Staff Specialist Clinician SMO1.1 - SMO1.6 Remuneration Package Range
$248,765 - $304,012
(including salary $213,380 - $261,100)
Senior Staff Specialist Clinician SMO2.1 - SMO2.3 Remuneration Package Range $314,354 - $347,549
(including salary $270,033 - $298,705)
+ Allowances
+ On-call
Department of Paediatrics
Alice Springs, Northern Territory
Fixed for up to 5 years, Full time

Selection will be made at the SC or SSC level depending on the experience/qualifications of the successful applicant

Interested in rural child health? Make a genuine impact in this role

Provide neonatal and paediatric inpatient care in a dynamic hospital team

Lead outpatient clinics, including remote community outreach programs

About Alice Springs Hospital (ASH)

Alice Springs Hospital is a 209-bed teaching hospital affiliated with the Flinders University in South Australia and Charles Darwin University in Darwin, with a catchment covering two-thirds of the Northern Territory (over 1,000,000 km2). Caring for children and families from the Central Australian and Barkly regions of the Northern Territory, and bordering areas of Western Australia and South Australia.

ASH works closely with Tennant Creek Hospital, local and remote clinics across the Central Australian, Barkly and APY land districts. The hospital has strong links to the Women’s and Children’s Hospital and Flinders Medical Centre in Adelaide, as tertiary referral centres and through visiting sub-specialists from these hospitals.

Paediatric Department

The Paediatric department has 7 consultants, 7 ward registrar and 2 community/outreach registrar positions. Services include a 30-bed dedicated paediatric ward, an 8-bed neonatal unit (routinely admitting >32/40 and 1500g newborns) and access to ICU beds as required. Delivery of outpatient clinics in hospital, remote community and local MDT developmental services are core components of our service.

The Role

As the Specialist Clinician/Senior Specialist Clinician you will contribute to the provision of high-quality healthcare to the children of Central Australia, through inpatient care on the neonatal and paediatric wards, and outpatient clinics, including outreach to remote communities.

You’ll undertake direct clinical care of patients, supervise and support Registrars and Junior Medical Officers (JMOs) and will be involved in teaching junior medical staff and medical students. There is great opportunity for undertaking safety and quality initiatives, service development and research in fields of interest.

About you

You’re a capable and compassionate clinician committed to improving health outcomes for children. To be successful in this role you will have:

Current registration with Medical Board of Australia or eligible to obtain

Appropriate specialist qualifications from Royal Australasian College of Physicians or equivalent

Demonstrated ability to work in a team and to assume administrative responsibilities.

Demonstrated interest in and commitment to improving rural and Indigenous child health.

Ability to operate flexibility in response to changing clinical, supervisory and roster needs

The Benefits

Hospital Salary packaging

11.5% Superannuation

Generous allowances including:

Professional Training Allowance

Second Roster Allowance

Private Practice Allowance

Relocation and Repatriation support

6 weeks recreation leave

2 weeks professional development leave

Explore the Territory

Alice Springs & surrounds regional guide

Community Profiles

Join the Territory

Department of Health

Testimonials

For further information about this vacancy please contact:
Dr Ella Huber (HoD) on 08 8951 7777 or [email protected]

Quote vacancy number: 39382
Closing date: 28.08.2025

Applications should consist of a one page summary sheet, resume / CV and copies of relevant qualifications.

For a copy of the Job Description or to view career opportunities in the Northern Territory Government please visit https://jobs.nt.gov.au/Home/Search