1-year position in Australia: Palliative Medicine Specialist, Tweed Valley Hospital (near the Gold Coast and Byron Bay)

An opportunity exists for a Palliative Medicine Specialist to work in Australia for a temporary 1-year (or 18 month) contract from April/May 2026 while the existing specialist is overseas to develop a palliative care service in India. This position is appealing in that it is located in one of the most beautiful coastal regions in Australia, close to the well-known Byron Bay. It is also very convenient to the Gold Coast and Gold Coast airport.

Tweed Valley Hospital is a 430 bed, major referral and teaching hospital located in the heart of the Tweed-Byron region. It provides a wide range of inpatient, day only and outpatient services in a brand new, state of the art facility. Services include emergency, trauma and critical care, surgical services, cancer services, women’s care and newborn services, paediatric services, renal unit, intensive care, cardiac catheter laboratory and mental Health inpatient facilities.

The position would require seeing palliative care inpatients (consults and direct admissions), attending a weekly palliative care clinic, attending multi-disciplinary team case review meetings, teaching and supervising the junior doctors and medical students, supporting the community team and attending to consults at a neighbouring regional hospital (Murwillumbah Hospital) and small community hospice (Wedgetail Retreat). This workload is shared with another full-time staff specialist and is very manageable to achieve within work hours.

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