Career Medical Officer (Grade 2) in Community Paediatrics (ADHD and STrIDeS Shared Care)

Job Title: Career Medical Officer (Grade 2) in Community Paediatrics (ADHD and STrIDeS Shared Care)

Employment Type: Temporary Part Time (12 hours per week) up to June 2027
Position Classification: Career Medical Officer Grade 2
Remuneration: $88.07 – $104.59 per hour + annual leave loading + Superannuation
Location: Croydon Health Centre
Requisition ID: REQ623041

Sydney Local Health District is one of the top performing local health districts in New South Wales. It is made up of hospitals and health services delivered in various locations in the community and also in people’s homes.

Join the the team at Croydon Health Centre to provide preventative medicine, early interventions and community-based healthcare.

About the Role

Sydney Local Health District’s Community Health Centres have a long and proud history of delivering care in the community including prevention, early intervention, assessment, treatment, health maintenance and continuing care services designed to improve and support the health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

The primary purpose of the role is to provide high quality diagnostic and consultative services in Community Paediatrics (ADHD and STrIDeS Shared Care), and to participate in teaching, research, quality improvement and administrative activities within the SLHD Community Paediatrics Department as required.

The Career Medical Officer will provide expert GP advice to treating clinicians in SLHD’s Specialist Team for Intellectual Disability Sydney (STrIDeS) and Community Paediatric teams and primary health care, patients and carers in relation to patients across the lifespan (childhood, adolescence and adulthood) with intellectual disability and children or adolescents with ADHD which:

Enhances the understanding by SLHD clinicians of the context and issues that impact health care delivery by GPs for patients with intellectual disability and ADHD in general and for specific patients.
Increases the engagement of GPs in the management of patients with intellectual disability or ADHD, including those seen by STrIDeS and Community Paediatric teams in general and for specific patients.
Contributes expert primary health care knowledge and experience to relevant SLHD team based clinical discussions, strategic planning and projects.
Provides leadership and contributes primary health expertise to other SLHD or CESPHN initiatives that serve to improve management of the health care needs, including health prevention and promotion and implementation of reasonable adjustments, of people with intellectual disability or ADHD.
Contributes to the development of integrated models of care for these populations.
Initiates and uses findings from clinical research and other initiatives to improve health care by GPs for people with intellectual disability and ADHD.

The Career Medical Officer will ensure a high standard of professional performance and encouragement of an academic environment which supports education, research and professional development.

For more information, please view the Position Description

Ideal Candidate

Current medical practitioner, registered, or eligible for registration, with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA), with at least seven years of full-time clinical experience in a relevant area of practice.
Demonstrated experience in General practice and shared models of care relevant to the role of Career Medical Officer, with sound knowledge of contemporary evidence based best practice in the specialty.
Currently holds a valid NSW driver’s license (P1 and P2 license acceptable)

Benefits and Perks!

Paid Parental Leave & Annual Leave loading
Opportunity for extra tax savings through Salary Packaging and Novated Leasing. For more information visit SalaryPackagingPlus
Access to free courses, qualifications and coaching via Sydney Education
Access to confidential EAP counselling for staff and their families
Because we care about your health: Free annual influenza vaccination, discounted Fitness Passport membership, and free telehealth nutrition and wellness resources from qualified professionals.

For more information about other benefits, please visit SLHD Benefits

This recruitment may be used to create a talent pool for similar future roles (ongoing or temporary) that may arise over the next 18 months.

Working for Sydney Local Health District – NSW Health

This is a Category A position. To be employed by NSW Health you are required to provide evidence of vaccination to comply with the NSW Health Occupational Assessment, Screening & Vaccination against Specified Infectious Diseases Policy (PD2024_015).

SLHD is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people with disability are encouraged to apply for all internal and externally advertised positions. If you require assistance, please advise the contact person at the time of your application.

Stepping Up aims to assist Aboriginal job applicants by providing information about applying for roles within NSW Health. For more information, please visit: https://www.steppingup.health.nsw.gov.au/

Sydney Local Health District is committed to implementing the Child Safe Standards.

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For enquiries, please contact Dr. Jacqueline Small via email at jacqueline.small@health.nsw.gov.au

Join the team enriching health in millions of ways every day, apply now!

Applications Close: 2 January 2026

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