Postdoctoral Research Fellow

About This Opportunity 

Join a collaborative and purpose-driven research team dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of regional, rural and remote Australians!

This exciting Postdoctoral Research Fellow – Rural Health opportunity will enable you to build your research profile while contributing to impactful projects that address some of the most pressing healthcare challenges facing rural communities.

Working alongside leading researchers in a supportive, inclusive and innovative environment, you will play a key role in advancing high-quality mixed-methods research, fostering meaningful partnerships, and translating research outcomes into positive change for communities.

At UQ, you will be challenged, inspired and rewarded while working with like-minded colleagues who share a vision of creating change together.

Key responsibilities will include: 

This is a research focused position. Further information can be found by viewing UQ’s Criteria for Academic Performance.

About You 

About Rural Clinical School

Located within the UQ Medical School, the Rural Clinical School (RCS) is the largest rural clinical school hosted by a single university. It works to foster and sustain a skilled and dynamic medical workforce to meet the needs of rural, regional, and remote Queensland.

The Rural Clinical School provides students with rigorous clinical training built upon hands-on experiences in hospitals and community-based practices. Above all, we give our students the unique opportunity to live and work in some of Queensland’s amazing rural, regional, and remote locations. Our classrooms are the public and private hospitals, specialist consulting rooms, general practices and community healthcare settings throughout rural, regional and remote Queensland. Our teachers are dedicated and passionate rural clinicians. Our students get the opportunity to learn in a range of clinical contexts across the public, private and community sectors.

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.

Interested?

For more information about this opportunity, please contact Dr Bushra Nasir | Senior Research Fellow at b.nasir@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.

Other Information 

Pre-employment checks may include verification of the right to work in Australia, qualifications, 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 Monday 19 October 2026 at 11.00pm AEST (R-68718). Please note that interviews have been tentatively scheduled for the week of the 2nd November 2026.