Senior Medical Officer (Rural Generalist with Advanced Skills in Obstetrics, Emergency or Procedural Anaesthetics) - Mareeba
Step into a role where your skills truly matter. As a Senior Medical Officer (Rural Generalist) at Mareeba Hospital, you’ll provide high‑quality clinical care across hospital and rural clinic settings while bringing advanced skills in Obstetrics, Emergency Medicine, or Procedural Anaesthetics to a community that genuinely needs and values your expertise.
About this role
Make the move. Make a difference.
About us:
Situated on the beautiful Atherton Tablelands, Mareeba offers the perfect blend of meaningful work, professional autonomy, and an enviable Far North Queensland lifestyle. As part of the Rural and Remote Services directorate, you'll join a dedicated team supporting more than 30 regional, rural and remote facilities across 142,900 km², serving over 250,000 people in a largely self‑sufficient health service.
About your new role:
In your new role you will……
- Provide high quality clinical care to hospital in-patients and patients at rural clinics.
- Assist the Director Medical Services, Mareeba Hospital in the development of safe medical practice and optimising clinical skills for medical and nursing staff.
As a Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service employee, not only will you receive competitive base salary up to $274,678 per annum full time (L18 – L27) or up to $216,643 per annum full time (L13 – L18), you will also have access to:
- Generous superannuation (up to 12.75%)
- Attraction & retention allowance (up to 45% of base salary)
- Inaccessibility incentive allowance ($20,700 per annum full time 100% paid after 12 months service)
- Professional development allowance (up to $22,145 per annum full time)
- Motor vehicle allowance (up to $23,395 per annum full time)
- Professional development leave (3.6 weeks p.a.)
- Private practice arrangements
- Salary packaging
- Annual incremental increases
- Career training and development
- Flexible work arrangements
- Wellness programs
Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) evidence as required for your employment in accordance with legislation/government policy and Directives.
For more information about this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.
Why choose Cairns?
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You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Cairns and Hinterland here: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/cairns_hinterland.
Further information
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Applicants are to apply online. If the information requested in the ‘how to apply’ section is not provided, you may not meet the requirements for further consideration of your application.
Job details
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Position status Fixed Term Temporary |
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Position type Flexible full-time |
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Occupational group Health - Medical |
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Classification L13-L27 |
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Workplace Location Cairns region,Far North Qld |
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Job ad reference QLD/CAH676975 |
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Closing date 03-Apr-2026 |
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Job duration
ASAP for 12 months |
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Contact person
Dr Viswanatha Madikeri Ramaraju |
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Contact details
07 4092 9159
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Attachments
CAH676975 Role Description (PDF, 529KB)
Role Description 1. CHHHS Information for Applicants v.20 (PDF, 939KB) Information Package for Applicants 3. CV Format for Medical Practitioner (Word, 97KB) Information Package for Applicants |
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