JMO Manager

Employment Type Temporary Full Time working 38 hours per week up to June 2026 Location Fairfield Hospital Position Classification Health Manager Level 1 Remuneration $1,682.93 - $2,238.93 per week Requisition ID REQ Application Close Date 14/12/2025 Interview Date Range 14/01/2026 – 21/01/2026 Contact Details Bonni Dy – – or Harry Doan – – About the Opportunity Fairfield Hospital is seeking a dynamic and highly organised professional to lead and manage the junior medical workforce at Fairfield Hospital. In this pivotal role, you will oversee the development, implementation, and coordination of key functions including rostering, recruitment, immigration, medical registration, education, and accreditation. Your expertise will ensure cost‑effective, fair, and equitable rostering practices while maintaining compliance with NSW Health, HETI, College, and NSW Board policies. This is an opportunity to make a real impact by supporting the next generation of medical professionals and ensuring seamless operations across our hospital. As the JMO Manager, you will take charge of annual recruitment campaigns, coordinate immigration and registration processes, and maintain accurate personnel records. You’ll manage day‑to‑day supervision, performance appraisals, and mandatory training compliance for interns, RMOs, registrars, and CMOs. Your leadership will be critical in filling long‑term vacancies, redistributing staff during peak periods, and ensuring HealthRoster and StaffLink systems are up to date. If you’re passionate about operational excellence, workforce planning, and supporting medical education, this role offers a rewarding career in a collaborative and fast‑paced healthcare environment. What You’ll Be Doing The JMO Manager role supports the development, implementation, and coordination of key functions for managing the junior medical workforce at Fairfield Hospital, including rostering, recruitment, immigration, medical registration, education, and accreditation. The position ensures cost‑effective and equitable rostering, oversees annual recruitment campaigns, manages compliance with NSW Health and related policies, and maintains personnel records and mandatory training. Responsibilities include supervising JMOs, conducting performance appraisals, managing overseas doctor recruitment, updating systems like StaffLink and HealthRoster, and addressing staffing gaps through redeployment, locums, and overtime. Additionally, the role provides operational leadership, financial oversight, and secretarial support to the Director of Prevocational Education and Training. Where You’ll Be Working Fairfield Hospital, located in one of NSW’s largest LGAs, is a hub of diverse cultures, ethnicities, and socioeconomic backgrounds. This diversity offers hospital employees a rich array of experiences and varied learning and development opportunities across medical, clinical, administrative, and support roles. The hospital provides a chance to work closely with patients and the community, fostering a strong learning environment and exposure to a variety of disciplines and specialties. The supportive and encouraging team at Fairfield Hospital, led by senior members dedicated to enriching the staff experience, ensures a positive work atmosphere. Conveniently located near public transport, schools, and a major shopping centre, the hospital also features an onsite cafeteria. The upcoming $550 million redevelopment will further enhance Fairfield Hospital, delivering modern, purpose‑built health facilities to meet the community’s needs for generations to come. This redevelopment will create local employment opportunities and establish a new health neighbourhood, making it an exciting time to join the team at Fairfield Hospital. How to Apply To be considered for this position, please ensure you address the below questions as thoroughly as possible. View our application guide for information on how to respond to criteria and improve your application. Which relevant tertiary qualifications (e.g., Health Management, Workforce/HR, business) and/or substantial experience with junior medical workforce management do you bring, and how have you applied the NSW medical officer awards and conditions to design fair rostering, maintain compliant systems, and resolve complex workforce issues? Can you describe a recent example where you used HealthRoster, StaffLink, ROB and Microsoft Office to diagnose a workforce problem, implement a change (policy/procedure or process), and monitor outcomes—including how you communicated the change (briefings/reports), collaborated with clinicians in a high‑pressure environment, and ensured sustainable adoption? Need More Information? 1) Click here for the Position Description2) Find out more about applying for this position Additional Information Salary Packaging South Western Sydney Local Health District employees are able to enjoy the benefits of salary packing. Visit Smart Salary for more details. Health & Fitness South Western Sydney Local Health District employees receive discounted gym membership/Corporate Wellbeing Programs, including Fitness Passport. Transforming Your Experience Transforming Your Experience (TYE) is SWSLHD’s key strategy to always positively transform your, our patients, our consumers, our staffs and our communities experiences across our organisation and services. Our vision is that our care is always safe, high quality and personalised and all our staff are supported and empowered to achieve their full potential. SWSLHD upholds the CORE Values – Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment. To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have an Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency. At South Western Sydney Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don’t just accept differences but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background, people with disability and people from the LGBTQ+ community to apply. SWSLHD is committed to driving a child‑safe culture that upholds children and young people’s rights. We strive to ensure children and young people feel safe, supported and included in their care. Existing staff of SWSLHD and those seeking employment are required to take the safety, welfare and wellbeing of children and young people seriously while taking action to keep them safe from harm and abuse. Connect with us on X, Facebook and LinkedIn #J-18808-Ljbffr