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Medical Superintendent, Sarina

Mackay Hospital And Health Service

Sarina, Queensland, Australia

(on-site)

Posted 2 days ago

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Public Health

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Location:

Sarina Hospital

Division of Public Health & Rural Services

Mackay Hospital and Health Service

The Sarina Hospital, Mackay HHS has an opportunity for a Medical Superintendent to join their team on a Temporary Part-Time basis (64 hrs p.f.) for a period of 6 months.

Mackay Hospital and Health Service is a vibrant regional centre in tropical North Queensland, servicing a population of over 180,000. The Mackay Isaac Whitsunday Region has a thriving economy that includes a diverse range of tourism, agriculture, industry, mining, education and health industries.

Sarina Hospital is located within the township of Sarina, 30 minutes-drive south of Mackay and services the wider community that extends east to coastal hamlets, south to St Lawrence and west into the hinterland.

Sarina Hospital provides admitted and non-admitted services, with Inpatients, 24-hour Emergency Department, Outpatients Clinics and Community Services. The facility is newly built and fully utilises electronic medical records. Inpatient care is a mixture of acute and non-acute patients, and the emergency department has varied presentations. The medical team is made up of other Senior Medical Officers and PGY2 or PGY3 Residents. Sarina Hospital is accredited with the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine for core generalist training.

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 through our people and partners.

The MHHS values its people, respecting and embracing diversity and a balance between work and life commitments. People of all ages, abilities, gender and ethnicity are encouraged to apply for positions.

Your opportunity

To provide high quality clinical services and medical leadership, joining an existing team of senior medical officers and junior doctors.

Mandatory qualifications

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.
It is essential that the successful applicant has or is able to obtain Specialist Registration with the Medical Board of Australia and holds a;

* Fellowship with the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (FRACGP) or;

* Fellowship with the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (FACRRM)

Recent skills update in Emergency Medicine will be an advantage (e.g. EMST).
Enrolment and maintenance of ongoing continuing Medical Education programs of RACGP/ACRRM.
The successful applicant must hold and maintain appropriate Scope of Clinical Practice (SoCP) relevant to the role, awarded by the Mackay Hospital and Health Service Credentialing and SoCP delegate.

* Information presented for this application will be presented to the Medical Credentialing Committee.

* All appointments are subject to maintenance of SoCP.

* SoCP is further limited by the Clinical Services Capability Framework (CSCF) for the facilities in which clinical work is to be undertaken.

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