SMO (Rural Generalist with Advanced Skills in Internal Medicine) - Mareeba

Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service; Mareeba Shire; On-site; AUD 192,000 - 473,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous superannuation

Retention allowance

Incentive allowance

Dev allowance

Car allowance

Dev leave

Private practice

Salary packaging

Incremental increases

Career development

Job summary

Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service in Mareeba, QLD, is seeking a SMO Rural Generalist with Advanced Skills in Internal Medicine. The role supports a remote regional service across 30 facilities, serving over 250,000 people with strong professional autonomy.

The position emphasizes clinical governance, population health programs, and opportunities for private practice arrangements, salary packaging, and career development within a large health service.

Qualifications

• Implementation and monitoring of quality standards, work health and safety policies.
• Active involvement in clinical governance activities such as Clinical Care Review, Mortality and Morbidity Review, and Death Reviews.
• Provision of population health services to local communities with participation in community health programs.

Responsibilities

• As a Rural Generalist with Advanced Skills in Internal Medicine, provide clinical governance and leadership within the work area.
• Participate in Clinical Care Review Meetings, Mortality and Morbidity Review Meetings and Death Reviews.
• Deliver population health services and engage in community health programs.

Skills

Clinical governance

Population health

Rural medicine

Leadership

Job description

SMO (Rural Generalist with Advanced Skills in Internal Medicine) - Mareeba

Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service – Mareeba QLD

Situated on the beautiful Atherton Tablelands, Mareeba offers the perfect blend of meaningful work, professional autonomy, and an enviable Far North Queensland lifestyle. As part of the Rural and Remote Services directorate, you'll join a dedicated team supporting more than 30 regional, rural and remote facilities across 142,900 km², serving over 250,000 people in a largely self‑sufficient health service.

About your new role:

As a Rural Generalist with Advanced Skills in Internal Medicine, your new role you will…

• Implement and monitor the organisation's quality standards, work health and safety policies, procedures and programs and provide clinical governance in the relevant work area.
• Active involvement in all clinical governance activities in the workplace – e.g. Clinical Care Review Meetings, Mortality and Morbidity Review Meetings and Death Reviews.
• Provision of population health services to the local community or communities served, including active participation in community health programs

As a Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service employee, not only will you receive a competitive base salary (total remuneration):

• Salary up to $281 545 per annum full time (L25 – L27)
  Remuneration up to $472 871 per annum full time (L25 – L27) or,
• Salary up to $257 932 per annum full time (L18 – L24)
  Remuneration up to $432 438 per annum full time (L18 – L24) or,
• Salary up to $192 257 per annum full time (L13)
  Remuneration up to $314 700 per annum full time (L13)

You will also have access to:

• Generous superannuation (up to 12.75%)
• Attraction & retention allowance (up to 50% of base salary)
• Inaccessibility incentive allowance (Category 5 $20 700 per annum full time 100% paid after 12 months service)
• Professional development allowance
• Motor vehicle allowance
• Professional development leave (3.6 weeks p.a.)
• Private practice arrangements
• Salary packaging
• Annual incremental increases
• Career training and development
• Wellness programs

Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD)evidence as required for your employment in accordance with legislation/government policy and Directives.

For more information about this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.

Why choose Cairns?

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You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Cairns and Hinterland here:https://www.health.qld.gov.au/cairns_hinterland.