary referral centre. Goulburn Base Hospital is the regional referral centre for the Level 3 and Level 2 facilities in the Inland Network of Southern NSW LHD. Mental Health is also situated on the Goulburn Hospital campus, in the Chisholm Ross Centre.

The stroke service will be a primary stroke centre in accordance with the National Acute Stroke Service Framework and Clinical Care Standard, delivering best practice contemporary stroke care, providing care closer to home for Southern NSW LHD residents, and will consist of an acute stroke unit attached to the medical inpatient unit, and a stroke rehabilitation service attached to the rehabilitation inpatient unit. The stroke service will be supported by a multidisciplinary team including medical, nursing and allied health staff and clinical and non clinical support services. The stroke service will have formalised network arrangements with a tertiary level stroke service provider. The stroke medical lead will form part of the multidisciplinary project team working to establish this new service, the first of its kind for Southern NSW Local Health District.

Goulburn Base Hospital has a close academic and training partnership with the ANU Rural Clinical School, and a newly opened educational and high-fidelity simulation facility is on the Goulburn Hospital campus, which is regularly used for teaching sessions.

Our Offer

• Renumeration – VMO Click here to view rates or Staff Specialist Click here to find out more
• Flexible work arrangements
• Salary Packaging – up to $9k for living expenses + $2.6k meal & entertainment + Novated leasing - Click to find out more
• Corporate Health and Fitness program
• 11% Superannuation on top of your gross income
• Annual Leave Loading

Your Opportunity

• Lead, manage, educate and develop a multidisciplinary stroke service in collaboration with key stakeholders, to provide best practice, evidence based clinical services to achieve high quality outcomes.
• Undertake supervision and education within the clinical environment of junior medical staff and other relevant staff to foster safe clinical practice.
• Use clinical information systems to ensure accurate and complete clinical documentation, informed decision making and care planning.
• Foster relationships and participate constructively in network arrangements with other Southern NSW Local Health District sites and with affiliated tertiary hospitals, to facilitate partnerships and seamless patient care.
• Ensure clear and prompt communication with SNSWLHD staff and with health professionals in others LHDs/ACT as required.
• Develop a personal workplan for Head of Department (HOD) duties, in conjunction with your supervisor, that enables review of performance against that plan on an annual basis and engage in training that will directly contribute to excellence in the skills of medical leadership and management.
• Actively participate in risk management, safety and quality improvement programs.
• Comply with relevant articles of legislation and regulations, NSW ministry of health policies and SNSWLHD policy and procedures.

Selection Criteria

• Eligible for registration with the Medical Board of Australia as a Specialist General/Subspeciality Physician.
• Demonstrated significant experience in management of stroke patients.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and provide leadership of a team.
• Demonstrated effective clinical communication through the use of information technology and written, verbal and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated commitment to teaching, continuing education, research and quality improvement. Demonstrated understanding of, and commitment to all aspects of clinical governance.
• Demonstrated commitment to participation in on-call rosters and providing timely on-site responses.
• Demonstrated ability to consistently display a commitment to, and compliance with, and leadership in high quality Customer Service, Workplace Diversity, Occupational Health & Safety and Industrial Democracy principles, practices and relevant legislation relating to these areas and an understanding of and commitment to the organisation's values.
• Demonstrate a history of clinical excellence, evidence of commitment to clinical leadership and evidence of achievements and effective outcomes in clinical leadership.

Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specific Diseases

This is a Category ‘A’ position, please read and understand NSW Health policy directive PD2024_015. All new employees must agree to comply with the requirements outlined in this policy. OASV requirements also include proof of vaccination against influenza and is compulsory for NSW Staff that enter any Residential Aged Care Facility (RACF) or who work in NSW Health owned and operated RACFs.

Australian Work Rights

Please note that to apply for this position you must be an Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident of Australia or be able to independently and legally live and work in Australia by way of your own Temporary Visa. For more information, please see

Equal Opportunity Statement

At Southern NSW Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don’t just accept differences but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background, people with a disability and people from the LGBTQI+ community to apply.

Further Information

• Click here for the Position Description
• Find out more about applying for this position. For role related queries or questions contact Ian Graham on

Applications Close

Sunday 2nd November, 2025

To Apply

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