Visiting Medical Officer - Colorectal Surgery

Job Description:

Position Title: Visiting Medical Officer - Colorectal Surgery
Employment Type: Temporary for 12 months, commencing December 2026
Hours per week: Zero hours sessional contract
Position Grade: Visiting Medical Officer (VMO)
Salary: As per the award
Enterprise Agreement: Public Hospitals (Visiting Medical Officers Sessional Contracts) Determination 2014
Department Name: General Surgery

About us:
St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney is a leading not-for-profit organisation providing health services to our community. Guided by our values of compassion, excellence, integrity and justice, we promote a culture of diversity and inclusion and empower our people to learn, grow and innovate.

Benefits of working at St Vincent’s include:

• Generous salary packaging and Fitness Passport for eligible staff

• Opportunity to access a wide of range of clinical and non-clinical education programs

• Supported post graduate opportunities within applicable fields

• Career development opportunities across the St Vincent’s Health Australia Network

• Employee Assistance Program

• Work/Life balance

Position Requirements:

•    Provision of clinical services to patients designated as under your direct care, to outpatients and to patients you are asked to consult in general, colorectal and trauma surgery;
•    Provide services relating to all aspects of colorectal surgery as well as general surgery, hernia surgery, laparoscopic surgery, colonoscopy and endoscopy;
•    Participate in teaching and research duties;
•    Promotion of good patient care and the good reputation of the department and the hospital;
•    Ensure the numbers of elective waiting list patients do not exceed the National and State waiting time benchmarks or exceed the capacity of the contractually agreed theatre time availability to undertake the wait list cases, in accordance with NSW Health Policy;
•    Participate in the General Surgery and Trauma on-call roster.

Diversity and Inclusion at St Vincent's:
St Vincent's is committed to employing a workforce that reflects the community we care for. We strongly encourage applications from people that are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, culturally diverse, sexuality or gender diverse and/or living with disability.

Employment with St Vincent's is subject to you having current immunity status that complies with the Occupational Assessment, Screening & Vaccination against Specified Infectious Diseases - NSW Health Policy Directive (PD2023_022) or subsequent revisions in force. Appointment and ongoing employment will be subject to continued compliance with this policy directive.

Application Instructions:
To have your application considered you are required to upload a current CV/Resume as well as a separate cover letter/document addressing the ‘Selection Criteria’ as below. Internal applicants i.e. current employees of St Vincent’s Hospital or an entity of SVHA are required to apply via their Workday account.

Selection Criteria:

• Possess, or be eligible to possess, specialist registration with the Medical Board of Australia;

• Possess Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS) or equivalent as provided for in the Health Insurance Act 1997;

• Demonstrated knowledge, skills and high standards of clinical practice in General and Colorectal Surgery commensurate to experience which is appropriate to the requirements of the position; Post fellowship training in colorectal surgery (CSSANZ or equivalent) with high level laparoscopic skills and completion of definitive surgical trauma course is essential;

• A strong research background, including attainment of or enrolment in a higher degree such as MS, PhD or MD, along with a significant  number of publications, including in the area of inflammatory bowel disease, is considered very important;

• Demonstrated commitment to teaching at specialty registrar, junior medical officer and undergraduate levels;

• Demonstrated leadership skills that support and foster innovation to create a learning culture, with proven ability to improve the quality of services and patient care outcomes;

• Demonstrated ability to provide high quality compassionate medical care as evidenced by recent practice experience in working congenially and collaboratively as both a leader and member of a multidisciplinary team, and as a provider of services that engender high levels of patient satisfaction and experience;

• Demonstrated ongoing contribution to the development, dissemination, and translation of new knowledge and practices commensurate with work in an academic teaching hospital environment;

• Personal integrity and demonstrated commitment to the Philosophy, Mission and Values of Mary Aikenhead Ministries.

For more information, please contact, Professor Anthony Grabs, Head of General Surgery - [email protected]

For a copy of the position description, please email [email protected]

The closing date for applications is 2 September 2026.

Reconciliation Action Plan:

At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

For further information, visit https://www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation or get in contact at [email protected]

View Reconciliation Action Plan

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