At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead emergency care innovation and mentor medical staff in a state-of-the-art facility.
- Company: Gladstone Hospital, a modern healthcare provider with a supportive team.
- Benefits: Generous salary, professional development allowance, and flexible leave options.
- Other info: Join a dynamic team in a newly constructed $42 million emergency department.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on emergency care while advancing your medical career.
- Qualifications: MBBS or equivalent, strong leadership, and emergency care experience required.
The predicted salary is between 193191 - 199233 $ per year.
Shape the future of emergency care in Gladstone! Step into a career-defining opportunity as a Senior Staff Specialist, Staff Specialist or Senior Medical Officer, helping shape a contemporary model of care within Gladstone Hospital's new $42 million state-of-the-art Emergency Department. With the opportunity to work alongside a supportive medical team, contribute to specialist training and access generous benefits including $22,145 Professional Development Allowance, 3.6 weeks' leave, Emergency Department Specialty Allowance, $6,900 Inaccessibility Incentive and Attraction and Retention Incentives, this is your opportunity to combine clinical leadership with regional impact. Bring your expertise to Gladstone and help build what's next.
About us: Gladstone Hospital Emergency department is transitioning into newly constructed $42 million state of art emergency department. The Hospital is a 70-bed facility providing a diverse range of general and specialist inpatient, outpatient, emergency, maternity and community-based services. Supported by approximately 282 full-time equivalent staff, the hospital delivers comprehensive care across acute, community and primary healthcare, including general medicine and surgery, obstetrics, paediatrics, mental health and allied health services.
About the role: Develop and implement a contemporary, evidence-based model of care that delivers safe, efficient and patient-focused emergency services across Gladstone Hospital. Provide high-quality emergency medical care, support clinical governance, and drive quality improvement, innovation and continuous improvement initiatives. Support the Director of Emergency Medicine while supervising and mentoring medical, nursing and allied health staff, including specialist trainees, junior doctors and medical students. Strengthen emergency medicine services across Central Queensland, including providing clinical support through Telehealth and working across CQ Health facilities as required. Contribute to clinical audits, research, professional development and the delivery of specialist training programs, including pathways towards FACEM and FACRRM.
About you: Mandatory: MBBS or equivalent to be eligible for registration as a Medical Practitioner with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA). Leadership skills which prioritise quality, safety and risk and supports continuous improvement. Significant clinical experience and skills in the provision of emergency medical care; Sound understanding of contemporary Emergency Department models of care. Demonstrated ability to lead service improvement through forms of quality improvement activities. Developed leadership skills and the ability to liaise and negotiate with professional staff, the public and others.
What we offer: Total remuneration value of up to $652,478 p.a. is comprised of:
- A salary rate between $193,191 - $199,233 p.a. (L13 - L14)
- A salary rate between $193,191 - $223,136 p.a. (L13 - L18)
- A salary rate between $223,136 - $259,187 p.a. (L18 - L24)
- A salary rate between $259,187 - $266,839 p.a. (L18 - L25)
- A salary rate between $266,839 - $282,912 p.a. (L25 - L27)
12.75% employer superannuation contribution, 17.5% leave loading.
Additional Benefits: Professional Development Leave and Allowances ($22,145 p.a. / 3.6 Weeks), Motor Vehicle Allowance, Emergency Department Specialty Allowance, Inaccessibility Incentive Allowance of $6,900 p.a., Overtime and on call allowances, Attraction and Retention Incentive Allowance, Generous Salary Sacrificing, Paid Parental Leave, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Discounted Private Health Insurance, Fitness Passport.
Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) requirements: It is a condition of employment for this role for the employee to be, and remain, vaccinated against vaccine preventable diseases as listed on the Role Description.
Applications close: Monday, 2 November 2026.
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