Position Details

• Two-year contract | Part-time
• Academic Level C | $134,362 - $154,558 pa plus 17% superannuation
• Location: Darwin / Larrakia Country
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About the Role
The Senior Lecturer, Northern Territory Medical Program will make a significant contribution and take on a leadership role in the delivery and teaching of the Doctor of Medicine topics and courses offered across the Northern Territory Medical Program (NTMP). They will draw on their significant experience and senior roles in clinical practice to develop strong industry partnerships, which will allow for high-quality placement opportunities for students.

As a member of the Rural & Remote Health Discipline in the Northern Territory, the Senior Lecturer will also have a key leadership role in achieving the outcomes of the partnership between the Northern Territory Government, the Australian Government, and Charles Darwin University to prepare a fit-for-context Northern Territory health and medical workforce.

About You
To be successful in this role you will exhibit:

• Doctorate in a relevant field or equivalent clinical/professional experience and standing.
• Currently registered or eligible for registration with the Medical Board of Australia, managed by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
• An understanding of pedagogical theory and contemporary education practice relevant to the discipline of medicine (essential), rural and remote health (desirable), Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health(desirable)
• Significant and sustained evidence of excellence in teaching performance at a tertiary level, inclusive of simulation and/or clinical setting.
• Relevant and extensive contemporary clinical experience in acute and/or primary health care

For a full list of the key position capabilities for this role, please refer to the position description.

Life at Flinders
We're transforming and investing in people and facilities to create contemporary, stimulating, and satisfying learning and work environments that reflect our core values of excellence, innovation, courage, and integrity. Flinders is refocusing its strategic priorities with the aim of elevating its performance to be a top ten Australian university, and amongst the top 1% in the world.

Reaching beyond the limits of buildings, borders, and backgrounds, ours is an inclusive culture that believes absolutely in equality and opportunity for all. We don't just accommodate differences; we embrace and celebrate them. So, why work at Flinders?

• 17% Superannuation + salary packaging options
• Flexible working arrangements
• Wide range of professional development activities and services
• We embrace diversity and promote equity and inclusion for all students and staff
• 6 Weeks Annual Leave (NT only).

About Flinders Rural and Remote Health NT
At Flinders Rural and Remote Health NT, our aim is to be a hub for innovative health research, education, and workforce development across the Northern Territory. We engage with students, community, and stakeholders to provide critical programs, such as the Northern Territory Medical Program, Paramedicine, Rural Clinical School, and the University Department of Rural Health.

Our postgraduate education pathways (Remote Health Practice program), provides workforce development through Indigenous health and clinical skills training, and we have a community driven research program led by researchers committed to improving health outcomes. We work alongside Poche SA+NT focussing on Indigenous leadership capacity development and developing the Indigenous health workforce. All activities are driven by our values which focus on the long-term and short-term needs of the NT community.

Our Commitment to Reconciliation and Indigenous Employment
Flinders University is proud to be an organisation that is committed to our Reconciliation Action Plan and Indigenous Workforce Strategy. Our vision is to be a preferred employer for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We are committed to progressing Indigenous advancement in education, research, employment, and wellbeing, and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for all Flinders vacancies.

• Please see here for our Reconciliation Action Plan
• Please see here for our Indigenous Workforce Strategy

Prescribed Conditions for Employment

• A valid Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check which is satisfactory to the University will also be required before the successful applicant can commence in this position.
• Northern Territory Government legislation (the Care and Protection of Children Act 2007) now requires all individuals in child related employment or whose duties involve, or are likely to involve, contact with a child, to hold a valid 'Working with Children Clearance' (Ochre Card). This position involves child related work and is assessed as requiring a Working with Children Clearance/Ochre Card.

How to Apply and Information

• You are required to submit Suitability Statement of no more than 3 pages, addressing the Key Position Capabilities of the position description.
• For more information regarding this position, please contact Emma Kennedy.

Applications to be submitted before 10:00 pm (ACDT) on Tuesday, 1 April 2025.

Please note, late applications and applications sent via agencies will not be accepted.

At Flinders we embrace and celebrate diversity and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, ethnicities, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities.