Company description:

As an organisation we have a clear focus on how we service and partner with our community, including our strategy of helping the community stay well when at home. Our reputation of community minded, inclusive and progressive is matched to none.

Job description:

Northern Health are seeking applications from motivated and suitably experienced people to join the Northern Doctors Workforce team.

This is a fixed term parental leave cover role until January 2027.

Northern Health is the major provider of acute, maternity, sub-acute, mental health, specialist, community and home-based services in Melbourne's rapidly growing outer north.

Services are provided through our five main campuses:

Northern Hospital Epping, Broadmeadows Hospital, Bundoora Centre, Craigieburn Centre, and Kilmore District Hospital. In addition, Mental Health Services are provided at Epping, Broadmeadows, Jacana, Preston, Mill Park and Coburg.

About the Role:

Northern Health employs senior and junior medical staff to support clinical activities across all its campuses. Northern Doctors Service (NDS) is responsible for medical workforce planning and the recruitment of senior medical staff (SMS) and junior medical staff (JMS) across Northern Health. NDS is also responsible for providing employee service functions to medical staff and for providing policy advice on issues relating to employment of medical staff at Northern Health.

The Coordinator, Junior Medical Staff Recruitment is responsible for facilitating and supporting the seamless process of medical employment by being part of a team responsible in the following areas:

• Medical workforce planning and establishment in conjunction with Divisional Directors and Heads of Unit (HOU)
• Participation in Post Graduate Medical Council of Victoria (PMCV) match processes
• Leading recruitment and selection of appointments outside of PMCV/Training College processes alongside HOU and supervisors of training, including recruitment of International Medical Graduates (IMGs) where required.
• Coordination of Junior Medical Staff recruitment, credentialing, contracting and onboarding
• Employment contracting of casual and secondment arrangements

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Proven willingness to learn and adapt to a new environment and understand JMS career pathways, Doctors in Training Enterprise Bargaining Agreement and medical recruitment processes.
• Knowledge of contemporary recruitment practices, reference checking and due diligence
• High level of communication skills and a sense of customer service.
• Highly organised and flexible work ethic, with high attention to detail
• Proven ability to work cohesively in a small team.
• Ability to liaise and work in a calm, clear and concise manner with medical staff and respond to related enquiries in a timely manner
• Resilience to work in highly demanding and busy environment during peak periods

Next Steps . . .

If this opportunity sounds like the next step in your career, then we would love to hear from you. Please click on the 'Apply' button and follow the prompts.

For further details, please refer to the Position Description Alternatively, you can contact Sarah Kliene, Manager Recruitment, Northern Doctors Workforce, via [email protected]

Applications close 14 October 2025