Principal House Officer

Temporary Full Time contract commencing now until February 2026.

Sunshine Coast Health are seeking a non-accredited Principal House Officer (PHO) to join our Acute Surgical Unit (ASU) Trauma Service. The Trauma Service is a consultative service in which specialist trauma nurses and medical staff support the initial Emergency Department (ED) management of severely injured patients and continue to provide comprehensive trauma case management.

As part of the Queensland Trauma System, Sunshine Coast University Hospital (SCUH) tertiary teaching hospital is currently classified as a 'Regional Trauma Service' (rather than a Major Trauma Service) with a referral service provided to facilities at Noosa, Maleny, Gympie, Caloundra, and Nambour. SCUH is currently the 3rd busiest trauma centre in Queensland for presentations of major trauma.

The roster structure for this position is a 9-day fortnight working Monday to Friday with one day RDO per fortnight and planned weekend overtime as required.

Sunshine Coast Health is in southeast Queensland and extends through the coastal and hinterland areas from Caloundra in the south and Gympie in the north.

Our health service is a values-based organisation. We are committed to the maintenance of a culture in which we treat our colleagues with respect as we do our patients, consumers and the community. We respect, protect and promote human rights in our decision-making and actions.

Key Responsibilities include:

Provision and coordination of the inpatient care for Trauma patients admitted under the Acute Surgical Unit (ASU) and General Surgical Consultant.

Attend daily morning and afternoon ASU handovers to identify and review trauma patients.

Receive referrals and undertake admissions of trauma patients from the Emergency Department and inter hospital transfers (IHTS).

Attend all Emergency Department Trauma Responds and, when required, Trauma Alerts.

Gain valuable experience in the spectrum of trauma management, whilst contributing to the ongoing development of the Trauma Service

Salary rates: $4, $5,470.70 p.f., employer contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading (17.5%) (L4 - L7) (temporary full-time position, 76 hrs p.f.) until February 2026. Applications will remain current for 12 months / or the duration of the vacancy. Please note: only applications from candidates will be accepted (applications that may result in an agency fee will not be considered).

Why work for us?

We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas across our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance.

As a Queensland Health employee, you will benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75%, access to salary packaging, flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases.

We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace for our people and our community. We encourage people of all genders, races, ages and abilities to apply for roles within our health service.

You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Sunshine Coast Health here:

As a Sunshine Coast Health employee, you will receive competitive remuneration and have access to:

A wellness program;

Generous superannuation;

Flexible work arrangements;

Career training and development; and

Salary packaging.

Please note: only applications from candidates will be accepted (applications that may result in an agency fee will not be considered).

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