Staff Specialist Anaesthetics

About the role

Join Mater’s Department of Anaesthesia and help shape the future of care across Mater Hospitals South Brisbane and the new Mater Hospital Springfield.

Mater is seeking Staff Anaesthetists to join our team in full-time or part-time, maximum-term appointments, with flexible commencement.  The role sit as part of an integrated anaesthesia service working across both Springfield and South Brisbane, offering exposure to a broad and diverse case mix spanning secondary and tertiary care.

This is a unique opportunity to contribute to a state-of-the-art greenfield hospital at Springfield, while also maintaining strong links to the depth and complexity of a major tertiary centre at South Brisbane including Australia’s largest maternity hospital. Together, these sites support a comprehensive range of services including ICU, maternity, emergency, and medical and surgical care.  With co-located private hospitals, there are also unique and attractive opportunities for anaesthetists to increases their earnings through private activity. 

The successful applicants will contribute to anaesthetic services across the network, including participation in the after-hours on-call rosters at our facilities, supporting obstetric and emergency anaesthesia. Demonstrated expertise in obstetrics and a broad range of adult anaesthesia is essential. Skills in paediatric anaesthesia, regional anaesthesia, perioperative medicine, and acute pain management are highly regarded, along with involvement in teaching, research, and quality improvement.

Salary: Commensurate with experience. Competitive retention incentives and generous allowance package plus superannuation and access to not-for-profit salary packaging up to $15,900  + access to many staff benefits!  

What you will be doing 

• Provide high-quality specialist anaesthetic services across Springfield and South Brisbane facilities
• Contribute to clinical support activities and service development within a networked model of care, as delegated by the Director
• Supervise and train junior medical staff
• Participate in formal and informal teaching, education, and training
• Engage in ongoing professional development, quality improvement, and clinical risk management

About you 

• Registrable as a Specialist in Anaesthesia with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency
• Current knowledge and skills relevant to the broad range of elective and emergency adult anaesthesia, perioperative medicine, and acute pain management services required for the clinical workload of the department
• Current knowledge and skills relevant to paediatric anaesthesia desirable – or willing to achieve skills relevant to paediatric anaesthesia. 
• Current knowledge and recent experience and skill in Obstetric Anaesthesia services is mandatory
• Recent or current subspecialty experience in areas such as oncological, upper gastrointestinal, orthopaedic, general surgical, ophthalmologic and urology surgery is highly desirable

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. #GETBETTERWITHMATER

For more information regarding the role, please contact recruitment@mater.org.au 

Applications close Sunday, 4th October 2026 – please note, we may contact applicants prior to the closing date, please do not hesitate to APPLY NOW. 

Direct applications only — we are not engaging recruitment agencies at this time. All successful candidates may be required to complete pre‑employment checks (including criminal history, working rights, medical and working with children checks).

Mater offers a safe, supportive, flexible and inclusive workplace where everyone is valued. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities. Visit our Reconciliation webpage. 

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