Medical Director – Rural Generalist Workforce

Employment Type: Part Time
Location: Devonport, TAS (North West)
Application Close Date: Sunday 29th June, 2025 AEST

Where you’ll be working

What it is like working at the Department of Health? 

Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Excellent are the key values to work in in Department of Health. listening to some of the lived experiences from within the department through some of our wonderful staff and hear about their journey in relocating to Tasmania!

It’s different here.

Life in Tasmania provides a quality work/life balance. Here you can pursue what drives you, both professionally and personally.

Today, as the rest of the world feels increasingly generic, our different-ness – our Tasmanian-ness – is among our most valuable assets. We invite you to be part of this special place, to quietly pursue the extraordinary, whether it be bushwalking, mountain biking or paddock to plate dining.

About the Role

Mersey Community Hospital

Permanent full time, day worker, working 60.8 hours per fortnight commencing as soon as you can join our team! *notwithstanding hours may be negotiated with the successful applicant

Provide regional leadership and management of the North West Rural Generalist (RG) trainee workforce in alignment with the strategic direction of the Tasmanian Rural Generalist pathway collaborative. Support and lead, where required, quality improvement activities in RG training sites. Support and deliver undergraduate and post-graduate medical education and training across THS – North West. Work collaboratively with key state and national stakeholders in implementing the program with an initial focus on developing the RG workforce model at the MCH hub. Develop the North West arm of the Rural Generalist program, enabling a clear pathway for undergraduate and junior medical officers to progress through accredited RG training to fellowship, actively engaging with clinicians working in primary care, district hospitals and community general practice.

What Can We Offer?

• Contemporary, well equipped work environments
• Flexible work/life balance
• Attractive Salary Package
• Dynamic team environment
• Commitment to ongoing professional development

Eligibility:

Eligibility: Successful applicants will be required to meet the essential criteria as

• Holds specialist registration; or
• Is a registered Medical Practitioner who is an International Medical Graduate (IMG) who is on the specialist pathway; or
• Is a registered Medical Practitioner who is an International Medical Graduate (IMG) who has a recognised overseas specialist qualification and is assessed as having sufficient experience in the speciality.
• Current Driver’s Licence

About You

This position will be attractive to highly skilled and motivated medical professional who’s passion is regional healthcare with a core focus on embedding an integrated specialist rural generalist model of care into existing specialist college models.

The successful candidate will:

• Support the Office Executive Director of Medical Services in medical administration of the service and view challenges as opportunities, driven by a passion to improve healthcare in the complex world of modern health systems.
• Provide regional leadership and management of the North West Rural Generalist (RG) trainee workforce in alignment with the strategic direction of the Tasmanian Rural Generalist pathway collaborative.
• Support and lead, where required, quality improvement activities in RG training sites. Support and deliver undergraduate and post-graduate medical education and training across THS – North West.
• Work collaboratively with key state and national stakeholders in implementing the program with an initial focus on developing the RG workforce model at the MCH hub.
• Develop the North West arm of the Rural Generalist program, enabling a clear pathway for undergraduate and junior medical officers to progress through accredited RG training to fellowship, actively engaging with clinicians working in primary care, district hospitals and community general practice.

The right applicant will play a key role in developing health care at both patient and system levels. The DoH offers a comprehensive undergraduate and graduate clinical training program, with close ties to the University of Tasmania through the Rural Clinical School.  As such, you will be responsible for providing leadership and help with the delivery of the Undergraduate general medical education program and establishment of an effective pipeline to service the Rural Generalist Pathway Program.

Servicing a population of approximately 116,000, the THS North West has major sites, North West Regional Hospital (NWRH) and Mersey Community Hospital (MCH), located approximately 50km apart. The NWRH is the regional trauma centre and has inpatient general medicine, general surgery, orthopaedics, paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology, ICU and mental health. Both departments operate a VST telemedicine program for acute stroke presentations.  The MCH is a subacute hospital with limited general medicine inpatient services, and inpatient rehabilitation unit.  Both EDs have excellent access to 24 hour pathology and 24 hour radiology services (on call between 11pm and 7am).  Staffing is equivalent across both sites and consists of Staff Specialists, Registrars and Residents across a mix of accredited medical colleges.

More information

For further information about this vacancy please contact:

Name: Sidney Chandrasiri
Position: Executive Director Medical Services
Phone number: (03) 6493 6009
Email address: singithi.chandrasiri@ths.tas.gov.au

or

Name: Donna Stubbs
Position: Employment Consultant – Medical Services NW
Phone number: (03) 6478 5283
Email address: donna.harris@ths.tas.gov.au