Senior Career Medical Officer - Relocate to Hobart

The Team

The Department of Health is seeking interest from suitably qualified applicants for a Senior Career Medical Officer vacancy for Statewide Mental Health Services (SMHS), Adult Mental Health Services – South. The Continuing Care Teams (CCTs) provide multidisciplinary community care for consumers living with enduring and complex mental illness in Southern Tasmania. CCTs are recovery-orientated and operate in a manner that is person-centred, strengths-based, trauma-informed, collaborative, and empowering. All our services work closely together to focus on delivering excellence in healthcare to achieve improved outcomes for our consumers, our workforce, and the Tasmanian community.

Why Tasmania

The Department of Health Tasmania oversees various hospitals across the state, including the Royal Hobart Hospital, Launceston General Hospital, Northwest Regional Hospital, and Mersey Community Hospital, as well as district hospitals and ambulance services. Additionally, it provides community health, mental health, and primary healthcare services to the Tasmanian community through more than 300 sites.

Tasmania, Australia's only island state, offers unparalleled natural beauty and a luxurious lifestyle. Pursuing your health career in Tasmania’s public health system means building strong connections with colleagues and patients. It also means embracing a lifestyle where you can enjoy extraordinary experiences outside of work while making a significant impact on the community during work.

Hobart

Hobart has become a cultural centre, with year-round art and music events and restaurants serving gourmet local produce. Excellent educational opportunities and easy access to outdoor pursuits make this the perfect place to raise a family. Enjoy a more tranquil, community-orientated lifestyle while remaining only a short flight from the busy mainland.

Experience beautiful beaches and pristine alpine regions where you can enjoy a vast variety of sports and outdoor activities to suit everyone on the doorstep of a bustling capital city while enjoying the advantages of a short commute and excellent work-life balance.

In Tasmania you will be encouraged to be yourself, to learn, to grow and to develop meaning in your work. You will have a powerful connection to your patients and your colleagues, and the community will encourage your success. Our isolation helps drive a culture of creation and human connection, which feels both old fashioned and… like the only future worth pursuing.

Details of appointment

Permanent full time, day worker (with on call) position, working up to 76 hours per fortnight, commencing from as soon as possible.

*notwithstanding hours to be negotiated with the successful applicant

Applicants should note that, for a period of twelve months from the date of publication, this selection process may be used to fill subsequent or similar full time, part time and casual vacancies.

Salary

Senior Career Medical Officer Level 1 - 3 $198,083 - $212,180 per annum, pro rata + 12% superannuation + access to salary packaging

• Salary range is in accordance with Medical Practitioners Agreement 2025

In addition, the following allowances and benefit, calculated on the salaried incremental point may be available

• Salary packaging options include a range of benefits like living expenses up to $9,010 and $2,650 in meals and entertainment every year
• Continuing Professional Development Allowance of $10,300 per annum, pro rata
• Travel and relocation assistance support available up to $15,000 for eligible appointees from overseas, and up to $10,000 for appointees from interstate.
• Professional development and accelerated pathways.
• A range of leave entitlements, including study leave and Professional Development Support.
• Fitness Passport – You, and your family can access 40+ fitness facilities across Tasmania for just $14.50 per week per person, or $28.05 for a family.
• other allowances as applicable.

Eligibility

• Eligibility: Successful applicants will be required to meet the essential criteria asNote: - Please refer to the Application Guide for more information of pre-employment check.
• General, provisional, or limited registration with the Medical Board of Australia
• Current Working with Children Registration (where applicable and as determined by individual position requirements)

For more information

Applicants who require further information are encouraged to contact the Contact person for detailed information about the vacancy.

Name: Dr Rebecca Graham
Position: Acting Assistant Clinical Director, Community Adult Mental Health Services
Phone number: 03 6166 8308
Email address: rebecca.graham@ths.tas.gov.au

Pay: $198,083.00 – $212,180.00 per year

Benefits:

• Professional development assistance
• Relocation assistance
• Travel reimbursement

Work Location: In person