Senior Medical Officer (Rural Generalist with Advanced Skills)

  Date posted: 15 Oct 2026     Applications close: 28 Oct 2026
  Company: Cairns And Hinterland Hospital And Health Service
  Location: Innisfail Hospital, Innisfail, Queensland
  Job Type: Contract
  Contact: Dr Thomas Coombs     07 4016 1438
Description

We are seeking an enthusiastic Rural Generalist  with Advanced Skills in Obstetrics, Emergency or Procedural Anaesthetics 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
CAH694748

Application Details
https://apply-springboard.health.qld.gov.au/jobs/QLD-CAH694748

Closing Date
29th October 2026