SVHN Visiting Medical Officer - ICU ECMO retrieval

Position Title: Visiting Medical Officer - ICU ECMO retrieval
Employment Type: VMO Sessional for 12 months
Hours per week: Zero Hours
Position Grade: Visiting Medical Officer
Salary: As per the award
Enterprise Agreement: Public Hospitals (Visiting Medical Officers Sessional Contracts) Determination 2014
Department Name: Intensive Care Medicine

About us:
St Vincent's Hospital Sydney is a leading not-for-profit organisation providing health services to our community. Guided by our values of compassion, excellence, integrity and justice, we promote a culture of diversity and inclusion and empower our people to learn, grow and innovate.

Benefits of working at St Vincent's include:

• Generous salary packaging and Fitness Passport for eligible staff
• Opportunity to access a wide of range of clinical and non-clinical education programs
• Supported post graduate opportunities within applicable fields
• Career development opportunities across the St Vincent's Health Australia Network
• Employee Assistance Program
• Work/Life balance

About the role:

To provide specialist care to patients requiring ECMO retrieval as part of NSW ECMO retrieval pathway

• Provision of interventions normally associated with the Intensive Care Unit, including initiation and maintenance of ECMO
• Provision of Intensive Care Medicine consultation, supervision and education to specialist trainees, junior medical staff and undergraduates,
• Promotion of good patient care and the good reputation of the department and the hospital;
• Participation in weekend and out-of-hours duty and an on-call roster for ECMO retrieval

Diversity and Inclusion at St Vincent's:
St Vincent's is committed to employing a workforce that reflects the community we care for. We strongly encourage applications from people that are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, culturally diverse, sexuality or gender diverse and/or living with disability.

Employment with St Vincent's is subject to you having current immunity status that complies with the Occupational Assessment, Screening & Vaccination against Specified Infectious Diseases - NSW Health Policy Directive (PD2023_022) or subsequent revisions in force. Appointment and ongoing employment will be subject to continued compliance with this policy directive.

Application Instructions:
To have your application considered you are required to upload a current CV/Resume as well as a separate cover letter/document addressing the 'Selection Criteria' as below. Internal applicants i.e. current employees of St Vincent's Hospital or an entity of SVHA are required to apply via their Workday account.

Selection Criteria:

• Personal integrity and demonstrated commitment to the Philosophy, Mission and Values of Mary Aikenhead Ministries and St Vincent's Health Australia.
• Possess, or be eligible to possess, specialist registration with the Medical Board of Australia (AHPRA)
• Possess Fellowship of the College of Intensive Care Medicine (FCICM) or equivalent
• Demonstrated knowledge, skills and high standards of clinical practice in Intensive Care Medicine commensurate to experience which is appropriate to the requirements of the position: possess experience at consultant level in the management of critically ill and post-operative patients with mechanical cardiac assist devices and extracorporeal life support, including inter-hospital transfer
• Experience in cannulation and initiation of extracorporeal life support, retrieval of patients on extracorporeal life support
• Trained in echocardiography Demonstrated ability to provide high quality compassionate medical care as evidenced by recent practice experience in working congenially and collaboratively as both a leader and member of a
• multidisciplinary team, and as a provider of services that engender high levels of patient satisfaction and experience;
• Demonstrated ongoing contribution to the development, dissemination, and translation of new knowledge and practices including active participation in the unit's research programme commensurate with work in an academic teaching hospital environment;

For more information, please contact Dr Hergen Buscher- Head of ICU - [email protected]

For a copy of the position description, please email [email protected]

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This advertisement will close 11 June 2026