An exciting opportunity exists for an appropriately skilled Ophthalmologist to be part of the Department of Paediatrics at Hornsby Ku-Ring-Gai Hospital is available
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Position Classification: Visiting Medical Officer
Contract Type: Fee-for-Service
Duration: Quinquennium ending 30 June 2030
Who we are: We are a health service that touches thousands of lives across the Northern Sydney Local Health District, together as a team of like-minded people. We are passionate, driven and have the skills and knowledge to care for our patients whilst creating the best services possible. Our teams have meaningful, interesting and rewarding work everyday. We challenge and nurture each other, sharing our knowledge and experience so that we can deliver better care for everyone. There’s a real sense of belonging here because we value and respect our patients, employees, and teams’ voices. You’ll feel a real privilege being a trusted caregiver in our patients, their families, their carers, and our communities’ lives.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The primary purpose of this role is to provide clinical management and treatment of neonates within the HKH Special Care Nursery (primarily screening for and treatment of Retinopathy of Prematurity). This care will be provided locally at HKH, closer to home for the families, and will reduce the need for the risk and cost of transferring these neonates back to RNSH for this purpose.

PURPOSE OF THE POSITION

You will provide clinical management and treatment of patients under your care in a Northern Sydney Local Health District facility or service. This care will be provided within the scope of clinical practice endorsed by the NSLHD Medical and Dental Appointments Advisory Committee.
The position will provide clinical consultation services within NSLHD and will contribute to the teaching and training of medical students, graduates and other health care professionals and to research, evaluation and quality improvement activities within NSLHD.