Sunshine Coast Health are seeking a Senior Registrar to join our Persistent Pain Management Service. Commencing February 2026. The position will provide the highest standard of evidence-based care of patients referred to the Sunshine Coast Persistent Pain Management Service. Current registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) to practice as a Specialist in one of the recognised prerequisite specialties for Pain Medicine training is required for this role.  Nambour location.

Job details

Sunshine Coast Health are seeking a Senior Registrar to join our Persistent Pain Management Service commencing in February 2026. 

Current registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) to practice as a Specialist in one of the recognised prerequisite specialties for Pain Medicine training is required for this role.  

The Sunshine Coast Persistent Pain Service is a service that provides a multidisciplinary service to people living with persistent pain and is comprised of medical, allied health, nursing, and administrative staff.  We provide services to people living in the catchment areas of Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service and Wide Bay Hospital and Health Service. The Sunshine Coast Persistent Pain Service is an accredited facility with the Faculty of Pain Medicine for training in Pain Medicine.

Sunshine Coast Health is in southeast Queensland and extends through the coastal and hinterland areas from Caloundra in the south and Gympie in the north. 

Our health service is a values-based organisation. We are committed to the maintenance of a culture in which we treat our colleagues with respect as we do our patients, consumers and the community. We respect, protect and promote human rights in our decision-making and actions.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Provide ethical, clinical, and academic leadership, to ensure that the highest standard of evidence-based clinical practice and policy awareness is integrated into patient care.
• With consultant supervision, develop, implement, and evaluate a management plan within a multidisciplinary setting, for outpatients and inpatients with chronic pain, including inpatients under the care of consultants in Pain Medicine.
• Provide assessment of hospital inpatients with subacute and persistent pain issues referred to the service, under supervision of the consultant.
• Registrars/Advanced Trainees appointed to the service act under consultant supervision but are expected to make clinical and administrative decisions compatible with their level of training and experience.

Salary rates: $6,524.30 - $7,189.50 p.f., employer contribution to superannuation (12.75%) and annual leave loading (17.5%) (L10 - L13) (temporary full-time position, 76 hrs p.f.) for up to 12 months. Applications will remain current for 12 months / or the duration of the vacancy. Applications may be used to appoint to similar vacancies for a period up to 12 months after the closing date of the initial vacancy.  Please note: only applications from candidates will be accepted (applications that may result in an agency fee will not be considered). 

Why work for us?

We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas across our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance.

As a Queensland Health employee, you will benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75%, access to salary packaging, flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases.

We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace for our people and our community. We encourage people of all genders, races, ages and abilities to apply for roles within our health service.

You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Sunshine Coast Health here: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/sunshinecoast/careers

As a Sunshine Coast Health employee, you will receive competitive remuneration and have access to:

• A wellness program;
• Generous superannuation;
• Flexible work arrangements;
• Career training and development; and
• Salary packaging.

Please note: only applications from candidates will be accepted (applications that may result in an agency fee will not be considered). 

Check out the latest updates here:

https://www.sunshinecoast.health.qld.gov.au

Further information

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

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Documents

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• SC669321 RD (PDF)
  
  Information for Applicants, SCHHS (PDF)