Senior Medical Officer - Rural Generalist (Bamaga)

Permanent-Full Time-Senior Medical Officer/Rural Generalist (Two vacancies)

✨ BAMAGA DOESN'T DO SMALL ROLES!

Your impact here stretches across several communities throughout the Northern Peninsula Area. As part of Bamaga Hospital's emergency and inpatient service, your care directly influences families who have lived on Country for generations. With the township's deep cultural heritage and predominantly Indigenous population, every encounter feels personal, grounded, and powerful. You don't just practice medicine — you become part of the story.

If meaningful, culturally grounded care motivates you, this is your calling.

🩺 About the role

This is an opportunity for a Senior Medical Officer to join the team at Bamaga Hospital - a unique rural community where your skills make a real and visible contribution every single day.

You'll provide high quality medical care across (to name a few):

• chronic disease management
• preventative health & screening
• women's health (antenatal, contraception)
• men's health
• child health checks & immunisations
• indigenous health care (highly relevant in remote QLD)
• trauma stabilisation (injuries, road accidents,)
• broader rural generalist practice within a supportive remote health team.

Discover more by reading the role description attached.

🌅 Why Bamaga?

This isn't metro and that's the point.

Bamaga is as far‑north as mainland Australian living gets, just a quick drive from the iconic sign at the very tip of Cape York. Life here feels like a permanent adventure — one minute you're working, the next you're standing at the northernmost point of the continent thinking, “How is this my life?”

This is a community where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture isn't something you observe — it's something you feel.  With a predominantly Indigenous population, music, dance, language, and community ties bring colour and warmth to daily life. It's a place where you're welcomed, woven in, and embraced.

Imagine yourself here? Find out about Torres and Cape HHS and the Torres Strait  regions on the Tropical North Queensland website.

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🏡 What's on offer

Torres and Cape will give you a career with purpose, plus excellent benefits and allowances;

• Salary Information (L13-L17, L18–L24, L25–L27):
• Remuneration value up to $446,109  (L17) - Base salary between $187,569 - $211,057  (L13-L17)
• Remuneration value up to $528,803  (L24) - Base salary between $216,643 - $251,642  (L18-L24)
• Remuneration value up to $556,089  (L27) - Base salary between $259,072 - $274,678  (L25-L27)
• Competitive salary packaging: Generous employer superannuation contribution of 12.75% and salary packaging options
• Generous leave including 17.5% loading on annual leave
• Accommodation included and relocation assistance
• Professional development support
• Remote and rural incentives

📞 Want to have a yarn?

We know remote roles are a big decision and we'd love to chat openly about what life and work in Bamaga really looks like.

How do I apply? Applications should be submitted ONLINE via the Smart Jobs and Careers website. Please no unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies