Senior Medical Officer (Rural Generalist, Procedural Obstetrics)

  Date posted: 09 Mar 2026     Applications close: 08 Apr 2026
  Company: Cairns & Hinterland Hospital and Health Service
  Location: Innisfail, Queensland
  Job Type: Full-time
  Contact: Emma Pickstone     07 4016 1683
Description

Location:  Innisfail Hospital, Rural & Remote Service

We are seeking an enthusiastic Rural Generalist to join our team in tropical North Queensland. Innisfail Hospital is a 32 bed acute care hospital staffed by Rural Generalists SMOs and trainees. We have a busy Emergency Department seeing 20k pxs per year. We have excellent critical care equipment and medical imaging capacity allowing advanced diagnostic and treatment capacity. Our inpatient unit has a 3 bed High Dependency allowing limited critical care capacity locally. Our Obstetric SMOs work with MGP midwives delivering > 200 babies per year with a LCSC rate of 25%. A collaborative environment exists with weekly multidisciplinary antenatal case conference and monthly multidisciplinary instrumental birth case review.
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As a Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service employee, not only will you receive competitive remuneration, you will also have access to:

  • Generous superannuation
  • Salary packaging
  • Annual incremental increases
  • Career training and development
  • Flexible work arrangements
  • Wellness programs

Why choose Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service ?
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You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Cairns and Hinterland here: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/cairns_hinterland 

Enquiries:  Dr Thomas Coombs   

Job Ad Reference:  CAH676976

Application Details:  https://apply-springboard.health.qld.gov.au/jobs/QLD-CAH676976

Closing Date:  8th April 2026