A rare opportunity to lead a highly motivated cohesive team in a unique environment.
- Excellent total remuneration package from AUD$500 - 600,000 dependent on experience.
- Rent free accommodation provided in addition to above.
- Known as the ‘oasis of the outback.’
- Previously a frontier town, now grown into a thriving industrial and commercial city.
- Brisbane and Townsville within 1 - 2 hours flight with regular services.
- Has several primary schools and two high schools as well as a local TAFE.
- FANZCA required.
The Role
Your ability to lead, manage and inspire will be matched by your skills in Anaesthesia. You will have excellent communication skills (in both a clinical and corporate function), facilitating your interaction with a multidisciplinary team as well as your ability to teach and train medical staff and/or medical students. Any experience with implementation of Specialist Training Program within a remote and/or rural environment is desirable.
This role offers the opportunity to develop a new interest in (or further an existing interest) in indigenous medicine and work collaboratively with a collegiate and dynamic group of professionals to make a massive difference to a disadvantaged population group's health outcomes.
The Department
Mount Isa hospital is a level 4 facility. The majority of inpatient care, surgery and diagnostic support services in the North West HHS are delivered from Mount Isa Hospital. Some specialist services at level 5 and 6 are delivered in Mount Isa with support from visiting service providers from Townsville and telehealth. This collaborative approach enables specialist care to be delivered closer to home. A range of community health services are based in Mount Isa that deliver health promotion, prevention, early intervention and treatment services for child health, hearing health, chronic disease, mental health, aged care, oral health and sexual health across the North West HHS region.
The Area
Mount Isa is a unique and progressive city nestled among the splendour of the Selwyn Ranges in the heart of North West Queensland. Once a raw frontier town built around the vast mineral resources, Mount Isa has grown into a thriving industrial and commercial centre renowned for its friendly and welcoming nature. Affectionately known as the ‘oasis of the outback,’ Mount Isa represents over 50 nationalities which give the city a unique cosmopolitan flavour. People enjoy living in this modern community, with restaurants, excellent health care, shopping, churches, clubs, service clubs and social activities. You will love the yearly carnival of festivities and celebrations.
Mount Isa covers a vast area of over 43,310 sq km and although the population is relatively small the city enjoys all the amenities of a much larger city. The city has a great climate, allowing for recreational pursuits such as water-skiing, canoeing, picnics, swimming and fishing on the picturesque lakes of Moondarra and Julius. Mount Isa is surrounded by the rugged Selwyn Ranges where Australian Aboriginal rock paintings and carvings can be viewed.
Camping out under the stars is a particularly breath-taking experience given the lack of light pollution or you could just jump in the four wheel drive, explore the outback and do a bit of fishing.
If you’re feeling like a weekend escape to the big city or further afield, you can easily reach Brisbane and Townsville in 1 - 2 hours flight.
What can Head Medical do for you?
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Once we have secured a job for you, we’ll manage all the Medical Registration and Visa application process, and support you (and your family) with the relocation itself.