Senior Medical Officer (Rural Generalist with Advanced Skills in Obstetrics, Emergency or Procedural Anaesthetics) MAREEBA
Make the move. Make a difference.
Work in a passionate team environment.
Enjoy the Far North lifestyle while working at Mareeba Hospital as a Senior Medical Officer (Rural Generalist with Advanced Skills in Obstetrics, Emergency or Procedural Anaesthetics) Step into a role where your skills truly matter. You will 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
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:
As a Rural Generalist with Advanced Obstetrics, you'll enjoy flexible and innovative rostering options. CHHHS supports the safe and sustainable provision of Rural Maternity care by providing:
- Dedicated maternity shifts 7 days a week
- Separation of obstetric and emergency oncall
- Facilitated clinical supervision with the combined Rural Generalist Obstetrics team, and with the facility Midwife Group Practice team.
As a Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service employee, not only will you receive a competitive base salary (total remuneration):
- Salary up to $281 545 per annum full time (L25 – L27)
Remuneration up to $472,871 per annum full time (L25 – L27) or,
- Salary up to $257 932 per annum full time (L18 – L24)
Remuneration up to $432,438 per annum full time (L18 – L24) or,
- Salary up to $192 257 per annum full time (L13)
Remuneration up to $314,700 per annum full time (L13)
You will also have access to:
- Generous superannuation (up to 12.75%)
- Attraction & retention allowance (up to 50% of base salary)
- Inaccessibility incentive allowance (Category 5 $20,700 per annum full time 100% paid after 12 months service)
- Professional development allowance
- Motor vehicle allowance
- 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 Permanent,Temporary |
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Position type Flexible-full-time,Flexible-part-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/CAH688358 |
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Closing date 01-Sep-2026 |
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Job duration
Flexible |
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Contact person
Selda Coombs |
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Contact details
0740929159
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Attachments
1. CHHHS Information for Applicants v.20 (PDF, 939KB)
Information Package for Applicants 2. CHHHS Application Kit (PDF, 1.34MB) Information Package for Applicants 3. CV Format for Medical Practitioner (Word, 97KB) Information Package for Applicants CAH688358 Role Description (PDF, 262KB) Role Description |
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