Specialist Surgery

Queensland Health; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous leave entitlements

Salary packaging

Professional development allowances

Research assistance

Corporate discounts

Employee wellness programs

Job summary

Queensland Health, in partnership with Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital, seeks a senior surgical medical professional to lead the General Surgery Department. A focus on evidence-based care, clinical leadership, and education of registrars and students will shape patient outcomes.

You will work with the Director of Surgery to drive governance, patient safety and service development across surgical services in a large public health system.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated leadership of multidisciplinary teams within a surgical setting.
• Experience in training registrars, junior medical staff and students.
• Commitment to clinical governance, patient safety and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Deliver specialist surgical services and participate in emergency and on-call rosters.
• Provide professional leadership, training and supervision to clinical staff.
• Contribute to theatre utilisation, outpatient management and resource efficiency.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Education & supervision

Quality improvement

Team leadership

Communication

Education

Medical degree

Specialist surgical registration

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.

Your new role:

As a senior surgical medical professional within the General Surgery Department at Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital, you will work closely with the Director of Surgery to deliver high-quality, evidence-based patient care, provide clinical leadership and support the effective operation of surgical services.

• 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:

We are seeking an experienced and motivated surgical professional who demonstrates strong clinical expertise, leadership capabilities and a commitment to delivering safe, high-quality patient care.

• 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.