Staff Specialist / Consultant pay in QLD
The base salary for a staff specialist / consultant in Queensland’s public hospitals, step by step, from the Queensland Medical Officers agreement (MOCA7). These are the award’s own rates, not what any job pays.
Queensland Medical Officers agreement (MOCA7)
Rates in force from 1 July 2026. Includes the 0.5% CPI uplift adjustment Queensland Health applied in mid-2026; the published agreement does not show it. Source: Queensland Health — Medical officer wage rates.
| Step | Base a year |
|---|---|
| Level L18 | $223,136 |
| Level L19 | $229,113 |
| Level L20 | $235,975 |
| Level L21 | $241,065 |
| Level L22 | $247,047 |
| Level L23 | $253,032 |
| Level L24 | $259,187 |
Base salary only: it leaves out on-call, overtime, penalty rates and super. Intern L1, Junior House Officer L2 (first year after full registration), Senior House Officer L3, Registrar L4–L9, Senior Registrar L10–L13, Staff Specialist L18–L24, Senior Status L25–L27 (clauses 3.3 and 3.7).
Current staff specialist / consultant jobs in QLD
101 current jobs: see them all. 48 state their pay, below, as the ad or the board gives it; an ad may pay above the award.
- New Senior Staff Specialist or Staff Specialist (Emergency Physician) $223k–$283k Closes 10 Nov
- New Senior Medical Officer - Joyce Palmer Health Service $192k–$282k p.a., annualised Closes 7 Dec
- New Staff Specialist (Anaesthetics) $225k–$284k Closes 23 Nov
- Senior Staff Specialist or Staff Specialist or Senior Medical Officer (Psychiatry of Older Persons - Psychogeriatrician) (Bundaberg) $329k–$505k Closes 24 Nov
- Senior Medical Officer (Rural Generalist with Advanced Skills in Emergency, General Practice or Procedural Anaesthetics) Mareeba $192k–$282k Closes 2 Dec
- Staff Specialist - Psychiatrist (Medical Director, Adult and Older Person Inpatient) $223k–$283k Closes 21 Nov
- SMO CYMHS Forensic Consultant $222k–$282k Closes 12 Nov
- Staff Specialist - Psychiatrist (Deputy Clinical Director, Clinical Governance and Service Improvement) $223k–$283k Closes 20 Nov
- Staff Specialist - Psychiatry $222k–$282k Closes 3 Dec
- Specialist Surgery $225k–$284k Closes 1 Nov
- Senior Staff Specialist or Staff Specialist (Radiologist) $223k–$283k Closes 30 Nov
- Senior Medical Officer (Sexual Health) $192k–$282k Closes 3 Nov
- Staff Specialist or Senior Staff Specialist, Anaesthetist $225k–$284k Closes 15 Nov
- Senior Medical Officer - Ayr $192k–$282k Closes 1 Nov
- Senior Medical Officer (Rural Generalist with Advanced Skills in Obstetrics, Emergency or Procedural Anaesthetics) Innisfail $193k–$283k Closes Wed 28 Oct
- Senior Medical Officer (General Practitioner with Special Interest in Public Health, Endocrine & Diabetes) - Cairns GP / Rural Generalist $193k–$223k Closes Wed 28 Oct
- Senior Staff Specialist or Staff Specialist (Surgeon) (Hervey Bay and Maryborough) $223k–$283k Closes 9 Nov
- Staff Specialist (Infectious Diseases) $223k–$283k p.a., annualised Closes 9 Nov
- Senior Staff Specialist or Staff Specialist (Ophthalmologist) $223k–$283k Closes 8 Nov
- Staff Specialist/Senior Staff Specialist - Gastroenterologist $167k–$212k p.a., annualised Closes 22 Nov
- Medical Officer Private Practice (Specialist General Practice) $193k–$283k Closes 19 Nov
- Staff Specialist (Haematology) $223k–$283k p.a., annualised Closes 9 Nov
- Senior Medical Officer (Rural Generalist with Advanced Skills in Internal Medicine) - Mareeba $193k–$283k Closes 16 Nov
- Staff Specialist - O&G $222k–$283k p.a., annualised Closes 23 Nov
- Senior Staff Specialist or Staff Specialist (Physician - General Medicine / Geriatrician) (Bundaberg) $223k–$283k Closes 5 Nov
- Senior Medical Officer (Rural Generalist / Provisional Fellow) Registrar $267k–$283k Closes 15 Nov
- Staff Specialist or Senior Staff Specialist, Rehabilitation Physician $223k–$283k Closes 15 Nov
- Staff Specialist or Senior Staff Specialist $222k–$282k Closes Wed 28 Oct
- Senior Staff Specialist / Staff Specialist (General Medicine) $223k–$283k Closes 9 Nov
- Staff Specialist - Radiation Oncology $222k–$282k Closes 11 Nov
- Senior Staff Specialist/Staff Specialist - Otolaryngology (ENT Surgery) $223k–$283k Closes 9 Nov
- Anaesthetist - Senior Staff Specialist or Staff Specialist or Senior Medical Officer (Hervey Bay and Maryborough) $192k–$282k Closes 2 Nov
- Senior Medical Officer (Advanced Credentialed Practice Rural Generalist - Senior Status or Rural Generalist or Provisional Fellow) Registrar $187k–$283k Closes 31 Mar 2027
- Senior Medical Officer (Advanced Credentialed Practice Rural Generalist - Senior Status or Senior Medical Officer (Rural Generalist) or Senior Medical $187k–$283k Closes 31 Mar 2027
- Senior Medical Officer - Rural Generalist with Advanced Skills in Obstetrics - Mareeba $193k–$283k Closes 30 Oct
- Senior Staff Specialist or Staff Specialist (Rheumatology) - Cairns $223k–$283k Closes 30 Oct
- Staff Specialist - Psychiatrist $222k–$282k Closes 4 Nov
- Senior Staff Specialist/Staff Specialist or Senior Medical Officer - Emergency $193k–$283k Closes 2 Nov
- Senior Medical Officer - Rural Generalist (Cape York Kidney Care) $193k–$283k Closes 17 Nov
- Senior Medical Officer - General Practitioner / Rural Generalist $182k–$267k Closes 31 Dec 2049
- Senior Medical Officer/ Staff Specialist Talent Pool - Queensland Health $182k–$267k Closes 15 Nov
- Senior Medical Officer $305k–$437k p.a., annualised Closes 19 Nov
- Senior Staff Specialist or Staff Specialist or Senior Medical Officer (Psychiatrist - Intellectual and Developmental Disability) (Bundaberg) $193k–$283k Closes tomorrow, 27 Oct
- Senior Medical Officer - Millmerran $193k–$259k Closes 3 Nov
- Senior Medical Officer - Chinchilla $192k–$258k Closes 12 Nov
- Senior Staff Specialist or Staff Specialist - Dermatology $222k–$282k Closes 11 Nov
- Senior Staff Specialist / Staff Specialist (Rehabilitation Medicine) $223k–$283k Closes tomorrow, 27 Oct
- Senior Staff Specialist/Staff Specialist - General Surgery (Colorectal Surgery) $223k–$283k Closes 1 Nov