Job description
Agency Department of Health Work unit Division of Women Children and Youth
Job title Paediatrician Consultant Designation Specialist Clinician
Job type Full time Duration Fixed for 12 months
Salary $213,380 - $261,100 Location Darwin
Position number 37539 RTF Closing 01/09/2025
Contact officer Dr Catherine Boyd on or
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APPLICATIONS MUST INCLUDE A ONE-PAGE SUMMARY ABOUT YOU, A DETAILED RESUME AND COPIES OF YOUR
TERTIARY QUALIFICATIONS.
Information for applicants – inclusion and diversity and Special Measures recruitment plans
The NTPS values diversity. The NTPS encourages people from all diversity groups to apply for vacancies and accommodates
people with disability by making reasonable workplace adjustments. If you require an adjustment for the recruitment
process or job, please discuss this with the contact officer. For more information about applying for this position and the
merit process, go to the OCPE website.
Aboriginal applicants will be granted priority consideration for this vacancy. For more information on Special Measures
plans, go to the OCPE website.
Primary objective
Provide specialist paediatric care to patients within the Paediatric Department of the Royal Darwin Hospital, regional
hospitals and remote communities; and to contribute to post graduate education at Royal Darwin Hospital, including the
supervision of paediatric trainees.
Key duties and responsibilities
1. Provide specialist care of children in paediatric outpatients, incorporating supervision and teaching of junior staff.
2. Participate in provision of specialist outreach paediatric services to regional hospitals and/or remote Top End
communities.
3. Provided specialised care to children admitted to the general paediatric ward on a roster basis, including afterhours cover
4. Provide specialist care and advice on the management of children to non-paediatric colleagues within the hospital, and
to colleagues in geographically isolated centres in the NT.
5. Participate in continuous medical education including undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, professional
development, peer review, research, and quality improvement activities.
6. Collaborate with other medical, nursing, and allied health colleagues to review and revise policies, procedures and
guidelines in line with national and international recommendations.
7. Follow defined service quality standards, work health and safety policies and procedures relating to the work being
undertaken in order to ensure high quality, safe services and workplaces.
8. Foster a positive workplace culture through exemplary leadership practices and role modelling behaviour.
Selection criteria
Essential
1. Registration with the Medical Board of Australia.
2. Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of Physicians and skills appropriate for general paediatric care.
3. Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills and the ability to interact positively in a team and in a
cross- cultural work environment.
4. Flexibility; an ability to work in a complex and unpredictable environment.
5. A demonstrated interest in and commitment to improving Indigenous health.
6. Experience in acute and/ or developmental and behavioural paediatrics.
7. An understanding of the importance of child protection, and trauma-informed care in our region.
1. Evidence of commitment to continuing education, teaching, research and quality improvement activities.
Desirable
1. Specific experience in neurodevelopmental paediatrics
2. Previous experience working in the Northern Territory or similar setting.
3. Experience contributing to the development and implementation of local/regional policy
Further information
Positions may be subject to pre-employment checks such as immunisation requirements, working with children clearance
notice and criminal history checks. A criminal history will not exclude an applicant from this position unless it is a relevant
criminal history. For immunisation requirements - Category A (direct contact with blood or body substances) or Category B
(indirect contact with blood or body substances), check with contact person for requirements.