Please share with any colleagues considering a coastal move.
- Senior Specialist / Specialist / Emergency Medicine
- Teach. Innovate. Live Exceptionally. Coastal Queensland
- Exceptional Remuneration Package value up to $627,119 p.a.
- UK/Ireland Trained EM specialist IMGS assessed by ACEM with substantial comparability will be considered
Coastal Lifestyle Without Metro Stress
One of Australia’s most attractive regional lifestyles.
- Beautiful beaches, oceanfront living, and year-round sunshine
- Affordable housing and significantly lower living costs than metropolitan cities
- Excellent public and private schools
- Modern cafes, restaurants, wineries, and local produce
- Easy access to Brisbane with direct flights available
- Family-friendly communities with less traffic and more time for life outside work
- Fishing, boating, diving, camping, surfing, and national parks right on your doorstep
- Outstanding local produce, cafés and restaurants
The Opportunity
As a Senior Specialist, Specialist within the Emergency Department, you will provide expert emergency clinical care while contributing to the ongoing development of a modern regional emergency service.
You will join a collaborative multidisciplinary team delivering high-quality emergency care to a large and diverse population across the Wide Bay region.
Position Details
- Permanent Full Time
- Permanent Part Time
- Flexible rostering arrangements negotiable
Exceptional Remuneration Package
Total remuneration package value up to $627,119 p.a., including:
- Base salary up to $274,678 p.a.
- Emergency Department Allowance
- Attraction Incentive Allowance (50%)
- Regional Location Allowance (10%)
- Motor Vehicle Allowance
- Professional Development Allowance
- Generous employer superannuation contribution of up to 12.75%
- Salary sacrificing benefits
- Annual Leave Loading (17.5%)
Hospital continues to expand as a major regional referral centre, providing clinicians with:
- broad and rewarding clinical exposure
- regional autonomy
- excellent procedural opportunities
- strong multidisciplinary support
- meaningful involvement in service improvement
- Adult and paediatric emergency medicine
- Trauma and resuscitation
- Acute regional presentations
- Complex chronic disease management
- Clinical Decision Unit management
- Rural and regional referral medicine
- Mental health and behavioural emergencies
- High-acuity emergency presentations
This role is ideal for clinicians who enjoy contributing beyond clinical shifts.
You will have opportunities to:
- supervise registrars, PHOs and junior medical staff
- mentor ACEM trainees and SIMGs
- participate in clinical governance and quality improvement
- contribute to departmental education programs
- engage in service redesign and innovation
- support workplace-based assessments
- participate in morbidity and mortality meetings
- develop leadership and management skills
- The University of Queensland
- CQUniversity
- The Regional Medical Pathway program
- academic involvement
- simulation training
- teaching appointments
- regional workforce development
- research participation
Successful candidates may also have opportunities to establish private practice arrangements alongside their public appointment.
Support may include:
- credentialling assistance
- consulting room access
- administrative setup support
- referral pathway development
- introductions to local specialists and GPs
Who We’re Looking For
We welcome applications from:
- FACEMs
- U.K, Irish, NZ and Canadian Emergency Physicians
- SIMGs - ACEM specialist assessment MUST have substantially comparable outcome
- strong emergency clinical capability
- excellent communication and teamwork skills
- commitment to teaching and supervision
- leadership within multidisciplinary environments
- commitment to patient safety and quality care
- enthusiasm for regional medicine
- improved work–life balance
- reduced burnout
- greater clinical autonomy
- supportive department culture
- lower cost of living
- family-friendly lifestyle
- stronger sense of community
Interested?
Email your CV & cover letter to Nicki Wade – nickiw@ccjobs.com.au
For a confidential discussion, call Nicki on 0401 010 048.
