Holiday service closures 2025-2026

Walk-in Centres and Emergency Departments open as normal over the holiday season. Other health services may vary. Check holiday hours, including Pathology collection centres.
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Visiting Medical Officers  (VMOs) contract information

Core conditions for VMO contracts can be find in the current notifiable instrument. Your contract will include additional information.

For more information about VMO contracts call (02) 5124 9614. If you are calling from North Canberra Hospital contact (02) 5103 6897.

For information on billing, see the following FAQ, or contact (02) 5124 9082.

Policies and standard operating procedures

All VMOs are subject to the clinical policies and procedures relevant to their scope of practice, as well as the following policies, procedures and standard operating procedures. You should familiarise yourself with these documents.

Please note, this list will be reviewed from time to time and is subject to change.

Where the status of contractors is not clear, a reference to Canberra Health Services staff or Canberra Health Services employees should be read as a reference to a VMO.

Nothing in these documents will provide any entitlements beyond those defined in the VMO’s contract.

Any reference to dispute settling procedures will be read as a reference to the dispute resolution provisions at clause 21 of the VMO contract.

Where mandatory training is required under these documents, VMOs will be required to attend and will be paid at the sessional rate applicable to the VMOs category.

In the event of any inconsistency between any policy or procedure and any provision of the VMO’s contract then, to the extent of any inconsistency, the VMO’s contract will prevail.