noun

• 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’

  More example sentences

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