Senior Medical Officer

Senior Medical Officer – Urgent Care CentresWestern Health | Division of Emergency Medicine & Intensive Care ServicesBacchus Marsh & Melton Urgent Care CentresClassification: HM21 – HM23 | Doctors in Training (Victorian Public Health Sector) AgreementFull-Time or Part-Time Ongoing Appointments | Full Public Hospital Salary Packaging + SuperannuationHigh-Impact Acute Medicine. Zero Inpatient Gridlock. Practice Urgent Care the Way It Should Be.Tired of the relentless tertiary hospital bed-block, administrative delays, and endless ward compromises that take you away from direct patient management?At Western Health’s Bacchus Marsh and Melton Urgent Care Centres, medicine returns to its core purpose: rapid assessment, definitive diagnosis, immediate procedural intervention, and safe patient disposition. Operating across Melbourne’s fastest-growing western communities, our centres manage over 19,000 presentations annually—delivering vital care to diverse presentations with a dynamic 30–40% paediatric caseload.As a Senior Medical Officer (SMO), you will work alongside expert Emergency Physicians and Advanced Practice Emergency Nurse Practitioners in modern, walk-in emergency facilities designed for agile, person-centred care.Why This Appointment Redefines Your Medical CareerDiverse Clinical Caseload: Manage genuine acute and urgent undifferentiated cases—from trauma stabilisation, laceration repairs, and fracture reductions to acute paediatric illness and cardiorespiratory emergencies.Accredited Training & Formal RPL: Ideal for doctors pursuing or holding the ACEM Associateship in Foundational and Intermediate Emergency Medicine, as well as GP and Rural Generalist trainees looking for formal recognition of prior learning.True Clinical Autonomy with Support: Lead clinical shifts, teach junior medical officers and medical students, and make key clinical decisions with direct backup from receiving consultants and Clinical Services Directors.Sustainable Work-Life Balance: Leave the exhausting night-shift cycles of quaternary trauma centres behind. Choose tailored full-time or part-time ongoing rosters that protect your personal life and clinical longevity.Maximised Take-Home Earnings: Positioned at HM21–HM23 under the Victorian Public Health Sector EBA, complemented by generous public health salary packaging (up to $11,660 everyday living expenses + meal & entertainment allowances).Key ResponsibilitiesDeliver high-quality clinical assessments, investigation interpretations, and management plans according to the Australasian Triage Scale.Perform acute emergency bedside procedures and stabilize patients requiring escalation or retrieval via Ambulance Victoria and PIPER.Supervise, mentor, and teach Junior Medical Officers, HMOs, and visiting medical students.Partner seamlessly with local General Practitioners and community health agencies for sustainable post-discharge care.Champion National Emergency Access Targets (NEAT) and proactive clinical quality improvement across both urgent care campuses.What You BringMedical Registration: Current, unconditional registration as a Medical Practitioner with AHPRA.Experience Baseline: Minimum of two (2) years’ experience in a Registrar or Senior HMO role, OR a minimum of five (5) years' post-graduate experience (including at least two years within an Australian hospital network).Emergency Competence: Prior acute Emergency Department experience (minimum 6 months) and current Advanced Life Support (ALS) certification.Leadership & Teaching: Proven clinical judgment, mature communication, and an enthusiasm for teaching early-career clinicians.Desirable: Enrolment in or completion of the ACEM Associateship Program, or recognized general practice/rural generalist pathway standing.Step Into Clinical Leadership in Melbourne’s Thriving West.Applications close 11:59 PM on 12 October 2026.For confidential clinical inquiries, please contact Dr E.U. Ben Nwankwo at Ben.Nwankwo@wh.org.au.