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Queensland Health

Medical Workforce Manager

Queensland, Australia

Location
Queensland, Australia
Work
Not stated
Employment
Temporary
Level
Not stated
Function
Healthcare
Pay
A$143.8K – A$154.3K a year
Posted
Yesterday

Pay and the market here

The top of this role’s range, A$154K a year, is 25% above the median of A$123K for healthcare jobs in Queensland (middle half A$88K – A$148K, 810 jobs that state pay).

905 healthcare jobs open in Queensland: 1% remote, 643 posted in the last 30 days.

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About the role

About the role

As Manager Medical Workforce Unit, you will provide strategic and operational leadership for medical workforce services across North West Hospital and Health Service.

  • Lead the Medical Workforce Unit and overseeing all aspects of medical recruitment, onboarding, credentialing and workforce operations.
  • Provide expert strategic advice to the Executive Team and Chief Executive on medical workforce initiatives, risks, policies and emerging workforce trends.
  • Drive workforce planning, recruitment campaigns and service improvement initiatives to strengthen medical attraction, retention and engagement outcomes.

Working with us

  • Tax savings through salary sacrificing options are also available.
  • In your downtime, we offer 4 weeks p.a. recreational leave with a 17.5% loading/bonus.
  • Professionally, our HHS values professionalism, leadership capability, excellence and resilience in our staff. We are committed to providing extraordinary opportunities for career development including in-house training, development and mentoring programs.

Requirements

  • C Class Motor Vehicle Licence.
  • Pre-employment screening will be conducted for the successful applicant, including Criminal History checks.
  • This is a VPD risk role and may require evidence of vaccination or immunity to: Hepatitis A/B, Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella, Pertussis, and Tuberculosis.
  • A period of probation may apply.

About North West Hospital and Health Service

The North West Hospital and Health Service (NWHHS) delivers public health services across approximately 300,000 square kilometres, supporting remote communities throughout North Western Queensland and the Gulf of Carpentaria. We are committed to promoting community wellbeing and providing high-quality, accessible and effective healthcare for all.

  • Unique locations
  • Friendly communities
  • Regional, rural and remote $$$ incentives

The lifestyle in Mount Isa is family friendly; it is a vibrant city with an outback community feel. You will fall in love with the natural splendour of the North West Queensland region, the experience of a rural/urban community and the opportunity to make a real and positive difference... and want to stay.

Mount Isa is a great place to live and work!

Interested?

Download the Role Description for further information and application / interview preparation.

Contact: Anthony Bell on (07) 4744 4840.

Applications close: Monday, 23 November 2026.

Source

Posted by Queensland Health on their own hiring page, smartjobs.qld.gov.au. OptiTalent shows it as published, read 07 Nov 2026 10:24 UTC; the original is the reference.

Contains information from SmartJobs, © State of Queensland, licensed under CC BY 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0)

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