ConsultantObstetrician and Gynaecologist

The Role:
We are seeking a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist to join a dedicated and supportive team in a regional setting.

How does the prospect of living in a Mediterranean climate that offers a relaxed country lifestyle and working in a responsive regional health service sound?

• Ready access to Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide via direct flights from the regional airport
• Salary package up to $447,996
• 6 weeks free accommodation
• Work with a highly skilled, multidisciplinary team in a positive working environment
• Ready access to Melbourne, Sydney, and Adelaide via direct flights from the regional airport
• New state of the art Intensive Care Unit with 8 ICU/HDU beds, it is a Level 1 Teaching Hospital.
• Affordable living

You will be expected to provide quality leadership within a multi-disciplinary team of Registrars/HMO s and 45 midwives, as well as providing supervision and support to doctors in training.

You will ensure that care is patient-centred, safe and demonstrates a standard of excellence, caring for low-risk women independently and high-risk women with medical supervision. There is also a Public Antenatal and Gynaecology Clinic, with Colonoscopy provided by other medical practitioners. With a new paediatric ward currently in development, neonatal and paediatric beds will increase, staffed by 5 Paediatricians.

A highly skilled, multi-disciplinary team made up of staff specialists, VMOs, registrars, and HMOs accept all risk patients, providing invaluable experience that is not often available in a metropolitan hospital.

The Hospital is affiliated with Monash University, it provides Level 4 maternity and neonatal, with around 900 births per annum. Recently transitioning to public management, the hospital is enjoying a clinical renaissance.

The Hospital:
172 bed, modern facility, and tertiary teaching hospital. The hospital assists a catchment population of up to 100,000 and provides several Acute Services including Emergency, General Medicine and Surgery, Intensive Care, Mental Health, and Paediatrics.

Accredited for RANZCOG training.

The Location:
A modern regional City with metropolitan convenience, rural lifestyle, enjoy living nestled on the Riverbank amid irrigated orchards and vineyards with arid red soil and sand dunes as a backdrop, a real oasis.

This regional centre offers residents an enviable lifestyle of cosmopolitan vibrancy and country charm in a Mediterranean climate.

Housing remains affordable, parking easy and shopping diverse and plentiful, the region is home to many award-winning eateries, making the most of fresh, locally grown produce including wine-grapes, almonds, pistachios, olives, carrots, asparagus and citrus fruit.

Outdoor lovers will revel in the wide array of sports and recreational activities on offer including golf, water-skiing, swimming, lawn bowls, football, shooting and tennis just to name a few.

Arts and cultural activities are also embraced, with residents given many chances to attend festivals, concerts, and productions.

Skills & Qualifications required:

• Registered with AHPRA as a Specialist
• FRANZCOG (or equivalent)
• Preferably worked in a regional setting.
• Extensive recent experience in obstetrics and gynaecology (O&G) in a public hospital.
• Commitment to participate in the O&G on-call roster.

Desirable

• Experience in O&G in a regional/rural area
• Basic life support skills.
• Research experience
• Teaching and training experience

The Benefits:

• Friendly regional setting
• Affordable living
• Assistance with relocation expenses to the successful applicant

How do I Apply:
Please forward your resume to Nicki Wade at
For more information about this and other opportunities and a confidential discussion please contact Nicki Wade on