Senior Medical Officer, Breast Screen Queensland—CAIRNS, Cairns, and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service. Cairns, Cairns and Far North QLD. Medical Specialists (Healthcare and Medical). Government-State (Government and Defence). Part time. Add expected salary to your profile for insights.

BreastScreen Queensland, Cairns Service provides a free population-based mammography screening and assessment service to women over 40 years of age. The service operates within the framework of the BreastScreen Australia and the BreastScreen Queensland programs and aims to achieve significant reductions in morbidity and mortality from breast cancer through early detection of the disease. The catchment area includes Cairns, Cassowary Coast, Atherton Tablelands, Gulf communities, Cape York, the Torres Strait, and the Northern Peninsula, and part of the Townsville Health Service, covering an area of approximately 380,000 square kilometres. The service is provided at a freestanding independent screening and assessment unit in Cairns and from two mobile screening units, which provide a screening service to women in rural and remote areas of Far North Queensland.

Besides the excellent work opportunities, our region offers a unique lifestyle suitable to a wide variety of interests. Cairns is in the heart of the tropical north and is the primary gateway to northern Australia. Any of the locations in our Health Service is an ideal base to explore the wider region with front door access to the Great Barrier Reef, rainforests, and outback locations.

Remuneration value up to $146 651 p.a. (L13–L18), employer contribution to superannuation (up to 12.75%), annual leave loading (17.5%), professional development allowance, motor vehicle allowance, professional development leave 3.6 weeks p.a., plus private practice arrangements.

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Temporary part-time until 1st June 2025

Applications will remain current for 12 months. Job Ad Reference: CAH610400

Purpose of the Role: The medical officer is part of a multi-disciplinary team that includes radiologists, surgeons, pathologists, radiographers, nurses, and administration staff. The medical officer contributes to the multidisciplinary assessment of clients recalled from screening for further assessment with clinical history and examination of clients, collaborative review of imaging, and performance of clinical procedures such as fine needle aspiration and core biopsy. Other duties include counselling clients, liaising with general practitioners and treatment teams, and data collation and coding for reporting. This role reports to the Medical Director, BreastScreen Cairns Service.

Your Opportunity: You will provide a high standard of care for patients and their families, contributing to improving the health of the local population. Please download the Role Description and Information Package for Applicants (at the links in the boxed area above) for instructions on how to apply for this role. If you have difficulty viewing this role description in .pdf format,

 Please note that if the information requested in the ‘how to apply' section is not provided, plus the now mandatory requirement for all curriculum vitae to be provided in a standard template (located at the link in the boxed area above), you may not meet the requirements for further consideration of your application. The Information Package for Applicants outlines pre-employment checks that will be undertaken for successful applicants.

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Contact Recruitment Services on Recruitment.Cairns@health.qld.gov.au