Staff Specialist – RPA Virtual Hospital Virtual Care Centre – SLHD (Apply via eCredential)

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time and Permanent Part Time

Position Classification: Staff Specialist

Requisition ID: REQ563893



Sydney Local Health District (SLHD) is seeking experienced Staff Specialists to join RPA Virtual Hospital.

We are looking for a Staff Specialist in Virtual Care! RPA Virtual Hospital is Australia’s first Virtual Hospital and provides a personalised service for people in the community – a new way of caring. The rpavirtual Care Centre is able to connect with patients and their carers 24 hours a day, seven days a week, by utilising technology to build on the legacy of expert staff, providing excellent patient and family centred care in the community.

The primary purpose of the role of the Staff Specialist in the Virtual Care Centre is to provide high-quality clinical care and to work with the Clinical Director with the planning, development, implementation and delivery of the broad range of innovative virtual models of care across the clinical spectrum and healthcare system.

The Staff Specialist will ensure a high standard of professional performance and encouragement of an academic environment which supports education, research and professional development.

The successful applicant will be registered, or eligible for registration, with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA), and Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners or the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine or Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine and/or other equivalent specialist recognition as provided for in the NSW Staff Specialist (State) Award.

Salary and conditions are in accordance with the NSW Staff Specialist (State) Award.

For enquiries about the position, please contact Dr Owen Hutchings via email at Owen.Hutchings@health.nsw.gov.au

Applications are accepted via eCredential ONLY. To apply, click here and follow the Registration/Login process. Create/update your Clinician Profile and complete the Application and Selection Criteria Questions. If you experience difficulties, please refer to the eCredential Guide or contact SLHD eCredential Team at SLHD-eCredAdmin@health.nsw.gov.au or phone (02) 9515 9933.

SLHD is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people with disability are encouraged to apply for all internal and externally advertised positions. If you require assistance, please advise the contact person at the time of your application.

Stepping Up aims to assist Aboriginal job applicants by providing information about applying for roles within NSW Health. For more information, please visit: http://www.steppingup.health.nsw.gov.au/

To be employed by NSW Health, you are required to provide evidence of current immunity status that complies with the NSW Health Occupational Assessment, Screening & Vaccination against Specified Infectious Diseases Policy. Successful applicants are required to abide by the Code of Conduct.

Sydney Local Health District is committed to implementing the Child Safe Standards

NSW Health does not require or accept the 'Fit2Work badge' offered as an option on eCredential.

Applications will not be accepted via agencies.

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Applications Close: 9 April 2025