Location:

Department of Medicine

Mackay Hospital and Health Service

The Mackay Base Hospital has an opportunity for a Staff Specialist/Snr Staff Specialist Gastroenterologist to join their Medicine Department on Permanent Part time basis (60 hrs p.f.)

Remuneration:

Refer to Role Description

Key responsibilities

- Assessment and management of acute gastrointestinal diseases
- Investigation and management of liver disease
- Inpatient consultation services
- Outpatient gastroenterology clinics
- Review of emergency referrals
- Develop management plans

Provide diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy services including:

- Gastroscopy
- Colonoscopy
- Polypectomy
- Haemostasis procedures
- Dilatation procedures
- PEG insertion (where credentialed)
- Foreign body retrieval
- Capsule endoscopy




- Ensuring appropriate consent and patient safety

Clinical Services

- Acute inpatient gastroenterology consultations
- General gastroenterology outpatient clinics
- Liver disease clinics
- Inflammatory bowel disease clinics
- Endoscopy lists
- Emergency endoscopy

Desirable

- ERCP credentialing
- Capsule endoscopy experience
- Inflammatory bowel disease expertise
- Hepatology experience

Refer to Role Description for more detail

Enquiries:

Dr Thiha Kyaw (07) 4885 7952

Job Ad Reference:

MK694594

Closing Date:

22 November 2026

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📌 Staff Specialist/Snr Staff Specialist - Gastroenterologist (Mackay)
🏢 The Medical Journal of Australia (MJA)
📍 Mackay