Besides the excellent work opportunities, Cairns offers a unique lifestyle suitable to a wide variety of interests. Cairns is in the heart of the tropical north and is the primary gateway to northern Australia. Cairns is an ideal base to explore the wider region with front door access to the Great Barrier Reef, rainforests and outback locations.
Remuneration value up to $483 696 p.a. (L25-L27), Remuneration value up to $445 297 (L18 - L24), employer contribution to superannuation (up to 12.75%), annual leave loading (17.5%), professional development allowance, motor vehicle allowance, professional development leave 3.6 weeks p.a., plus private practice arrangements
Temporary Fulltime position for 12 months
Applications will remain current for 12 Months. Job Ad Reference: CAH476084
Purpose of the role
The purpose of the role is to ensure development and maintenance of specialist health services to the Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service, ensuring appropriate, effective, efficient, integrated, safe clinical services in accordance with contemporary standards. The role provides Clinical Leadership and assumes overall Clinical Responsibility for the Orthopaedics Department.
Your opportunity
We are looking for a Clinical Director Orthopaedics to provide professional oversight and leadership of clinical services, support for clinical staff and to facilitate the delivery of high-quality care to patients of the Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service.
- It is a condition of employment for this role for the employee to be, and remain, vaccinated against the following vaccine preventable diseases during their employment (Health Employment Directive No. 01/16):
- measles, mumps, rubella (MMR)
- varicella (chicken pox)
- pertussis (whooping cough)
- hepatitis B
- tuberculosis
How to Apply: Please download the Role Description and Information Package for Applicants (at the links in the boxed area above) for instructions on how to apply for this role. If you have difficulty viewing this role description in .pdf format, please contact Recruitment Services on Recruitment.Cairns@health.qld.gov.au to request it in .doc format.Please note that if the information requested in the 'how to apply' section is not provided, plus the now mandatory requirement for all curriculum vitae to be provided in a standard template (located at the link in the boxed area above), you may not meet the requirements for further consideration of your application. The Information Package for Applicants outlines pre-employment checks that will be undertaken for successful applicants.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.