Role details The team at the Sarina Hospital is seeking applications for a Medical Superintendent to join their team on a temporary part-time basis of 64 hrs p.f. For information on how to apply and the mandatory requirements for this role, please refer to the attached Role Description. Your opportunity To provide high quality clinical services and medical leadership, joining an existing team of senior medical officers and junior doctors. About the Team Sarina Hospital is located within the township of Sarina, 30 minutes-drive south of Mackay and services the wider community that extends east to coastal hamlets, south to St Lawrence and west into the hinterland. Sarina Hospital provides admitted and non-admitted services, with Inpatients, 24-hour Emergency Department, Outpatients Clinics and Community Services. The facility is newly built and fully utilises electronic medical records. Inpatient care is a mixture of acute and non-acute patients, and the emergency department has varied presentations. The medical team is made up of other Senior Medical Officers and PGY2 or PGY3 Residents. Sarina Hospital is accredited with the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine for core generalist training. About our Hospital and Health Service Mackay Hospital and Health Service has 6 hospitals, 2 multi-purpose health services and 4 community health centres that employ more than 3,700 staff. The district covers an area of approximately 90,000km2 and provides services to patients and their families in Bowen, Cannonvale, Clermont, Collinsville, Dysart, Glenden, Mackay, Middlemount, Moranbah, Proserpine and Sarina. Some of our great benefits on offer Competitive wages, salary packaging and leave entitlements Flexible working arrangements A diverse work culture Career development Professional development opportunities Education opportunities, Study and Research Paid parental leave Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Discounted Private Health Insurance Fitness Passport Mandatory qualifications Mandatory possession of a qualification from a registered tertiary institution and Registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) with a current annual practicing certificate is essential. It is essential that the successful applicant has or is able to obtain Specialist Registration with the Medical Board of Australia and holds a; Fellowship with the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (FRACGP) or; Fellowship with the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (FACRRM) Recent skills update in Emergency Medicine will be an advantage (e.g. EMST) The applicant must be able to demonstrate recent clinical practice relevant to the scope of this role, consistent with the Medical Board of Australia's registration standards Enrolment and maintenance of ongoing continuing Medical Education programs of RACGP/ACRRM The successful applicant must hold and maintain appropriate Scope of Clinical Practice (SoCP) relevant to the role, awarded by the Mackay Hospital and Health Service Credentialing and SoCP delegate Information presented for this application will be presented to the Medical Credentialing Committee. All appointments are subject to maintenance of SoCP * SoCP is further limited by the Clinical Services Capability Framework (CSCF) for the facilities in which clinical work is to be undertaken
