Specialist Consultant

Staff Specialist – Emergency Medicine

Location: Armidale, NSW

Employment Type: Fixed-Term Full-Time (12 months)

Salary: $197,583 - $243,822 p.a.

Start Date: Negotiable

About the Role

Join a regional referral hospital as an Emergency Medicine Staff Specialist during a 12-month period of service renewal and workforce transition. Provide specialist emergency care, clinical leadership, and support for junior medical staff while helping maintain high-quality, patient-centred services. International candidates can be considered.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver specialist emergency medicine services.
• Provide leadership and support during departmental transition.
• Supervise and mentor junior medical staff.
• Participate in teaching, clinical governance, and quality improvement.
• Contribute to on-call, telehealth, and emergency care services.

Essential Criteria

• Eligible for AHPRA registration.
• FACEM or substantially comparable overseas-trained specialist.
• Recent experience in Emergency Medicine.
• Strong leadership, communication, and teamwork skills.
• Commitment to education, clinical excellence, and patient safety.

What’s On Offer

• Competitive specialist salary package.
• 12-month fixed-term opportunity.
• Leadership and mentoring responsibilities.
• Supportive multidisciplinary team environment.
• Opportunity to make a meaningful impact during a key transition period.

Why Armidale?

Located in the scenic New England region, Armidale offers a relaxed lifestyle, excellent schools, a vibrant arts scene, and easy access to Sydney and Brisbane. Enjoy stunning national parks, a welcoming community, and an outstanding work-life balance.

Enquire today for further information or a detailed position description.

Where nature meets the city - you’ll get the best of both worlds at this location. Located in New South Wales (NSW), this 99-bed rural referral hospital provides multiple services including Surgery, Orthopaedics, Obstetrics, Paediatrics, Geriatrics, Psychiatry, Maternity, and Women’s health. Located in New England High Country in the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales, the academic world of the University of New England meets with a rural service culture at this picturesque location. Known as ‘Cathedral city,’ wander streets where 19th-century churches mix with modern shops and cafes, visit nearby mountain gorges, waterfalls, and four national parks.