Lead, inspire and make a profound impact as the Director of Obstetrics and Gynaecology with Darling Downs Health in Toowoomba. This exciting dual role lets you provide strategic oversight, drive innovation, and ensure the highest standards of care, all while delivering expert inpatient and outpatient obstetric and gynaecological services, shaping the future of women’s health in the region. This is more than a role—it’s a chance to make a lasting impact on the health and wellbeing of women and families in Toowoomba and beyond.
What your day will look like….
You'll move seamlessly between guiding a committed multidisciplinary team and delivering specialist care to women and families. Your time will be spent providing expert oversight of clinical services, consulting with inpatients and outpatients, and performing a range of obstetric and gynaecological procedures. You'll collaborate closely with colleagues across departments, mentor and support junior doctors, and contribute to education, research and clinical governance activities. Alongside your Co-Director, you'll shape the department's culture, manage key operational functions, and strengthen service delivery across Toowoomba Hospital and surrounding facilities—ensuring high-quality, safe and compassionate care is always at the forefront.
You will receive a competitive remuneration package value from $381,337 (L18) up to $476,304 (L27) comprising salary rates between $103.79 (L18) and $131.60 p.h. (L27), motor vehicle allowance, career development allowance, career development leave 3.6 weeks p.a., regional attraction allowance, professional indemnity cover and private practice arrangements. Superannuation (up to 12.75%) and annual leave loading (17.5%) will be applied additionally to the total remuneration value.
Let's talk about you!
Our ideal candidate will be a dynamic leader with a commitment to excellence in patient care. You will possess strong administrative acumen and clinical expertise. You are a visionary who thrives on balancing leadership with hands on specialist practice and who can inspire the following:
- Compassion – you will engage with others and demonstrate empathy, care, kindness, support and understanding.
- Integrity – you are open, honest, approachable, equitable and consistent in everything we do.
- Dignity – you treat others with respect, display reasonableness and take pride in what you do.
- Innovation – you embrace change and strive to know more, learn more and do better.
- Courage – you respectfully question for clarity and have the strength and confidence to Speak Up.
Why Us?
Darling Downs Health's (DDH) region is a large geographic area covering approximately 90,000 square kilometres across Southeast Queensland. We are one of the largest employers in the region, with a diverse team of more than 6,000 staff. We deliver frontline health services across our 30 facilities and care for nearly 300,000 people, support the birth of almost 3,000 babies and perform more than 15,000 breastscreens.
We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas throughout our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work culture that values and respects diversity in the workplace. We also believe that all our employees should be treated fairly, with dignity and with respect. DDH is committed to providing a safe, secure, supportive, and inclusive workplace.
Benefits!
- Competitive wages, salary packaging and leave entitlements
- 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
- Work-Life Balance, Variety and Flexibility
- Generous Salary Sacrificing
Next step….
Applicants are to apply online and supply the requested documentation.
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