Senior Lecturer - Paramedic Science

About this Opportunity

• Continuing, Full-Time
• School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences
• CQUniversity Rockhampton (preferred location) - Relocation support available
• Work from home / other CQUniversity campus negotiable* (excluding South East QLD locations) 
• Total Remuneration $162,470 to $184,987 pa (including salary of $137,290 to $156,317 plus 17% superannuation and leave loading)

Join an organisation with an unbreakable belief that quality education, training and research should be available to everyone – regardless of background, location or life circumstances.

Working at CQUniversity

Are you ready to step into a leadership role where your academic expertise, industry insight, and passion for teaching can make a difference? CQUniversity is seeking a dynamic Senior Lecturer in Paramedic Science to help shape and inspire the next generation of paramedics.

Our School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences offers a wide range of in-demand qualifications within a cooperative and research-led environment. Take your place alongside world-renowned academic staff engaged in prominent applied research projects, clinical supervision and practice, teaching, and consulting, plus industry and community collaboration.

The Postgraduate Paramedic Science suite of courses offered at CQUniversity covers a range of specialty areas, such as, Critical Care, Primary Health Care and Counter-terrorism and Operational Medicine.

You will have the opportunity to shape the future of learning through innovative and real-time teachings. By engaging a range of learning and teaching strategies, you will craft the industry’s future professionals and strengthen CQUniversity’s reputation as a leading educational provider for paramedic science.

Be Rewarded

• 17% superannuation (with the choice to join an award-winning superfund)
• 6 weeks annual leave (incl. Christmas and New Year closure)
• 10 days personal/sick leave, plus 5 days carer’s leave
• 7.25 hours engaged service leave
• Fantastic professional and career development opportunities
• Up to 26 weeks (six months) paid parental leave
• Access to an Employee Assistance Program and Fitness Passport

Position Requirements

• Doctoral (preferred) and/or postgraduate qualifications in paramedicine or equivalent accreditation and standing relevant to the discipline.
• Actual or ability to obtain registration as a paramedic with the Paramedicine Board of Australia.
• Knowledge of the scope of practice of paramedics which contributes to the development of the curriculum, teaching and assessment.
• Experience in curriculum development.
• Demonstrated ability to teach and supervise undergraduate and postgraduate University paramedic science students using flexible delivery systems.
• Experience in the development and delivery of low to high-fidelity clinical simulation.
• Demonstrated ability to engage in areas of research strength.
• Demonstrated ability and willingness to take a team leadership role, and mentor junior academic staff.
• Demonstrated capacity to engage and network effectively with industry and community partners and stakeholders.

Position Description

For further information about this position, please refer to the Position Description.

Apply today for a career that changes lives

Applications Close: 11:59pm, Wednesday, 27 August 2025. 

  
Job Requisition ID: 6265

Contact Details: 

Natalee Williams-Claassen

(07) 4923 2090

n.williams-claassen@cqu.edu.au

*Relocation support only applies if relocating to Rockhampton, QLD. 

When submitting your application, please include: Your Current CV or Resume, and a 1-2 page Cover Letter highlighting your relevant skills, experience and suitability for the position. 

CQUniversity is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes diversity in the workplace. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and CQUniversity’s domestic and international student graduates with post-study work rights are encouraged to apply.

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