Principal House Officer or Registrar

at  Queensland Health

Bowen Hospital is comprised of 20 beds and 9 bed alternatives chemotherapy chair and renal dialysis, 24/7 emergency acute and subacute inpatients unit and outpatient services and provides the following health services:

• Acute inpatient care, including 4 monitored inpatient beds.
• Accident and emergency.
• Community and primary healthcare.
• Mental Health outreach.
• Palliative inpatient care.
• Outreach specialists from Mackay and Townsville including Orthopaedics and Endocrinology.
• Maternity and women’s services, with both medical and midwife models; antenatal postnatal EDMS contraception services.
• Acute beds may be occupied by long-term nursing home residents, due to lack of available beds in the community.
• Allied Health including physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, social work, pharmacists, radiographers, and outreach dietician.
• Nurse navigator and community Liaison Nurse.
• Child health services including immunisation.
• Medical Imaging CT, Xray, Ultrasound and OPG for inpatients emergency presentations and booked outpatient.

There is limited public transport in Bowen and to Mackay, thus Queensland Ambulance Service is often used to transport patients to access specialist treatment in Mackay or Townsville, by road over 200 km, and in excess of two hour’s travel time each way. Retrieval Services are used for critically ill or time critical transfers.
Salary Benefits
Remuneration value up to $172,343 p.a. comprising salary between $4,966.90 p.f. - $5,758.70 p.f. (L4-L9); employer superannuation contribution (up to 12.75%), annual leave loading (17.5%), professional development allowance, professional development leave 1.6 weeks p.a. Applications will remain current for the duration of the vacancy.
How to apply
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