NSLHD - Staff Specialist - Community Child Health (Community Paediatrics) - Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital - Primary and Community Health Service (Apply via eCredential)
- North Ryde, NSW Sydney, NSW
- Temporary
- Full-time
Employment Type: Temporary Full Time or Temporary Part Time
Hours Per Week: Up to 40
Duration: From 1 February 2026 to 30 January 2027Who we are: We are a health service that touches thousands of lives across the Northern Sydney Local Health District, together as a team of like-minded people. We are passionate, driven and have the skills and knowledge to care for our patients whilst creating the best services possible. Our teams have meaningful, interesting and rewarding work everyday. We challenge and nurture each other, sharing our knowledge and experience so that we can deliver better care for everyone. There's a real sense of belonging here because we value and respect our patients, employees, and teams' voices. You'll feel a real privilege being a trusted caregiver in our patients, their families, their carers, and our communities' lives.About the Role
This Community Paediatric role works as part of the Northern Sydney Local Health District (NSLHD) Child, Youth and Family (CYF) Community Health Team. The incumbent is part of the Hornsby Ku-ring-gai multidisciplinary team but may be required to work in the other sectors at times, namely North-Shore Ryde and Northern Beaches.
The aim of the role is to provide integrated community care to optimise child and youth health outcomes, wellbeing and lifetime potential.
The role includes clinical duties as well as service planning, waitlist management and introducing new Models of Care (MoC) to address rising demand. The key focus of the service development work will be to develop strategies for timely and comprehensive care (such as GP-Paediatric co-management of ADHD) and to monitor the impact of new strategies on access to care. This will include leading interagency collaboration,and supporting GPs in ADHD management.
The clinical aspects of the role will be to provide family-centred, evidence-based care. Medical responsibilities include assessment and ongoing management of children and young people (CYP) 0-18 years old who present with developmental-behavioural problems, including developmental delay, autism, ADHD and Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. The client group includes those living in out of home care (OOHC), Aboriginal and refugee children and those with likely developmental disabilities. The role includes actively contributing to multidisciplinary and multisectoral meetings, care planning and case reviews to ensure coordinated care for CYP and their families.
The incumbent is expected to promote a population health approach and to actively participate in health promotion, quality improvement and research initiatives.Purpose of the Position
You will provide clinical management and consultation service to patients in the Primary and Community Health. This care will be provided within the scope of practice endorsed by the NSLHD Medical and Dental Appointments Advisory Committee (MDAAC).
The position will provide clinical consultation services within NSLHD and will contribute to the teaching and training of medical students, graduates and other health care professionals, mentoring for Junior Medical officers and to research, evaluation and quality improvement activities within NSLHD.This position is temporary with the possibility of temporary extension based on performance, funding and needSelection Criteria * MBBS or equivalent, currently registered or eligible for registration with the Medical Board of Australia. Applicants must have Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) with subspecialty qualification in Community Child Health or General Paediatrics or recognition as a specialist by the Medical Board of Australia. Applicants expecting to be awarded their Fellowship within 3 months may be considered.
- Consistently demonstrates behaviours that reinforce the CORE Values of our organisation; Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment. Demonstrates these behaviours with all stakeholders; colleagues, direct reports, as well as our patients and consumers, and those that care for them.
- Extensive Community Paediatric /Developmental and Behavioural/Child Protection Paediatric experience. Proven capacity and experience in assessment and management of children and adolescents with complex developmental, learning, behavioural and psychosocial problems, managing complex challenging behaviour, including use of medication.
- Demonstrated clinical, diagnostic and technical skills commensurate with functioning as an independent Community Child Health or General Paediatrics Consultant to undertake research and service improvement projects relevant to population health, developmental and behavioural paediatrics and preferable to have a Masters Degree in Public Health.
- Demonstrates the skills and attitudes appropriate as a senior Medical Practitioner including modelling a high standard of professional behaviour to other medical staff. Leadership skills and experience in developing service partnerships with other agencies and General Practice to support integrated care for children with complex needs
- High level interpersonal and communication skills and demonstrated ability to lead and work within a multidisciplinary team environment
- Demonstrated participation in and commitment to undergraduate, postgraduate, interdisciplinary teaching and education, including research, quality improvement, patient safety and risk management
- Preparedness to participate in any on-call service, including on-call rosters already existing or established and Current NSW Driver's Licence (P2 Licence acceptable).
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2) For assistance with your application please refer to the3) To view the Scope of Clinical Practice for this positionFor role related queries or questions contact Dr Karen Zwi on 0418 421 765 or email. Karen.zwi@health.nsw.gov.auThis is a NSW Health Category A position which requires immunisation and screening for certain diseases. The full list of requirements are outlined in You will be required to complete the and during the recruitment process. Please upload this with your application along with any other vaccination evidence that you may have.Applications Close: 17 September 2025Please Note: NSW Health does not require or accept the 'Fit2Work badge' offered as an option in eCredential.