About the role

Mater Hospital Springfield is seeking multiple Paediatric Principal House Officer’s to join the team on a full time, maximum term basis for 12 months.

The Successful applicants will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide comprehensive paediatric and neonatal inpatient services at Mater Hospital Springfield. This includes delivering family-centred developmental care to children and babies in the Paediatric Inpatient Unit (PIU) and the Neonatal Critical Care Unit (NCCU), as well as supporting babies and children across other areas of the organisation, including the emergency department, birthing suites, postnatal wards, and outpatient settings.

Salary range: $65.53 - $71.98 per hour plus 12% superannuation and access to not-for-profit salary packaging up to $15,900  + access to many staff benefits! 

What you’ll be doing

• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team in the delivery of comprehensive family-centred care to children and babies in Mater Hospital Springfield, under general paediatrician supervision.
• Provide patient assessment and management in consultation with the treating paediatrician.
• Attend acute and elective admissions under the team during rostered working hours, review of inpatients (PIU, postnatal ward and the NCCU) and participating in ward rounds with consultants.
• Communicate with patients and their families, where appropriate, about the patient’s diagnosis and management in a culturally appropriate manner.
• Participate in research activities or quality improvement of the clinical unit to which you are attached.
• Provide supervision, teaching and support to junior medical staff and medical students and role modelling appropriate behaviour and attitude.

About you

Essential qualifications:

• Registration as a medical practitioner without conditions, with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation

Desired qualifications:

• Undertaking or planning on undertaking Basic Paediatric training or General Paediatric advanced training with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians
• Undertaking training with the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners

Experience, Skills, Knowledge, and Qualities:

• Demonstrated knowledge of contemporary best practice methods within paediatrics and neonatology.
• Clinical skills and knowledge at a level of registrar/PHO mater.org.au
• Ability to work harmoniously with others in a team and communicate effectively at all levels.
• Culturally appropriate verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to evaluate situations and to make objective judgements and decisions.
• Reliability, integrity, commitment, compassion, and leadership qualities.
• Experience in providing clinical education, research, quality improvement or clinical governance.

Why join us?

Mater is Queensland’s largest not-for-profit healthcare provider, delivering exceptional care to nearly 700,000 patients each year across 11 (soon to be 12) hospitals. We’re leaders in healthcare, education, fundraising & philanthropy and research — and it’s our people who make the difference.

We’re looking for passionate individuals to join our team and help shape the future of care. At Mater, you’ll be part of a purpose-driven organisation that values innovation, compassion, and excellence.

• Increase your take-home pay with generous salary packaging options, including meal and entertainment benefits
• Grow your career with access to industry-leading training and professional development through Mater Education
• Wellbeing support through our Employee Assistance Program and on-site pastoral care teams
• Access a range of health and wellbeing services with a corporate discount on private health insurance
• Exclusive discounts across dining, retail, travel, accommodation (just to name a few!)
• Stay active with unlimited access to discounted gyms via the Fitness Passport program
• Convenient, discounted on-site parking
• Enjoy great food with reduced prices at our campus cafés and coffee spots
• Join Queensland’s Largest and Most Innovative Not-for-Profit Healthcare Team.

Be part of something bigger. Make your move with Mater. #MAKEYOURMATERMOVE

For more information regarding the role, please contact -Dr Pita Birch, Director of Neonatology on pita.birch@mater.org.au .

Applications close on the 15th October 2025. Please note, we may contact applications prior to the closing date, please do not hesitate to APPLY NOW!

Mater is committed to the wellbeing of their staff, and it is underpinned by our flexible and remote working policies.

Please Note: We will not require any support from Recruitment Agencies at this time and kindly request no contact is made. Only direct applications will be considered.

Mater Group is dedicated to creating a workplace that values diversity and inclusion. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and abilities. We believe in providing equal opportunities for all qualified candidates.

For more information regarding Reconciliation at Mater, please visit our Reconciliation webpage.