Employment Type: Visiting Medical Officer

Position Classification: Visiting Medical Officer - General Practitioner

Remuneration: RDA Fee For Service VMO Contract

Locations: Temora, with support to Cootamundra, Gundagai, Narrandera, & Tumut

Requisition ID: REQ573016

Applications Close: 22 Feb 2026

Outstanding Experiences. Infinite Opportunities.

Visiting Medical Officer

General Practice - Anaesthetics

Temora plus additional sites (Cootamundra, Gundagai, Narrandera & Tumut Health) Services

Apply via eCredential here.

What You'll Be Doing

Based at Temora while supporting Cootamundra, Gundagai, Narrandera & Tumut, as a Relief VMO GP - Anaesthetics, you will provide high-quality, patient-centered care in a range of general practice services, ensuring that care is safe, effective, and evidence-based. You will play a pivotal role in delivering comprehensive medical services to the local community.

Key Responsibilities Include

Providing admitting, consultative, diagnostic, procedural, outpatient, telehealth, and on-call services as required by MLHD.Being available during rostered hours and on-call, including clinical handovers, supervision, teaching, and emergency and routine care.Offering education and support to clinicians across multiple disciplines, promoting quality education and safe clinical practice.

Where you'll be working

Murrumbidgee LHD covers almost 125,243km2. We provide public health services to approximately 243,228 people across the Riverina, Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area and the South Western Slopes of NSW.

As the largest employer in the region, we have over 5000 healthcare staff working across 33 hospitals and 12 primary healthcare centres. We're supported by hundreds of volunteers who make an invaluable contribution to enriching the lives of people in our care.

To learn more about these facilities, please click here.

Need more information?

Click here for the Position Description

For role related queries or questions contact Damien Limberger – Rural Director of Medical Services on Damien.Limberger@health.nsw.gov.au

Please Apply Via eCredential here.

A National Police Check will be conducted, NSW Health does not require or accept the Fit2Work Badge offered as an option in eCredential.

Applications via agencies will not be accepted.

MLHD is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourage all suitably qualified applicants to apply, including Aboriginal People and people from racial, ethnic or ethno-religious minority groups and people with disability.

Selection Criteria

Holds registration with the Medical Board of Australia as a Specialist General Practitioner.Experience and formal recognition as a Procedural General Practitioner with advanced skills and accreditation with the Joint Consultative Committee on Anaesthesia (JCCA) or equivalent.Minimum three (3) years post graduate clinical experience. Previous experience in Emergency Medicine, General Practice, Adult Internal Medicine, Paediatrics or Rural Medicine an advantage.Knowledge of contemporary clinical management and modern approaches in assessment and management of the broad range of acute and chronic medical conditions. Competence in performing the range of minor urgent procedures commonly undertaken in a rural emergency department including Advanced Life Support and Trauma managementDemonstrated ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and provide leadership of a team.Demonstrated commitment to teaching, continuing education, and research and quality improvement.Availability to participate in an on-call roster and to respond on site within a reasonable time.Demonstrated commitment to behaviours which align to the NSW Health CORE values and MLHD Values, goals and strategies.