Hervey Bay and Maryborough are located on Queensland’s beautiful Fraser Coast and offer a fantastic coastal lifestyle. The region is known for its warm climate, relaxed pace of life and beautiful natural surroundings. Just offshore is the world heritage listed K’gari (Fraser Island), with its pristine beaches, freshwater lakes and rainforest landscapes.
Hervey Bay is also one of the best places in the world to see humpback whales during their annual migration, making it a truly unique place to live. The Fraser Coast combines coastal living with good schooling options, a strong community feel and easy access to Brisbane.
Wide Bay Hospital and Health Service delivers healthcare across the Fraser Coast, Bundaberg and surrounding rural communities, supporting a population of more than 225,000 people. An opportunity is available for a Staff Specialist/Consultant Anaesthetist.
The anaesthetics service currently operates with strong specialist support and well-established surgical and perioperative services. You will be working across Hervey Bay and Maryborough Hospitals, delivering high-quality anaesthetic care while also contributing to the ongoing development of the service across the region.
Your Role
- Deliver first-class anaesthesia and pain services and provide expert clinical advice to colleagues.
- Willingness to participate in a balanced on-call roster.
- Demonstrating leadership in clinical governance and service improvement.
- Supporting junior doctors in respect to informal and formal teaching and supervision.
- Willingness to participate in clinical governance activities and quality improvement projects.
- Participation or encouragement of research projects.
Remuneration package highlights
- Total remuneration package of up to $548k per year, depending on experience and classification. This will increase to up to $571k from July 2027. The package includes:
- Motor Vehicle allowance $23-$28k depending on salary band - paid.
- 3.6 weeks professional development leave.
- $22k professional development allowance - paid.
- Very generous salary sacrifice arrangements
- Employer paid tax free pension contributions - 12.75%
- Opportunity to undertake private practice at St Stephens Private Hospital in Hervey Bay, allowing you to complement your public hospital role with private work.
Community
- The Fraser Coast region includes Hervey Bay and Maryborough and serves a population of around 225,000 people.
- Hervey Bay is internationally recognised for whale watching and marine wildlife.
- Easy access to K’gari (Fraser Island), a UNESCO World Heritage listed island with lakes, rainforest and sand dunes.
- Great lifestyle with beaches, fishing, water sports and outdoor activities.
- Good schooling options and a welcoming community.
- Approximately 3.5 hours from Brisbane.
- Fantastic housing options.
Selection Criteria
- Hold FANZCA or have equivalent overseas qualifications, suitable to be either substantial or partial comparability.
- Applicants already assessed by ANZCA will be highly regarded as will
- Applicants trained in Ireland or UK will be highly regarded.
- Have first class communication skills at a clinical level with an ability to develop excellent working relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
- Have a willingness to take part in the on-call roster.
- Have a commitment to research and clinical governance.
- Enjoy leadership and your role within a multidisciplinary team.
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