Consultant seeking a new professional challenge and a warmer climate? Fantastic lifestyle in subtropical Queensland. Competitive remuneration package up to AUD$500,000 depending on experience. Additional overtime & on-call allowances. Coastal living with islands, waterways, and beaches, as well as national parks and the Great Barrier Reef. Excellent range of affordable housing – live in a house on the beach, an apartment in the marina, or on a farm in the hinterlands. Over 60 education facilities including public and private schools, special education, Wide Bay Institute of TAFE, and the Central Queensland University campus. First-class and well-resourced health service. Regular daily flights to Brisbane and Sydney. The Role Bundaberg Hospital is seeking an experienced Physician – General Medicine to join the Department of Medicine within the Wide Bay Hospital and Health Service. The role is to provide high-quality clinical and non-clinical services to directly or indirectly benefit the patients/clients of the Wide Bay Hospital and Health Service. This includes research as well as teaching the health professionals of the future. An interest and/or expertise in Respiratory, Gastroenterology, or another subspecialty would be highly desirable but not essential. 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 Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) or equivalent as an overseas trained specialist who has completed their training in either the UK, Ireland, Canada, USA, or New Zealand. The Hospital The Bundaberg Hospital is a 158-bed acute health care facility providing services such as a 24-hour emergency department, theatre & anaesthetics, breast screening, general medicine, general surgery, obstetrics, gynaecology, intensive care/coronary care, pathology, paediatrics, renal services, specialist outpatients, orthopaedics, rehabilitation, palliative care, medical imaging, and the Community Hospital Interface Program (CHIP). Specialist services include gastroenterology, radiology, respiratory, rheumatology, oncology, paediatric respiratory, genetics, and urology. The Area The Coral Coast region of Queensland is a 4-hour drive north of Brisbane, and its regional centre, Bundaberg, is centred on the picturesque Burnett River. The area is nestled below the Southern Great Barrier Reef and represents an incredible place to lead the life you always wanted to have. It provides a platform to enjoy a laid-back, easy-going subtropical coastal lifestyle that only Queensland can offer. Just a 15-minute drive from the city are the pristine shores of Coral Coast, where you can fish, dive, whale and dolphin spot, snorkel the Lady Musgrave and Lady Elliot coral cays, or experience the turtle-nesting phenomenon at the Mon Repos Turtle Rookery.
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