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:

We are seeking applications from suitably qualified Emergency Medicine Specialists to join the St Vincent’s Hospital Emergency Department. This is for a permanent Staff Specialist position, up to 1.0 FTE, commencing in July 2026.

The successful applicant must have considerable experience and expertise in Emergency Medicine, with specific expertise in a teaching hospital environment. This is a busy Emergency Department that sees a wide range of adult patients including trauma and mental health presentations. This position involves a particular commitment to improving service provision by the Emergency Department to patients affected by homelessness, poverty, drug and alcohol issues, social isolation and mental health problems.

Clinical duties required include:

• Providing specialist care to patients presenting to the Emergency Department;
• Improving service provision by the Emergency Department to patients affected by homelessness, drug and alcohol issues, social isolation and mental health problems;
• Providing emergency medicine consultation, supervision and education to specialist trainees, junior medical staff, undergraduates and allied health staff;
• Contributing to the management and function of the Emergency Department in promoting and providing safe, best practice and cost-efficient clinical service;
• Working within a multidisciplinary team environment, using excellent communication skills;
• Promotion of good patient care and the good reputation of the department and the hospital;
• Participating in research activities;
• Participating in weekend and out-of-hours duty as required.

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.

• Providing specialist care to patients presenting to the Emergency Department;
• Improving service provision by the Emergency Department to patients affected by homelessness, drug and alcohol issues, social isolation and mental health problems;
• Providing emergency medicine consultation, supervision and education to specialist trainees, junior medical staff, undergraduates and allied health staff;
• Contributing to the management and function of the Emergency Department in promoting and providing safe, best practice and cost-efficient clinical service;
• Working within a multidisciplinary team environment, using excellent communication skills;
• Promotion of good patient care and the good reputation of the department and the hospital;
• Participating in research activities;
• Participating in weekend and out-of-hours duty as required.

• Demonstrated knowledge, skills and high standards of clinical practice in Emergency Medicine and Trauma commensurate to experience which is appropriate to the requirements of the position;
• Demonstrated experience in managing patients affected by homelessness, drug and alcohol issues, social isolation and mental health problems
• Demonstrated commitment to teaching at specialty registrar, junior medical officer and undergraduate levels;
• 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 commensurate with work in an academic teaching hospital environment;
• Work with colleagues in a professional and supportive manner including attending Consultant and other meetings relevant to developing and maintaining a quality service;
• Foster the promotion of standards of excellence in the provision of clinical and public services;
• Promote the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine (ACEM) standards of practice;
• Ensure that ACEM requirements for the experience and supervision of trainee specialists are met by providing clinical supervision to Registrars;
• Work within and respect organisational processes and clinical systems;
• Personal integrity and demonstrated commitment to the Philosophy, Mission and Values of Mary Aikenhead Ministries.

• Possess, or be eligible to possess, specialist registration with AHPRA;
• Possess, or be eligible to possess in the next two months, Fellowship of the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine (FACEM) or equivalent as provided for in the Health Insurance Act 1997;
• Participate in the consultant on-call day and after-hours roster; including ED and the Psychiatric And Non-prescription Drug and Alcohol unit (PANDA)