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Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital - Herston, Brisbane, Australia
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Join a visionary and collaborative academic community dedicated to shaping the next generation of medical practitioners.
As Principal Specialty Supervisor, you will play a pivotal leadership role within UQ’s Doctor of Medicine program, providing specialty-specific educational leadership across clinical learning environments while fostering excellence in teaching, mentorship, and clinical engagement.
Working closely with the Mayne Academy, MD Curriculum & Assessment team, and a network of hospital and community-based clinicians, you will help create meaningful learning experiences that inspire, challenge and support future doctors to thrive in an increasingly complex healthcare landscape.
This is an exceptional opportunity for an accomplished clinician-educator to influence medical education at scale while contributing to a culture of collaboration, innovation and positive change.
Key responsibilities will include:
This is a teaching focused position. Further information can be found by viewing UQ’s Criteria for Academic Performance.
As part of the UQ community, you will have the opportunity to work alongside the brightest minds, who have joined us from all over the world, and within an environment where interdisciplinary collaborations are encouraged. As part of our commitment to excellence in research and professional practice in academic contexts, we are proud to provide our staff with access to world-class facilities and equipment, grant writing support, greater research funding opportunities, and other forms of staff support and development.
The greater benefits of joining the UQ community are broad: from being part of a Group of Eight university, to recognition of prior service with other Australian universities, up to 26 weeks of paid parental leave, 17.5% annual leave loading, flexible working arrangements, access to exclusive internal-only vacancies, and genuine career progression opportunities via the academic promotions process.
For more information about this opportunity, please contact Associate Professor Carl Lisec at c.lisec@uq.edu.au
For application inquiries, please reach out to the Talent Acquisition team at talent@uq.edu.au, stating the job reference number (below) in the subject line.
When you apply, please ensure you upload a resume, cover letter, and responses to the ‘About You’ section.
Pre-employment checks may include verification of the right to work in Australia, qualifications, professional registration (e.g. AHPRA), criminal history checks and mandatory immunisations. This may also include checks relating to gender-based violence matters or other integrity and conduct requirements.
You must maintain unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this appointment to apply. Employer sponsored work rights are not available for this appointment.
We're dedicated to equity, diversity, and inclusion. We recognise that career pathways and opportunities differ and encourage applications from candidates who may not meet every criteria but can demonstrate their potential relative to opportunity. We’re also happy to support any accessibility needs throughout the recruitment process. Just let us know how we can help by emailing talent@uq.edu.au or calling +61 7 3365 2623.
Applications close 4th of November 2026 at 11.00pm AEST (R-69369). Please note that interviews have been tentatively scheduled for the 9th of November 2026.
