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Visiting Medical Officers

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As Queensland’s largest network of not-for-profit hospitals, Mater has delivered compassionate and world-class care to our communities for more than a century thanks to the leading expertise of our specialists.

Mater brings together experts across health, education and research with a shared vision of empowering people to live better lives through improved health and wellbeing, and welcomes new Visiting Medical Officers to join us in delivering on this Vision at eleven facilities across Queensland.

We're proud to have world-class medical professionals leading our clinical teams in facilities across Queensland; delivering, diagnosing, treating, operating, and collaborating with us to ensure the best patient outcomes every time.

Supported by innovative technologies from surgical-assist robots in operation at all Mater facilities to virtual care programs supporting clinicians to educate patients and supporting patients to return home sooner and safer, our specialists have access to the latest in knowledge and equipment.

We are proud to offer access to medical consulting suites on site in addition to access to Mater's renowned medical community engagement professionals - supporting your referrals from local general practitioners.

With direct education pathways for nursing staff from Mater Education and our state's leading universities, you will be supported by respected and highly trained clinical teams to provide each patient with personalised and high-quality care.

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Mater specialists have the privilege of enjoying:

  • Access to on-site consulting suites.
  • Access to on-site imaging and pathology.
  • Highly qualified clinical and non-clinical support staff.
  • Access to virtual practice managers.
  • Access to Mater Research.
  • Surgical assist robots at all hospitals.
  • Skilled Medical Community Engagement teams supporting you to increase GP referrals and deliver education events.
  • State-of-the-art technology and services.
  • Marketing of patient success stories across Mater's social and traditional media.

As a leading Health service organisation, Mater is committed to appointing health practitioners who are suitably experienced, trained and qualified to practise in a competent and ethical manner as our partners in clinical excellence.

To achieve this, we have a system in place to confirm a health practitioner’s credentials and accredit their scope of practice – credentialing.

As partners in the delivery of our Mission, our Credentialed Practitioners are expected to deliver high-quality, low-variability, evidence-based care for all patients each and every time.

If you are a health practitioner and are interested in applying for credentialing at Mater, click below.

Help us grow the Mater Visiting Medical Officer medical community — and be rewarded!

 Do you know an outstanding doctor who would make a great addition to the Mater team?

Refer them to join Mater as a Visiting Medical Officer (VMO) and receive a $500 Qantas Gift Voucher once your referral completes credentialing and has been with us for three months.

 How it works

  1. Refer: Submit the name and contact details of your referral to the Medical Administration team at comms@mater.org.au
  2. Recruit: Your referral must apply for an eligible Visiting Medical Officer position and complete the full credentialing process.
  3. Reward: Once your referral has been credentialed and has served three months with Mater, you’ll receive a $500 Qantas Gift Voucher to say thank you.

 

Eligibility

  • Open to all current Mater employees and Visiting Medical Officers.
  • Referrals must be for new Visiting Medical Officers not currently credentialed with Mater.
  • Reward is issued after three months of active engagement following credentialing.
  • One reward per successful referral.
  • Campaign valid from 1 November 2025 to 1 July 2026.

Because the best doctors know the best doctors.

Help strengthen Mater’s medical community and get better with Mater.

These By-Laws apply to all Mater hospitals and any other health services established and operated by Mater in Queensland, including those established by Mater in the future.

Submit your VMO expression of interest below

Please enter a valid international phone number with a country code e.g. +61 412 345 678 or +61 7 1234 5678

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