WNSWLHD - Staff Specialist Rural Director of Medical Services - Site negotiable. Apply via eCredential

Employment Type:  Permanent Full Time
Position Classification:  Staff Specialist
Remuneration: $262,376 - $337,268 p.a. (excluding superannuation, TESL)
Hours Per Week: 40
Location: Negotiable

Applications Close:  9 November 2025 - 11.59pm

Western NSW Local Health District is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability and people from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply for our advertised positions. If you require any assistance with your application or have any questions about this position, please get in touch with the contact person listed in this advertisement.

About the opportunity

Rural Director of Medical Services – a leadership opportunity in a diverse rural setting that prides itself on innovation and world class health care. The Rural Director Medical Services (DMS) is a senior member of the Rural Sectors management team.

Life at Western NSW Local Health District is rewarding, progressive and diverse.

At Western NSW Health, we have built a collaborative, people-focused culture. Our vision – Healthier Rural People – Thriving Communities – provides a benchmark for our partnership and leadership approach to improving the health and wellbeing of people living in regional and remote areas of New South Wales.

What we can offer you

·       Flexible work hours and flexible rostering practices.

·       Develop your clinical and communication skills in the area of telehealth.

·       Be part of an innovative team striving for optimising health outcomes across rural and remote NSW.

·       Opportunities for learning and development, including in-house training with My Health Learning and the NSW Health RTO.

·       Professional growth and accelerated career progression.

Where you'll be working

Location Negotiable. You will be servicing up to 35 rural and remote health services, hospitals and smaller Multipurpose Services (MPSs) across the Western NSW Local Health District for expert care.

Western NSW Local Health District is one of the largest Local Health Districts in NSW covering an area of 246,676 square kilometres, similar to the size of Britain. We deliver innovative health services to an estimated resident population of approximately 276,000 people.

Our organisation is diverse in the health care it delivers goasting the largest rural mental health service in Australia, three major rural referral hospitals at Orange, Dubbo and Bathurst, 50 community health centres which provide acces to a wide range of multidisciplinary primary, and community health services, 38 inpatient facilities including 25 MPSs and District Health Services at Mudgee, Cowra, Parkes and Forbes.

There are more than 30,786 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in the Local Health District, representing 11.1% of the total population. This is significantly higher than the NSW average of 2.1%. Our region has some of the most vulnerable population in NSW, and even Australia, who generally have a lower socio-economic status, shorter life expectancy, and poorer health outcomes than other people living in NSW.