Position Title: Mackay Hospital and Health Service – Emergency Department – Staff Specialist
Location: Department of Emergency Medicine , Medical & Critical Care Services
Mackay Hospital and Health Service
Remuneration:
Remuneration value up to $603,633 p.a. comprising base salary between $251,527 p.a. - $266,677 p.a. (L25-L27) or remuneration value up to $552,485 p.a. comprising base salary between $210,332 p.a. - $244,313 p.a. (L18-L24; employer superannuation contribution (up to 12.75%), annual leave loading (17.5%) is paid for 4 weeks leave, attraction and retention incentive allowance, professional development allowance, professional development leave 3.6 weeks p.a., professional indemnity cover, plus overtime and on-call allowances. Applications will remain current for the duration of the vacancy. Job Ad Reference: MK625601.
The Mackay Base Hospital have opportunities available for Staff Specialists to join their Emergency Medicine team on a Permanent Full-Time and/or Permanent Part-Time basis.

• Fulfil the responsibilities of this role in accordance with the Queensland Public Service and the Mackay HHS Values as outlined above and here.
• Follow defined service quality standards, occupational health and safety policies and procedures relating to the work being undertaken in order to ensure high quality, safe services, and workplaces.
• The provision of a Healthy and Safe environment within Mackay Hospital and Health Service is everyone’s responsibility.
• Understand your accountability to uphold the principles and practices of the Health Service’s Health and Safety Management System in accordance with legislation and industry standards. As a supervisor actively promote good health and safety practices to staff of your work area.
• Varied, exciting case mix including 25% paediatrics and a significant trauma caseload.
• Regional referral and trauma centre; 50,000 presentations per annum.
• Support satellite MHHS hospitals and rural sites through Telehealth and in person.
• Flexile equitable rostering balancing service needs and academic priorities.
• Provide innovative pre-hospital avoidance models of care through HITH, GEDI, and allied community teams.
• Opportunity to become involved in development of a new Emergency Department.
• Highly competitive remuneration with extensive support for professional development.
• Potential for involvement in the Regional Aeromedical Retrieval Service.
• There is an active and successful postgraduate education and training program. We are accredited for 12 months of ACEM fellowship training, and 2 months of AST training through ACRRM and RACGP. In addition, we offer ACEM Certificate, Diploma and Advanced Diploma training.
• Modern 192 bed hospital providing trauma services, most major medical and surgical sub-speciality services.
• Support services such as Cardiac Cath lab and a 14 bed Short Stay Unit.
• A fully equipped medical library is available on site with a large collection of hard copy and online journals and textbooks.
• Provide expert clinical services for the department within the Clinical Services Capability Framework for the facility, and within the clinical privileges formally granted to the Staff Specialist/Senior Staff Specialist from time to time.
• Support the Clinical Director in the medical administration requirements of the department through portfolios.
• Provide clinical supervision of the department and junior medical staff when rostered as the duty Senior Medical Officer.
• Actively participate in in-service training programs, supervise, and teach junior medical staff, medical students, nursing, and paramedical staff as required.
• Provide ethical decision making in the achievement of organisation goals.
  Enquiries: Dr Syed Khadri, Clinical Director Emergency (07) 4885 5110
  Job Ad Reference: MK625601
  Application Details: https://smartjobs.qld.gov.au/jobs/QLD-MK625601
  Closing Date: 14-09-2025