The Principal House Officer, General Surgery will assist the Director, Staff Specialists and Senior Medical Staff to ensure that General Surgical services provided by the Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service are of the highest standard and delivered in an efficient and effective manner, and to be involved in the provision of patient services.
Commencing 3rd August 2026, the Principal House Officer provides day to day surgical services to patients presenting to the outpatient and inpatient areas of the hospital. It is intended that the Principal House Officer will both maximise their own professional development and to assist in the professional development of junior medical staff and the training of students.
Sunshine Coast Health is in southeast Queensland and extends through the coastal and hinterland areas from Caloundra in the south and Gympie in the north.
Our health service is a values-based organisation. We are committed to the maintenance of a culture in which we treat our colleagues with respect as we do our patients, consumers and the community. We respect, protect and promote human rights in our decision-making and actions.
Key Responsibilities include:
Undertake clinical duties that may include inpatient services, outpatient services, procedural work, multidisciplinary team meetings, clinical correspondence, and on-call duties.
Ensure safe and timely clinical handover with both internal and external clinicians
Ensure quality of clinical documentation to optimise decision-making and patient safety
Salary rates: $5,258.70 - $5,775.70 p.f., employer contribution to superannuation (up to 12.75%) and annual leave loading (17.5%) (L4 - L7) (temporary full-time or part-time position, up to 76 hrs p.f.) for up to 12 months. Applications will remain current for 12 months / or the duration of the vacancy. Applications may be used to appoint to similar vacancies for a period up to 12 months after the closing date of the initial vacancy. Please note: only applications from candidates will be accepted (applications that may result in an agency fee will not be considered).
Why work for us?
We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas across our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance.
As a Queensland Health employee, you will benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75%, access to salary packaging, flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases.
We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace for our people and our community. We encourage people of all genders, races, ages and abilities to apply for roles within our health service.
You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Sunshine Coast Health here: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/sunshinecoast/careers
As a Sunshine Coast Health employee, you will receive competitive remuneration and have access to:
A wellness program;
Generous superannuation;
Flexible work arrangements;
Career training and development; and
Salary packaging.
Please note: only applications from candidates will be accepted (applications that may result in an agency fee will not be considered).
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