Role details The Medical Workforce at the Mackay Base Hospital is seeking applications for a Manager to join their team on a Permanent basis.
For information on how to apply and the mandatory requirements for this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.
Your opportunity To provide specialist advice and support for all contemporary medical workforce matters including recruitment and selection, mandatory pre-employment and terms and conditions of employment, credentialing and scope of clinical practice, and strategic workforce planning.
About the Team The Medical Workforce Unit (MWU) at Mackay Base Hospital provides essential operational and strategic workforce support to all medical services across the Mackay Hospital and Health Service (MHHS).
As a central coordination point for the full lifecycle of the medical workforce, the MWU ensures that medical officers are appropriately recruited, credentialed, rostered, supported, and compliant with relevant Queensland Health, accreditation, and regulatory requirements.
The unit plays a critical role in maintaining safe, effective, and sustainable medical staffing across the health service clinical operations.
The MWU is responsible for delivering end-to-end recruitment for senior, junior, and locum medical officers; coordinating medical rosters, term allocations, leave management, and emergent workforce coverage; and managing AHPRA registration, supervision arrangements, and regulatory obligations, particularly for international medical graduates.
The unit supports the prevocational and junior medical workforce through coordination of rotations, and compliance with the new two-year prevocational training program.
About our Hospital and Health Service has 6 hospitals, 2 multi-purpose health services and 4 community health centres that employ more than 3,700 staff.
The district covers an area of approximately 90,000km2 and provides services to patients and their families in Bowen, Cannonvale, Clermont, Collinsville, Dysart, Glenden, Mackay, Middlemount, Moranbah, Proserpine and Sarina.
Some of our great benefits on offer Competitive wages, salary packaging and leave entitlements Flexible working arrangements A diverse work culture Career development Professional development opportunities Education opportunities, Study and Research Paid parental leave Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Discounted Private Health Insurance Fitness Passport