Consultant Obstetrics and Gynaecology - Central Queensland, Australia

Is it time to move ‘downunder’ for sunshine and work / life balance?

This service is looking for a Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist to work in Central Queensland - a regional location which offers an ideal lifestyle for singles, couples, families alike and is the southern gateway to the Great Barrier Reef.

• Competitive remuneration package up to AUD$528,432 (depending on experience) + on call.
• Well funded public health service.
• Major referral centre in the region.
• Fantastic lifestyle in subtropical Queensland
• Just over an hour's flight to Brisbane
• Coastal living with islands, waterways and beaches, as well as national parks and Great Barrier Reef
• Excellent schooling options and affordable housing

The Role and Hospital

Rockhampton Hospital offers accredited registrar training as well as experience for Rural Generalists and GP Obstetricians. The Department is the main referral hospital for Central Queensland and provides maternity care services for more than 1200 deliveries annually, through a mixture of Shared Care, Continuity Midwife teams and multidisciplinary High-Risk Clinics. The Maternity Unit is supported by a level four (≥32 weeks) special care nursery.

The department also provides level five laparoscopic and major gynaecological surgical services with twelve to fourteen scheduled operating theatre lists per fortnight. There are daily general gynaecology and antenatal clinics, plus uro-gynaecology and colposcopy services, as well as a community-based Indigenous antenatal clinic service.

Gladstone Hospital offers quality maternity services to all patients and delivers around 600 babies each year. The maternity unit has three birth suites, a 14-bed antenatal / postnatal ward and a neonatal nursery. Maternity care is provided by a multidisciplinary team of highly qualified midwives, doctors, nurses and allied health professionals.

Requirements

Applicants should be registered (or eligible for registration) as a specialist with the Medical Board of Australia and be a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (FRANZCOG) or equivalent as an overseas trained specialist who has completed their training in either the UK, Ireland, Canada, USA or New Zealand.

The Medical Board of Australia has introduced an expedited pathway to specialist registration in Obstetrics & Gynaecology — no college assessment required — for doctors holding either :

MRCOG (2007 onward) with a UK Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), or

MRCPI (2010 onward) with a Certificate of Satisfactory Completion of Specialist Training (CSCST) from Ireland.

The Region

The region offers a superb lifestyle and a healthy family environment with a range of cultural, recreational and sporting activities. Real estate prices are extremely affordable with a choice of town, coast or country living. House prices and availability mean you can choose the house you want instead of compromising in a major metropolitan city. This means tropical garden, swimming pool etc.

Stroll along the river, drive out to the coast exploring the many beaches, the Carnarvon National Park, the botanic gardens, as well as the Great Barrer Reef.

What Head Medical can do for you

Arranging a position overseas is very exciting, but we understand that it can also be daunting and time consuming. We’re the UK’s specialist in international medical recruitment and we’ve helped many Doctors relocate since we first started out in 2008 (you can read what people have said about working with us on our testimonials page). We know it’s important to balance career opportunities with lifestyle and we’ll talk through your plans and will get to know you to make sure we find the right role in the right location.  Once we have secured a job for you, we’ll manage the Medical Registration and Visa application process and support you (and your family) with the relocation itself.