Staff Specialist - Paediatric Endocrinology General Paediatrics

About this role

About the work unit / facility:

Work in the tertiary children's hospital for Far North Queensland. Townsville University Hospital (TUH) is the only Queensland tertiary children's service outside of southeast Queensland and provides services to the entire northern Queensland region. TUH is located is located adjacent to James Cook University (JCU) College of Medicine and academic linnks are supported.

About your new employer:

Townsville HHS is the public healthcare provider for over 250,000 people across 150,000km. We operate 21 facilities and employ more than 6,600 staff. We are committed to clinical excellence, career development, a supportive culture, and work/life balance. As a major teaching hospital, we train future health professionals and lead research initiatives to advance healthcare.

We offer: 

• Clinical Excellence: Delivering high-quality renal care across diverse settings with advanced dialysis technologies. 
• Career Growth: Opportunities for internal rotation, post-graduate study, and leadership development. 
• Supportive Culture: Collaborative multidisciplinary teams and mentoring support. 
• Work/Life Balance: Flexible part-time hours and North Queensland lifestyle benefits.

Competitive salary and benefits:

We offer attractive remuneration packages and generous leave entitlements.

• Salary range: $100.78 to $127.77 p.h. (L18 - L27)
• 4 weeks annual leave with 14%-17.5% loading
• 12.75% employer contribution to superannuation
• Plus Salary Sacrificing options may be available
• Attraction and retention incentive allowance (50% base salary)
• Motor vehicle allowance between $21,000 and $25,500 p.a.
• Professional development allowance of $21,500 p.a. + 3.6 weeks p.a. leave

About your opportunity:

The Staff Specialist Paediatric Endocrinology is to provide high quality clinical and non-clinical services to benefit the patients of the Townsville HHS. This includes research as well as teaching the health professionals of the future.

Requirements:

• Mandatory qualifications and proof of registration (if applicable).
• Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians with Paediatric Endocrinology.
• All applicants must be awarded SoCP by the THHS Credentialling and SoCP committee.
• Possession of class C drivers' licence.
• This is a Vaccine Preventable Disease (VPD) risk role. Hepatitis A/B, Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella, Pertussis and Tuberculosis.
• Probation period may apply.
• Pre-employment checks will be conducted, including criminal history clearance.

Please refer to the Role Description for further details.

Interested?

Enquiries are welcome; for a confidential discussion please contact:
Dr Andrew White on (07) 4433 1457.

Apply ONLINE: https://apply-springboard.health.qld.gov.au/jobs/QLD-TV670224

Applications close: Thursday, 15 January 2026.

Unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.