- Company:
- North West Hospital and Health Service
- Location:
- Mount Isa, QLD
- Closing:
- 25/03/2025
Employment Type: Full time
Location: Mount Isa, QLD
Application Close Date: 25/03/2025
Where you’ll be working
The North West Hospital and Health Service (NWHHS) is responsible for delivering public hospital and other health services to the communities of North West Queensland. We serve a population of around 32,000 people, distributed across 300,000 square kilometres, providing services across one regional hospital, two multipurpose health services, three remote hospitals, four primary health clinics and five community health centres. The North West HHS services the remote communities within North Western Queensland and the Gulf of Carpentaria.
We have a diverse Health Service that offers a variety of lifestyles: Coastal beachside living at Karumba and Normanton ,Remote island living at Mornington Island, Rural outback in Mount Isa , Outback remote living at Doomadgee, Cloncurry, Julia Creek, Camooweal, Dajarra, Burketown and McKinlay.
Reporting to the Executive Director of Medical Services (EDMS) for NWHHS you will contribute to the development and subsequent delivery of the Hospital and Health Service’s 10-year vision and strategy and the implementation of the Health Equity Strategy. These strategies will shape the future development of clinical services across our HHS. You will play a part in that development, subsequent implementation and evaluation of those services or models of care. This is an STP-IRTP funded position so is suitable for those with a genuine interest to work in rural areas and commit to spending at least two-thirds of their total RACMA Fellowship training in a rural (MMM2-7).
About the Role
As the Director of Medical Services, you will have a particular focus on the leadership, administration and management of remote facility medical models of care including but not limited to College accreditation, recruitment and retention of rural generalist trainees, and is the clinical lead for implementation of Queensland Health funded medical workforce initiatives.
About You
The position holds specific responsibilities for medical workforce planning, management and development, education, training and research and clinical experience and leadership development.
Requirements
- Mandatory requirements are a relevant tertiary degree qualification and appropriate registration/licences
- Hold current general and specialist registration as a Medical Practitioner with the Medical Board of Australia
- As a STP-IRTP funded position the applicant must be a current RACMA Candidate or have applied for Candidacy for the RACMA Fellowship Training Program (FTP)
- C Class Motor Vehicle Licence
More information
For more information, please contact Dr Anthony Bell (07) 4744 4840
Applications close: 25/03/2025