Job description
Agency Department of Health Work unit Division of Women Children and Youth
Job title Paediatrics – Adolescent Designation Senior Registrar SREG1 - SREG2
Job type Full time Duration Fixed from 01/02/2027 to 31/01/2028
Salary $166,617 - $182,143 Location Darwin
Position number 45349 RTF 348969 Closing 18/06/2026
Contact officer Dr Rosie Rock on 08 8922 8888 or [email protected]
About the agency https://health.nt.gov.au/
Apply online https://jobs.nt.gov.au/Home/JobDetails?rtfId=348969
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
Support the Paediatric service to provide care to complex Adolescent patients attending Top End Health Services,
predominantly through ambulatory care with some inpatient work at Royal Darwin and Palmerston Hospitals (RDPH).
Key duties and responsibilities
1. Weekly adolescent medical clinic where the registrar will see adolescents for a range of complex medical and psychosocial
presentations, including support for high risk youth recently discharged from RDPH.
2. Outpatient services for adolescents in the child protection and youth justice systems.
3. Adolescent Diabetes clinics.
4. Twice weekly case conference with the inpatient Adolescent clinical nurse consultant.
5. Support paediatric involvement in multi-agency community services that support at-risk youth.
6. Participate in the provision of specialist paediatric outreach services to Regional Hospitals and remote communities as
required, through both telehealth and in-person visits.
7. Participate in continuous medical education, professional development, peer review, research, teaching, quality
improvement activities and clinical audits as appropriate.
8. Work with medical, mental health, Allied health, and relevant community groups to support the ongoing development of
Adolescent services in the Northern Territory.
9. 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.
10.Foster a positive workplace culture through exemplary leadership practices and role modelling behaviour.
Selection criteria
Essential
1. Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) registration.
2. Advanced paediatric trainee (completed Royal Australian College Physicians exams) or provisional advanced trainee.
3. Demonstrated interest in and commitment to improving the health of adolescents and young people.
4. Demonstrated interest in Indigenous health.
5. Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills and the ability to interact positively as a team member in a
cross-cultural work environment.
6. Evidence of commitment to continuing education, teaching, research and quality assurance activities.
Desirable
1. Experience working in adolescent health or child protection.
2. Experience working in the Northern Territory.
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.
