Classification: Post Graduate Fellow
Salary: $237,047 plus superannuation
Position No: 45400 - 02QH6
Directorate: Canberra Health Services
Advertised (Gazettal date): 20 May 2026
Contact Officer: Dr Phoebe Swan on [email protected]
What can we offer you:
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City living without the traffic – click here to see why you should live in Canberra
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Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital
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Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions
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12.5% Superannuation
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VISA/Sponsorship for eligible candidates
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Reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates (subject to review and approval).
To find out more on what a career at CHS can give you, the benefits of working with us and why Canberra is Australia's happiest city click here: Benefits of working with us - Canberra Health Services
About the role:
This is a full time (1.0 FTE) appointment commencing February 2027 with the possibility of extension for a further 12 months. To be eligible for this position you must be PGY7+ and have been accepted into CMFM Subspecialty training. Salary and conditions of service are in accordance with the current ACT Public Sector Medical Practitioners Union Collective Agreement. This position is inclusive of shift work which is undertaken outside normal working hours.
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.
Medical Staff in the Canberra Health Services enjoy excellent conditions, and our Enterprise Agreement is available at: ACTPS Medical Practitioners Enterprise Agreement 2023 - 2026
The Centenary Hospital for Women and Children is the level 6 tertiary referral centre for the ACT and surrounding region with over 3700 births. It has a busy Neonatal Intensive Care Unit with a regional role extending throughout southern NSW and over 200 level 3 admissions each year. It is the only tertiary care perinatal unit between Sydney and Melbourne and thus has a busy Maternal Fetal Medicine Department.
The Maternal Fetal Medicine Department provides MFM subspecialty patient care with consultations, diagnostic services, invasive procedures, counselling, and multidisciplinary management of high-risk pregnancies and assessment and management of pregnancies complicated by fetal anomalies This team includes MFM consultants, trainees, sonographers, midwives, genetic counsellors and administrative team members and works closely with specialists in Obstetrics, Neonatology, Clinical Genetics, Anaesthetics, Medicine and Paediatric Surgery. The MFM Department at CHS has a large catchment with a large volume of pathology. A wide range of specialised Obstetric clinics are offered, including maternal medicine/high risk pregnancy clinics, placental mediated disease clinic, preterm birth clinic, preconception counselling clinic, combined obstetric anaesthetics clinic and perinatal loss clinics. There are daily fetal medicine clinics with a high exposure to pathology and diagnostic procedures.
This position also has access to all the relevant multidisciplinary areas of CMFM training such as the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Adult ICU, Pathology Department, Emergency Department, Operating theatre and Genetics clinics. There is an on-call component for successful applications, either on the senior registrar roster, or the consultant roster, depending on the applicant’s level. This role may also involve some time spent in the general O&G department depending on needs of the successful applicant and department. There is support to complete the Essential ATM for those completing their FRANZCOG training also.
Prior to commencement, the successful candidates will be required to:
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Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check
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Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy
This position will be an accredited Fellow in Maternal Fetal Medicine. For more information regarding the position details and requirements for accreditation, click here for the Position Description
Note: This is a full time temporary (1.0 FTE) position commencing February 2027 with the possibility of extension for a further 12 months and/or permanency.
For more information on this position and how to apply “click here”
Note: Under the ACTPS employment framework you may be placed in another role where required for the efficient administration of the service.
Where an offer of employment is for a fixed-term period, any related temporary contracts within the Territory will be issued in compliance with the requirements and applicable exceptions outlined in the Fair Work Act.
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 region. More information can be found on the CHS website.
Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together
Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our community
Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind
CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.
The new state-of-the-art Building 5 is now officially open at Canberra Hospital. This 44,000sqm, nine-storey facility, the largest healthcare infrastructure project in the Territory's history, delivers cutting-edge acute clinical services. Building 5 seamlessly integrates with existing campus buildings, ensuring smooth public access, patient transportation, and efficient logistics.
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This is a full time temporary (1.0 FTE) position commencing February 2027 with the possibility of extension for a further 12 months and/or permanency.
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