Obstetrician and gynaecologist recruitment for regional employers

Obstetricians and gynaecologists care for women and babies through pregnancy, labour and birth, diagnose and treat disorders of the female reproductive system, perform gynaecological surgery, interpret pelvic and pregnancy imaging, and advise on family planning.⁹ In a regional hospital the specialist also backs up midwives and rural generalist obstetricians around the clock.

Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (FRANZCOG) follows 276 weeks of hospital-based training and assessment, and a doctor becomes eligible to apply once all requirements are complete.⁸ It supports specialist registration in obstetrics and gynaecology, where the register also records subspecialty fields such as maternal-fetal medicine, gynaecological oncology, urogynaecology, and reproductive endocrinology and infertility.^1,10

The Medical Practitioners Award 2020 sets a floor of $2,337.21 a week for a full-time Specialist, and $2,499.10 for a Senior Specialist with a higher qualification and three years' experience in the specialty, before the 10% on-call allowance the award pays specialists, who must be available for reasonable on-call and recall duties (a Specialist's rate is $2,570.93 a week with it⁷), from 1 July 2026, where the award covers the role.⁶ It does not apply to employees under a state public sector award, so most public maternity units pay under the state instruments in the table above.⁶

Obstetricians and gynaecologists have no separate earnings series. They sit in the group of other medical practitioners, with emergency physicians, ophthalmologists, dermatologists, pathologists and radiologists, which had median full-time earnings of $5,013 a week in May 2025, nationally, for employees.⁵ Private obstetric and gynaecology practice is billed separately, so we talk with you early about salary, allowances and private practice rights.

Start with the maternity service: births a year if you count them, the level of neonatal care, theatre access for emergency caesareans, and how many specialists share the on-call. Then the gynaecology work, from outpatient clinics to elective surgery.

Tell us how the role works with midwives and rural generalist obstetricians, whether it includes private practice rights, and whether a subspecialty interest such as maternal-fetal medicine would add to the service.

Tell us how many specialists share the obstetric on-call; it is one of the first things we raise with candidates. We look first for specialists with links to your region, then for those weighing a change from a busy city unit.

Tell us about housing, relocation help, leave cover and private practice options. We raise them in the first conversation.

If the right person needs a visa or sponsorship, our sister business Australian Immigration Agency can advise.

Register with Hire Australia and tell us your fellowship or training stage, your registration, your obstetric and surgical experience and the towns that interest you. Specialists and senior registrars are welcome, and we will talk with you about roles that fit.