Specialist Surgery

Metro South Health; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 300,000 - 460,000; Full time

Job summary

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital is seeking a senior General Surgeon to lead the General Surgery team and advance patient care. The role emphasizes clinical leadership, education of registrars and students, and a commitment to safety, innovation, and continuous improvement in surgical services.

The successful applicant will coordinate multidisciplinary teams, participate in emergency on-call rosters, and contribute to governance, research, and theatre utilization within Queensland's public

Qualifications

• Clinical leadership and professionalism within credentialed scope.
• Leadership and mentoring of registrars, junior medical staff and students.
• Strong communication and collaboration with patients, families and colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Deliver specialist surgical services and participate in emergency and on-call rosters.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams to ensure safe, patient-centered care.
• Provide education and supervision to registrars, junior medical staff and students.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Team development

Communication skills

Education

Medical degree and surgical fellowship

Job description

Lead Surgical Excellence. Shape the Future of Patient Care.

Join the General Surgery team at Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital and make a meaningful impact through clinical leadership, high-quality patient care, and the education and development of future medical professionals. Bring your expertise to a collaborative environment committed to patient safety, innovation, research and continuous improvement across surgical services.

About This Role

Your new role:

• Clinical leadership and patient care: Deliver specialist surgical services, participate in emergency and district on-call rosters, and coordinate multidisciplinary teams to ensure safe, effective and patient-centred care.
• Education and supervision: Provide professional leadership, training, education and supervision to registrars, junior medical staff and students, supporting their clinical development and professional growth.
• Service development and quality improvement: Contribute to clinical governance, research, patient safety initiatives and continuous improvement, while supporting efficient resource management, outpatient waiting list management and theatre utilisation.

About You

• Clinical expertise and professionalism: Demonstrate sound specialist surgical knowledge and the ability to deliver evidence-based care within your credentialed scope of clinical practice, with appropriate registration and qualifications.
• Leadership and team development: Possess the ability to lead multidisciplinary teams, supervise and mentor junior medical staff, and foster a collaborative, respectful and supportive learning environment.
• Communication and collaboration: Demonstrate highly developed communication, interpersonal, negotiation and conflict resolution skills, with the ability to work effectively with patients, families, colleagues and external stakeholders from diverse backgrounds.

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What We Can Offer You

• We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.
• We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
• We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
• You’ll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

About Us

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital:

The Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital (QEII) is a medium metropolitan adult facility providing a range of inpatient and outpatient services including a 24-hour Emergency Department. We provide a range of services, including surgery, cardiology, endoscopy, orthopaedics, gynaecology, urology, geriatric, respiratory and emergency medicine.

We're making our hospital bigger and better to make it easier for our growing community to get the health care they need. We'll have more beds, medical wards and expanded intensive care and emergency services planned to be opened by 2027.

QEII Hospital, a place of opportunity to make a difference and grow your career!

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE

Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.

We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.

We are better together.

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

Applicants are encouraged to apply online. Please review the Role Description for more information on application process requirements. Agency referrals will not be accepted for this position.