Escape the ordinary— discover a role where meaningful medicine meets island calm!

Provide essential, culturally appropriate medical services that directly improve the wellbeing of small, close‑knit communities. Working on Badu Island allows individuals to gain a deeper understanding of the unique healthcare challenges faced by remote communities.

On Badu Island, you're not just a doctor!

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Job details

* Now closing 30 September 2026 *

Trade traffic lights for turquoise waters + meaningful medicine ~ Permanent Full-Time Senior Medical Officer position available 

📞 Call us! Give Dr Jennifer Wharton a call (0477508295) for a chat

🌴 Why Badu Island? Tell me more...  Living on Badu Island feels like stepping into a tropical rhythm all of its own. The days start slow, the ocean glows turquoise, and the sense of community hits you instantly — warm smiles, island humour, and deep cultural pride that makes you feel part of something special. Kids fish off the jetty, families gather under shady trees, and weekends are for boating, beach‑hopping, and sharing good food with great people.

The community is rich in cultural heritage, where language, dance, and storytelling play an important role in maintaining identity. You quickly slip into island time, where worries fade with the tide and every day delivers something simple and joyful. Badu offers that rare balance of beauty, belonging, and big‑hearted community that stays with you long after you leave.

💊 About the role: Working on Badu means practicing medicine with purpose. You will have the rare opportunity to combine purposeful rural healthcare with the relaxed lifestyle of a tropical island. You'll be part of a small, highly valued health team delivering quality and culturally appropriate services, supported by excellent professional development, generous benefits, and the chance to live immersed in extraordinary landscapes and Torres Strait culture.

Your expertise, skills and dedication play a crucial role in providing quality care and ensuring positive outcomes for patients across the Torres and Cape. You'll manage a broad spectrum of presentations typical of remote tropical environments — from infectious diseases to complex chronic conditions — all within a culturally rich context. This role requires clinical independence, adaptability, and cultural awareness, offering hands‑on, high‑responsibility experience rarely found in metropolitan settings.

• Salary Information (L13–L27): Total remuneration value between $412,897 to $605,457
• Competitive salary packaging: Generous 12.75% superannuation and packaging options Salary and benefits
• Generous leave entitlements including 17.5% loading on annual leave
• Professional Development opportunities

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

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How do I apply? Applications should be submitted ONLINE via the Smart Jobs and Careers website.

Please no unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies

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

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

• TC673590 Role Description V4 (PDF)
  
  1 TCHHS Applicant Information Pack (PDF)
  
  5 Med Officer CV template (Word)
  
  2 Map Info (PDF)