Medical Workforce Manager

Health; Mount Isa City; Hybrid; AUD 252,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary sacrifice options

4 weeks annual leave +17.5% loading

Job summary

Queensland Health is seeking a Medical Workforce Manager in Mount Isa to lead the Medical Workforce Unit across North West Hospital and Health Service. You will oversee recruitment, onboarding, credentialing, and day-to-day workforce operations, providing strategic guidance to the Executive Team on workforce initiatives and trends.

The role focuses on driving workforce planning, recruitment campaigns, and service improvements to attract, retain and engage medical staff in a remote regional

Qualifications

• Leadership of medical workforce services across North West Hospital and Health Service.
• Experience in recruitment, onboarding, credentialing and workforce operations.
• Strategic advisory experience to Executive Team and Chief Executive on workforce initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational leadership for the Medical Workforce Unit across North West HHS.
• Lead the Medical Workforce Unit including medical recruitment, onboarding and credentialing.
• Advise the Executive Team on medical workforce initiatives and risks.
• Drive workforce planning, recruitment campaigns and service improvements.

Skills

C Class Motor Vehicle Licence

Job description

# Medical Workforce Manager**Queensland Health** (Organisation site) Mount Isa**This frontline support role provides essential support enabling the development and delivery of frontline services, programs and outcomes.****Drive Medical Recruitment Excellence and Workforce Innovation!** **This is a unique opportunity to lead one of the most influential workforce portfolios within North West Hospital and Health Service.**## Job details| | || --- | --- || Position status | Fixed Term Temporary || Position type | Full-time || Occupational group | Management || Classification | AO7 || Workplace Location | North West Qld || Job ad reference | QLD/MI696531 || Closing date | 23-Nov-2026 || Fortnightly salary | $5531.60 - $5936.50 || Job duration | 6 months with a possibility of extension || Contact person | Anthony Bell || Contact details | [phone] Access the National Relay Service |**About the role****As Manager Medical Workforce Unit, you will provide strategic and operational leadership for medical workforce services across North West Hospital and Health Service.*** **Lead the Medical Workforce Unit and overseeing all aspects of medical recruitment, onboarding, credentialing and workforce operations.*** **Provide expert strategic advice to the Executive Team and Chief Executive on medical workforce initiatives, risks, policies and emerging workforce trends.*** **Drive workforce planning, recruitment campaigns and service improvement initiatives to strengthen medical attraction, retention and engagement outcomes.****Working with us*** Tax savings through salary sacrificing options are also available.* **In your downtime,** we offer 4 weeks p.a. recreational leave with a 17.5% loading/bonus.* **Professionally,** our HHS values professionalism, leadership capability, excellence and resilience in our staff. We are committed to providing extraordinary opportunities for career development including in-house training, development and mentoring programs.**Requirements*** C Class Motor Vehicle Licence.* Pre-employment screening will be conducted for the successful applicant, including Criminal History checks.* This is a VPD risk role and may require evidence of vaccination or immunity to: Hepatitis A/B, Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella, Pertussis, and Tuberculosis.* A period of probation may apply.**About North West Hospital and Health Service**The North West Hospital and Health Service (NWHHS) delivers public health services across approximately 300,000 square kilometres, supporting remote communities throughout North Western Queensland and the Gulf of Carpentaria. We are committed to promoting community wellbeing and providing high-quality, accessible and effective healthcare for all.* **Unique locations*** **Friendly communities*** **Regional, rural and remote $$$ incentives****The lifestyle** in Mount Isa is family friendly; it is a vibrant city with an outback community feel. You will fall in love with the natural splendour of the North West Queensland region, the experience of a rural/urban community and the opportunity to make a real and positive difference... and want to stay.**Mount Isa is a great place to live and work!****Interested?**Download the Role Description for further information and application / interview preparation.Contact: Anthony Bell on [phone].**Applications close: Monday, 23 November 2026.**## Further informationWe are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.Our **vision** is to be Queensland's leading HHS delivering excellence in remote healthcare to our patients, working as an integral part of the community.*We are an equal opportunity employer.*## DocumentsBefore applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.* MI696531 Medical Workforce Manager RD (PDF) Info Sheet\\_Documentation Preparation - new candidates 05.01.2026 (01.2026.Pdf) QH Applicant Information Kit (PDF)