Description

Location:

Moranbah Hospital

Division of Public Health & Rural Services, Mackay Hospital and Health Service

The team at Moranbah Hospital is seeking applications for Senior Medical Officer – Rural Generalists to join their team on a Permanent Full Time / Part-time basis. Temporary considered.

Mackay Hospital and Health Service has 6 hospitals, 2 multi-purpose health services and 4 community health centres that employ more than 3,700 staff. The district covers an area of approximately 90,000km2 and provides services to patients and their families in Bowen, Cannonvale, Clermont, Collinsville, Dysart, Glenden, Mackay, Middlemount, Moranbah, Proserpine and Sarina.

Our staff are passionate about community engagement and delivering outstanding healthcare services to the communities throughout our diverse region. Our Vision is to deliver Queensland’s Best Rural and Regional Health Care, and our Purpose is to deliver outstanding health care services to our communities.

About Moranbah and Moranbah Hospital

Moranbah is a thriving, family-friendly regional community in the heart of Queensland’s Bowen Basin, approximately 200 km west of Mackay. The town offers a strong community spirit, excellent sporting and recreational facilities, and a diverse range of employment opportunities for partners across health, education, mining, business, trades and professional services.

Moranbah Hospital provides a broad scope of rural health services to the Isaac Region and is supported by the wider Mackay Hospital and Health Service. The hospital operates a 24-hour Emergency Department and provides inpatient, outpatient and community services. The new Moranbah Hospital provides a modern clinical environment and is equipped with CT imaging, supporting the delivery of high-quality acute and emergency care locally.

Your opportunity

To provide high-quality clinical services within a supportive rural team environment while benefiting from close professional links to Mackay. This role offers the opportunity to practice broad rural medicine within a well-connected service, supporting continuity of care across the Bowen Basin and greater Whitsunday area. 

Some of our great benefits on offer

• Competitive wages, salary packaging and leave entitlements
• Flexible working arrangements
• A diverse work culture
• Career development
• Professional development opportunities
• Education opportunities, Study and Research

Mandatory qualifications/Professional registration/Other requirements

• Mandatory possession of a qualification from a registered tertiary institution and registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) with a current annual practicing certificate is essential.
• Must hold and maintain Fellowship as a Rural Generalist (FACRRM or FRACGP-RG or RACGP + FARGP with RANZCOG Assoc Advanced Procedural or equivalent.
• Appointment as a Rural Generalist (Level 18 – Level 27) or Provisional Fellow (Level 13 – Level 14) will require qualifications awarded by either ACRRM or RACGP in one or more advanced skill disciplines. 
• The successful applicant must achieve and maintain Credentialling and Scope of Clinical Practice in accordance with MHHS policy to perform clinical requirements of the role, this includes ongoing CPD requirements of an enrolled college. 
• Declaration of any current, criminal, or significant previous disciplinary proceedings or restrictions on clinical practice.

How to apply

It is a condition of employment for this role for the employee to be, and remain, vaccinated against diseases as listed on the role description. 

For full details of this role and how to apply, please refer to the Role Description MK694970

Enquiries:  Dr Hannah Trimble, phone 0427 605 311

Job Ad Reference:  MK694970

Application Details:  https://apply-springboard.health.qld.gov.au/jobs/QLD-MK694970

Closing Date:  15 November 2026