Job description
Agency Department of Health Work unit Innovation and Excellence, Division Integrated
Care Top End Health Region
Job title Medical Advisor, Clinical Redesign Designation Staff Specialist Clinician SMO1.1 – SMO1.6
and Quality Improvement
Job type Part time (8 hrs per week) Duration Fixed from 04/08/2026 to 29/01/2027
Salary $213,380 - $261,100 Location Darwin
Position number 47157 RTF 351006 Closing 08/07/2026
Contact officer Kathryn Anderson, Director Innovation and Excellence RDPH on 08 8922 26921 or
[email protected]
About the agency https://health.nt.gov.au/
Apply online https://jobs.nt.gov.au/Home/JobDetails?rtfId=351006
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
Lead and facilitate clinical redesign and quality improvement initiatives across multidisciplinary teams within the Top End Health
Region. The role fosters a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement, embedding sustainable change into
service delivery and operational systems.
Context statement
This position operates within the Integrated Care Division of the Top End Health Region, embedded within the Clinical Redesign
and Quality Improvement Hub. The hub leads both microsystem and system-wide transformation through evidence-based
innovation, consumer engagement and multidisciplinary collaboration. Working across clinical divisions and organisations the
position supports strategic initiatives aligned with regional priorities and continuous improvement in patient outcomes, service
integration and service delivery.
Key duties and responsibilities
1. Deliver clinical leadership and champion clinical redesign initiatives that enhance safety, efficiency and patient outcomes across
the system.
2. Work collaboratively with consumer representatives, clinical units and multidisciplinary teams in order to develop, implement
and evaluate quality improvement programmes, based on evidence-based methodologies, which promote patient centred and
culturally safe care to improve clinical outcomes.
3. Build and sustain continuous quality improvement capability across the Top End Health Region, to include working with units
to explore and realise opportunities for service and quality improvements.
4. Lead teams and facilitate workshops from start to finish with measureable results and operational impacts.
5. Advise the Executive team on key clinical quality improvement activities and priorities.
6. 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. Foster a positive workplace culture through exemplary leadership
practices and role modelling behaviour.
Selection criteria
Essential
1. Registration with the Medical Board of Australia with Fellowship of an Australasian Medical Specialist college.
2. Demonstrated high level interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.
3. Demonstrated clinical experience, leadership and supervision of clinical quality improvement activities with a commitment to
outstanding patient centred care within a multidisciplinary environment.
4. Demonstrated ability to lead and foster team work including managing conflict and negotiate effectively.
5. Excellent problem-solving skills including innovative, conceptual and analytical abilities.
6. Demonstrated ability to work under pressure and time constraints to achieve required goals and tasks.
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.
Approved: November 2025 Prof Didier Palmer, Executive Director Medical Services, TERHS
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