Calvary Hobart, St John’s Hospital is seeking to recruit Visiting Medical Officers (VMO) in Rehabilitation Medicine and Geriatric Medicine to join its team in providing medical services to the Tasmanian community.

The VMO’s provide an on-call service for Rehabilitation Medicine admissions to the hospital and a consultation service to other specialities, and successful candidates will be expected to contribute to the on-call roster.

Inpatients are located on a designated rehabilitation ward with a skilled and compassionate nursing team with Allied Health support and has access to a hospital medical officer during business hours.  Join the Group in providing rehabilitation medical services including:

• Participating in the rehabilitation medicine on-call roster (approximately 1 in 5)
• Outpatient consulting sessions at designated consulting suites, located on the hospital grounds
• Contributing to the hospital through committee work or equivalent

The Location

Calvary St John’s private hospital is located five minutes from the heart of the beautiful city of Hobart, Tasmania, in a serene garden setting with views of the picturesque Mount Wellington.

Along with offering the only Private Rehabilitation Unit in Hobart, Calvary St John’s offers an extensive range of health care services for the community including a contemporary day surgery unit. We specialise in Palliative End of Life Care, Oncology, Ear Nose and Throat Care, Opthalmology, Pain Management and Plastic Surgery.

Established in 1899 as a Homeopathic Hospital, St John’s joined the Calvary group in 2000.

Support services include an on-site pharmacy, full range of pathology services and a radiology provider that offers CT, MRI and nuclear medicine imaging at our sister hospital. Neurosurgery, Orthopaedics, Maternity and Women’s Health, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiology, Colorectal Surgery, General Medicine and Urology services are provided at our sister campus, Calvary Lenah Valley Hospital which has an Endoscopy Unit, Critical Care Unit, Intensive Care Unit, Acute General Medicine Unit and Accident and Emergency Department on site.

Essential qualifications

Rehabilitation Physician with FRACP, AFRM or equivalent.

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For further information, please contact Ger Ivory (Calvary Business Development Manager 03 6278 5260, E – gerard.ivory@calvarycare.org.au)