Are you a passionate medical professional ready to make a real difference? Join our dedicated team as a Senior Medical Officer at Goondiwindi Health Service, where you’ll have the chance to provide high-quality care to our vibrant community. In this role, you’ll lead a multidisciplinary team, engage in meaningful outreach, and directly impact patient lives. If you’re eager to embrace the challenge of delivering exceptional care and driving positive change, we’d love to hear from you!

Job details

We are incentivising health workers to move to Darling Downs Health, to take up a job in regional and remote Queensland. To find out if you are eligible, click here.

What your day will look like….

As a Senior Medical Officer, your day will be dynamic and focused on patient care. You'll collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to assess and address the needs of inpatients and outpatients, ensuring personalized attention. Engaging in patient consultations, you'll conduct thorough examinations and develop tailored care plans. You'll also mentor junior staff, facilitating learning sessions to enhance their skills. Throughout the day, you'll connect with colleagues to manage urgent cases and referrals, all while upholding safety and quality standards. By day's end, you'll have made a meaningful impact on the health of the Goondiwindi community.

You will receive a competitive remuneration package value up to $429,551 (L27) comprising salary rates between $344,980 (L13) and $429,551 p.a. (L27), motor vehicle allowance, professional development allowance, professional development leave 3.6 weeks p.a., regional attraction allowance, professional indemnity cover and private practice arrangements. Superannuation (up to 12.75%) and annual leave loading (17.5%) will be applied additionally to the total remuneration value.

Let's talk about you!

Our ideal candidate will be someone who can inspire the following:

• Compassion – you will engage with others and demonstrate empathy, care, kindness, support and understanding.
• Integrity – you are open, honest, approachable, equitable and consistent in everything we do.
• Dignity – you treat others with respect, display reasonableness and take pride in what you do.
• Innovation – you embrace change and strive to know more, learn more and do better.
• Courage – you respectfully question for clarity and have the strength and confidence to Speak Up.

Why Us?

Darling Downs Health's (DDH) region is a large geographic area covering approximately 90,000 square kilometres across Southeast Queensland. We are one of the largest employers in the region, with a diverse team of more than 6,000 staff. We deliver frontline health services across our 30 facilities and care for nearly 300,000 people, support the birth of almost 3,000 babies and perform more than 15,000 breastscreens.

We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas throughout our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work culture that values and respects diversity in the workplace. We also believe that all our employees should be treated fairly, with dignity and with respect.  DDH is committed to providing a safe, secure, supportive, and inclusive workplace.

Benefits!

• Competitive wages, salary packaging and leave entitlements
• A diverse work culture
• Career development
• Professional development opportunities
• Education opportunities, Study and Research
• Paid parental leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Discounted Private Health Insurance                     
• Fitness Passport
• Work-Life Balance, Variety and Flexibility
• Generous Salary Sacrificing

Next step….

Applicants are to apply online and supply the requested documentation.

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Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

For more information about Darling Downs Health, please go to www.health.qld.gov.au/darlingdowns

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• DD2411603977 Role Description (PDF, 415KB)
  Role Description
  
  Candidate Application Guide (PDF, 198KB)
  Information Package for Applicants