Description:
This is your opportunity to contribute to our vision of creating:
Pathways to better health
for our North West communities.
Job details
Position status Contract Position type Full-time Occupational group Health - Medical Classification L4-L9 Workplace Location North West Qld Job ad reference QLD/MI626718 Closing date 16-Apr-2025 Fortnightly salary $4966 - $5758 Job duration Temporary full time from 07/04/25 to 01/02/26 Contact person Sarah Hetherton Contact details (07) 4764 1243Access the National Relay Service
North West Hospital and Health Service (HHS)
- Unique locations
- Friendly communities
- Regional, rural and remote $$$ incentives
Temporary full time role from 07/04/2025 to 01/02/2026 or 12 months
Working with us
- Base salary ranges between $129,583 and $150,240 p.a. (L4-L9).
- 5 weeks annual recreational leave accumulation with 17.5% loading when taken
- Generous employer contribution to superannuation of 12.75%
- Long Service Leave and Sick Leave accrual
- Professional development allowance and leave
- Inaccessibility allowance.
- Accommodation (as per NWHHS Staff Accommodation policy)
- Transfer and appointment expenses (conditions apply)
In your downtime , we offer 4 weeks p.a. recreational leave with a 17.5% loading/bonus.
Professionally , our HHS values professionalism, leadership capability, excellence and resilience in our staff. We are committed to providing extraordinary opportunities for career development including in-house training, development and mentoring programs.
The lifestyle in Mount Isa is family friendly; it is a vibrant city with an outback community feel. You will fall in love with the natural splendour of the North West Queensland region, the experience of a rural/urban community and the opportunity to make a real and positive difference... and want to stay.
Once a raw frontier town built in the heart of North West Queensland around the vast mineral resources, Mount Isa has grown into a thriving industrial and commercial centre renowned for its friendly and welcoming nature.
Affectionately known as the ‘oasis of the outback,' People enjoy living in this modern community, with restaurants, excellent health care, shopping, churches, clubs, service clubs and social activities.
The Traditional Owners of the area are the Kalkadoon people.
Mount Isa is a great place to live and work!
About the role
Temporary full time role from 07/04/2025 to 01/02/2026 or 12 months
Liaise with the on-call medical registrar when acute renal patients are admitted to the Emergency Department via ambulance, ensuring that patients in the ED are seen within the required timeframes.
Assessment and management of in and outpatients. Understanding of utility and requirements of multidisciplinary work, liaising with the rest of team in arranging complex discharges.
Supervise the activities of junior medical staff to ensure that appropriate standards of care are maintained and that junior medical staff are trained to adequately fulfil their duties. Manage the performance appraisal and development of subordinate staff.
Requirements
- General or Provisional AHPRA registration only, as we are unable to accommodate Limited Registration.
- The incumbent to have obtained a degree qualification from a recognized tertiary institution and hold Current registration or eligibility for registration as a Medical Practitioner with the Medical Board of Australia
- C Class Motor Vehicle Licence.
- Pre-employment screening will be conducted for the successful applicant, including Criminal History checks.
- This is a VPD risk role and may require evidence of vaccination or immunity to: Hepatitis A/B, Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella, Pertussis, and Tuberculosis.
- A period of probation may apply.
Interested?
Download the Role Description for further information and application / interview preparation.
Further information
We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity .