Director of Paediatrics

  • FRACP essential
  • Make a significant contribution to remote clinical services
  • Teaching and research opportunities

Where you’ll be working
An opportunity exists for a General Paediatrician wishing to make a real and enduring difference to the paediatric landscape of North Western Queensland. 

Remote Australia, with its ruggedness and beauty, also includes a diverse range of clinical pathology, which is both engaging and challenging to clinicians of all disciplines.

For an enthusiastic paediatrician, this position offers a unique opportunity to influence the further development and expansion of paediatric services within the region, while also managing diverse and sometimes quite complex paediatric conditions rarely seen in metropolitan centres.

 

You will find a rich clinical environment encompassing general paediatric medicine, community paediatrics, and Level 4 neonatology.

The hospital serves a population of around 32,000 people, with about 23% of the population under 14 years of age and approximately 23% of all residents identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, creating a substantial focus on culturally safe healthcare delivery for this latter group.

Services extend beyond to patients from neighbouring regions, including communities in the Northern Territory. 

Paediatric care is also delivered through telehealth and outreach clinics to towns and remote Indigenous communities across the region.

The hospital is affiliated with James Cook University (Townsville) Medical School as a teaching hospital and is also accredited with the RACP for Advanced Registrar Training in General and Rural Paediatrics with Perinatal component, and for Core Clinical Training and AST training in Paediatrics with ACRRM and the Queensland Rural Generalist Pathway.

 Accordingly, teaching, training and research opportunities exist within the scope of this position. 

Where you’ll be living
You will be living in a region known as ‘the centre of Queensland’s desert heart’.

Located on the banks of the stunning Leichhardt River, between Brisbane and Townsville, this is a family friendly regional city rich with community pride and Indigenous history.

Here, there is no shortage of wide open spaces, red soil desertscapes, distinctive wildlife and things to explore.

You will be surrounded by incredible natural splendour, including Lake Moondarra, Adel’s Grove and Lawn Hill Gorge.

You will enjoy a lower cost of living, work/life balance, and a true Australian Outback lifestyle here.

You will also have access to the regional airport here, with daily flights to major cities in Australia. 

Salary information
Package from $554,859 - $684,767

Requirements  
Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) is essential

About us
Elective Recruitment is a person-centred recruitment consultancy.

Your career progression is just as important to us as your well-being and work-life balance. 

We are not just another recruitment company; we do things our way and we consult.

We have a very clear vision: create great careers, better lifestyles, and add value - and we won’t stop until this is achieved.

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For a confidential discussion contact the Elective Recruitment Team at +61 2 9137 4300, or apply now! 


  • Start: 01/12/2025
  • Rate: Package from $554,859 - $684,767
  • Location: Ryan,Australia
  • Type: Permanent
  • Industry: Medical
  • Recruiter: Elective Recruitment
  • Contact: Emma Gordon
  • Tel: +61 480 002 470
  • Email: to view click here
  • Reference: BH-5347
  • Posted: 2025-12-01 02:58:03 -

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