Internal Medicine Physician

Spinner Medical Recruitment; Gladstone Regional; On-site; AUD 548,000 - 573,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully furnished home

Car allowance

Professional development allowance

12.75% superannuation

Job summary

Spinner Medical Recruitment is seeking a General Medicine specialist to join the Department of Medicine at Gladstone Hospital. You will work with the Director of Medicine to organise and provide first-class general medicine services in a growing regional health system.

The role offers a fully furnished home with no rent, a substantial package and allowances, plus a 12.75% superannuation, a PD allowance of $22k and a car allowance ($24k–$28k depending on experience).

Qualifications

• FRACP or equivalent and eligibility for accelerated specialist pathway.
• High level clinical knowledge in General Medicine.
• Strong communication and MDT leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Organise, manage and provide specialist general medicine services.
• Lead and participate in MDT meetings.
• Direct assessment, admission, ongoing care and transfer.
• Commit to continuous quality improvement and review.
• Willingness to go on the on-call roster.

Skills

Communication skills

MDT leadership

On-call experience

Education

FRACP or equivalent

Job description

• Work with the Director of Medicine to organise, manage and provide first class specialist general medicine services.
• Fully furnished home provided - no rent payable.
• Package up to $573k plus allowances (oncall etc.).

Remuneration highlights

• Fully furnished home is provided.
• Up to July 2026 package up to $548k.
• From July 2026 package up to $560k.
• From July 2027 package up to $573k plus oncalls and other allowances.
• 12.75% superannuation
• Professional development allowance $22k.
• Car allowance $24k - $28k depending on experience.
• 12.75% superannuation.

The Department of Medicine at Gladstone hospital provides Internal medicine services for this hospital and surrounding health services including Emerald and Biloela. The Department provides exposure to a broad range of medical conditions both common and uncommon. The department is budgeted for 3 Specialists, 6 Principal House Officers, 1 RMO and 1 Intern.

Gladstone has 70 inpatient beds, with plans to expand. The hospital will develop level 4 clinical services and currently employs over 280 people delivering care across acute, planned, community and primary care. There is a 35-bedded general medical and surgical ward, a four bedded HDU, Maternity, Children’s ward and Nursery.

General Medicine here is now accredited by RACP for accredited Basic Physician Training. They also have recently introduced structured Work Based Assessment (WBA) program to facilitate General Registration for International Medical Graduates (IMG). We are aspiring to provide training courses to support ACRRM.

The hospital provides a comprehensive range of general and specialist inpatient and outpatient services, including emergency care, general medicine and surgery, basic orthopaedics, clinical investigations, obstetrics and maternity services, gynaecology, high dependency and coronary care, palliative care, medical imaging, pathology, and paediatric services.

A private hospital is nearby and co-operates via a medical services agreement.

Community highlights

• Sensational and affordable housing options - inland or coastal.
• Subtropical climate.
• Excellent schools - private and government.
• Well connected regional base - great airport connections.
• Tropical islands and reefs on your doorstep.
• Riverside or beach living available.
• Lots of family fun.

Applicants must have

• FRACP or assessed as substantially comparable by RACP or eligible for the accelerated specialist pathway.
• A high level of clinical knowledge, proficiency and skills in General Medicine.
• Well-developed ability to direct the assessment, admission, ongoing care, transfer and
• A good understanding and commitment to the principles of continuous quality improvement and review.
• First class communication skills - both written and verbal.
• Experience in MDT contribution and leadership.
• Willingness to go on the oncall roster.
• Be prepared to travel within the health service region, to support outreach etc.

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