A doctor who is contracted to provide specialist services in a public hospital.
doctors were concerned about how they'd cope if the visiting medical officers walked out
Example sentencesExamples
- The changes could reduce the incentive for visiting medical officers to continue to practise in rural public hospitals.
- She worked as a visiting medical officer at the Bundaberg Hospital.
- We already have private medical specialists in Queensland who do operate as visiting medical officers.
- One of the reasons for the budget overruns were higher than budgeted visiting medical officer expenses.
- There is concern over conditions within the employment contracts the government is offering visiting medical officers.
- Doctors employed in public hospitals had been concerned about how they'd cope if the visiting medical officers walked out.
- A lot of money is spent patching up shortages with expensive visiting medical officers.
- Half of the state's visiting medical officers handed in their resignations over a pay dispute.
- He'll work in the public sector as a visiting medical officer.
- The cap will need to be achieved by spending less on visiting medical officer payments.