Date published: Aug 7, 2025, 16:18 PM
Location
Cairns Hospital and Health Service
Description
Besides the excellent work opportunities, Cairns 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.
Duties/Abilities
- Contribute to the development of a tertiary paediatric cardiology service within the Cairns HHS
- Cairns Hospital is the only tertiary children’s service outside of Townsville and provides services to the Cairns, Cape and Torres Strait Island areas
- Sub-speciality paediatric cardiology services are currently provided with nursing and Indigenous healthcare worker support, in conjunction with the Queensland Children’s Hospital (QCH), who provide cardiac surgical and intervention services
- Provide ambulatory and inpatient care to children and young people requiring sub-speciality cardiology services
- Participating in outreach to Torres and Cape HHS and Cairns and Hinterland HHS catchments will be part of this exciting role
- The role involves caring for a population including high numbers of Indigenous children in remote communities with high rates of rheumatic heart disease
- Additional subspecialty interests are highly desirable, including foetal echocardiography and/or imaging interests
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Enquiries: Dr Neil Archer on (07) 4226 6169.
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