Job Description
Job Number:
Anaesthetics Senior Registrar (
Job Number:
02LSS )
Description
‘Creating exceptional health care together.’
POSITION DESCRIPTION
Position Title: Anaesthetic Senior Registrar
Employment Type: Full time
Classification: Senior Registrar
Salary: $158,634 (pa)
Location: Canberra Hospital, Garran ACT. North Canberra Hospital, Bruce ACT. National Capital Private Hospital, Garran ACT. Calvary John James Private Hospital, Deakin ACT. Calvary Bruce Private Hospital, Bruce ACT.
Section: Surgery
Closing Date: 6 July 2025
What can we offer you:
· City living without the traffic – click here to see why you should live in Canberra
· Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital
· Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions
· VISA/Sponsorship for eligible candidates
· Reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates (subject to review and approval).
This position is for a February 2026 commencement for a period of 12 months. Applications may be considered for a six-month contract upon request. To be eligible for this position you must be PGY7+ from February 2026.
Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person-centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding regions. More information can be found on the CHS website .
Canberra Hospital is a modern 600 bed hospital and the major tertiary teaching hospital for the Australian Capital Territory and surrounding NSW region serving a population of 0.5 million. The annual caseload is over 19,000.
The Canberra Hospital has positions for 33 Registrars and four Senior Registrars. The Senior Registrar positions are equivalent to Provisional Fellows as per ANZCA (and recognised as such by ANZCA).
The Department of Anaesthesia, Perioperative Medicine and Pain Management at Canberra Hospital provides a comprehensive range of clinical anaesthesia services for most surgical specialties including cardiothoracic surgery, neurosurgery, upper GI, orthopaedic surgery, ENT, vascular surgery, maxillofacial surgery, urology and paediatric surgery along with an active preadmission clinic, and an acute and chronic pain management service. The hospital has 24 operating theatres (including a dedicated MRI neuroanaesthesia suite) and a 40-bed intensive care unit.The new clinical services building, which includes 22 new state-of-the-art operating theatres, opened in August 2024. In addition, the Department of Anaesthesia services several out-of-areas requirements for general anaesthesia or sedation, such as gastroenterology, angiography, electrophysiology and brachytherapy.
North Canberra Public Hospital is accredited for six Registrars. It is a modern healthcare service complex comprising a 174-bed public district general hospital.
Both hospitals are teaching hospitals of the Australian National University (ANU) Medical School and have strong research links to the John Curtin School of Medical Research at the ANU as well as to the University of Canberra.
This position will have access to National Capital Private Hospital, Calvary John James Private Hospital and Calvary Bruce Private Hospital, all of which are ANZCA-accredited satellite sites.
The positions available are:
· Perioperative anaesthesia
· Obstetric anaesthesia
· Anaesthesia and hepatobiliary and Upper GIT surgery
More specific information is available below on each of the sub-speciality positions.
This position will be required to provide general anaesthetic services to a wide variety of specialties in a busy anaesthetics department and at times supervise junior trainees.
This position is required to participate in the after-hours roster, including rostered after-hours shifts, weekends, night shifts and on-call.It is expected that the on-call requirement will help the transition to consultant practice.
The successful applicants are expected to participate in education and quality improvement projects within the department.
Perioperative medicine
Perioperative medicine is an emerging subspecialty within anaesthesia, as the importance of patient centred perioperative care has become a focus. The department runs specific consultant led high-risk preoperative assessment clinics to assess suitability for surgery and achieve patient optimisation.Involvement in these clinics will be central to this position.There will be scope for the successful applicant to anaesthetise and participate in the postoperative care of some of these patients.
There is provision gain some experience in transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) working with echocardiography technicians, as well as interpreting echocardiograms with cardiologists and anaesthetists. We are accredited for training in the Chapter of Perioperative Medicine course.This option can be explored by individuals who are interested in this pathway.
Obstetric
The obstetric anaesthetic provisional fellow will be provided ample exposure to straightforward and complex obstetric cases in a busy tertiary department with close to 4000 deliveries per year. The trainee will function as part of a multidisciplinary team providing excellent care to women and their families at the Centenary Hospital for Women and Children. They will have the opportunity to participate in teaching and supervision of junior trainees, to be involved in quality improvement activities, and to pursue subspecialty areas of interest.
Hepatobiliary and upper GI surgery
The Canberra Hospital provides anaesthesia for a variety of complex open and laparoscopic upper GI surgery including Ivor-Lewis Oesophagectomy, Liver resection, pancreatectomy, adrenalectomy and Gastrectomy.The trainee will participate in all aspects of care for these patients.This 12-month position consists of six months hepatobiliary and Upper GI and six months general.
The Department of Anaesthesia, Perioperative Medicine and Pain management at Canberra Hospital provides anaesthesia services for general, hepatobiliary, orthopaedic, cardiothoracic, ENT, paediatric, vascular, maxillofacial, urology and neurosurgery, as well as medical imaging, angiography and electrophysiology studies.The trainee will get broad exposure across these areas with the potential to develop specific interests as opportunities arise.
Prior to commencement, the successful candidates will be required to:
• Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check
• Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy
Applications must be submitted through the e-recruitment system and must include:
• A copy of a current resumé.
• A response to the selection criteria under “what you require” in no more than two pages, outlining your skills, knowledge and experience and why you should be considered for this role.
• Two referee reports. At least one from a current supervisor. You can download the referee report templatehere
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