Are you an ambitious ACEM trainee seeking work ‘tailored to your needs’ and with unparalleled opportunities for growth, benefits, flexibility and remuneration?
Private Emergency Health Australia (PEHA) is a FACEM-founded and led business delivering expert management of private emergency departments across metropolitan, regional, and rural Australia. At PEHA, our focus is on reducing the administrative burden, supporting your wellbeing, and fostering your long-term career goals.
PEHA’s principles are centered around the wellbeing of our doctors, reducing their administrative burden as well as providing support, mentoring and leadership opportunities for all doctors.
We are seeking ACEM trainees on a full-time or part time basis for training positions in Townsville:
* Immediate start or for Semester 1, 2026 (from February 2026)
* EOI’s for Semester 2, 2026
About Townsville.
* Townsville is a vibrant coastal city hosting approximately 200,000 people, all essential services, and features Magnetic Island on its doorstep with aquatic adventures for everyone. Townsville is a hub for education, research, and healthcare.
Why Join PEHA?
Excellent Benefits And Remuneration
* Generous Professional Development Allowance
* Relocation Allowance available
Accelerate your career progression
* Accredited training positions with a pathway to consultant
* FACEM leadership and entrepreneurial opportunities
* Tailored induction and education programs
* Mater Private Hospital Townsville has 2 Cath Labs, ICU, most major specialties including pediatrics
Enjoyable and sustainable work environment
* Flexible rosters that suit your lifestyle
* Innovative practice
* A collegial, medically led and supportive culture
* Great access to teaching & accredited education program
* No night shifts
Work in well-resourced emergency departments prioritising excellent patient care
* Enjoy spending time diagnosing and managing patients
* Enjoy same-day access to investigations, including MRIs, ECHOs, and EST interventional radiology.
* Enjoy referring to friendly and knowledgeable specialists happy to assist and admit patients.
* Enjoy providing high-quality care without the pressures of an overcrowded and bed-blocked ED.
Innovate with Us
* Join our AI scribing program.
* Opportunities to explore new ideas and models of care- no new idea is ignored!
* Learn how to innovate in private and public healthcare enterprises.
Whether you're looking to elevate your emergency medicine career or pick up additional flexible work, we’d love to hear from you. Contact PEHA today and discover how we can support your next step in emergency medicine.
Dr Philip Gaudin, FACEM
Founder & Clinical Director
Mobile 0422421969
Email pgaudin@peha.com.au
Joanne Burton
Medical Talent Acquisition Specialist
Mobile 0476 673 460
jburton@peha.com.au
Visit for more details on our vision and initiatives.
PEHA is committed to diversity and inclusion. We encourage applications from doctors with diverse backgrounds and experiences.