Job description
Agency Department of Health Work unit Intensive Care Unit
Job title Head of Department – Intensive Care Designation Staff Specialist Clinician – SMO1.1 -
Unit SMO1.6
Job type Full time Duration Fixed for up to 5 years
Salary $213,380 – $261,100 Location Alice Springs
Position number 50249 RTF 348146 Closing 24/06/2026
Contact officer Dr Scott Simpson on 08 8951 7777 or [email protected]
About the agency https://health.nt.gov.au
Apply online https://jobs.nt.gov.au/Home/JobDetails?rtfId=348146
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 high quality specialist care to patients at Alice Springs Hospital, Alice Springs and Barkly regions, and fringe areas of
Western Australia and South Australia
Key duties and responsibilities
1. Provide strong leadership and ensure the provision of high quality care for patients in the Intensive Care Unit.
2. Participate in relevant Hospital committees and in other administrative duties as required from time to time and provide
advice to the Executive Director of Medical & Clinical Services on matters relating to Department of Surgery.
3. Initiate and partake in quality management, peer review and ongoing personal medical education programs, and
undertake research as appropriate.
4. Participate in the on-call roster as required to ensure the proper functioning of the hospital.
5. Ensure adequate supervision of and participation in teaching programs for junior medical staff and medical students.
6. Undertake Clinical Audit activities and research as appropriate.
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. Eligible for specialist medical registration with the Medical Board of Australia.
2. Appropriate specialist qualifications or equivalent of full time service in medical practice as a Specialist medical Officer
or eligible for Fellowship with Intensive Care Medicine of Australia and New Zealand (FCICM)
3. Demonstrated ability to manage full complexity of critically ill patients
4. Interest in Indigenous health, and an ability to interact effectively with people of diverse cultures.
5. Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills, and the ability to interact positively and effectively in a
cross-cultural work environment, as a team member and with people of diverse cultures
6. Ability to work effectively as part of the multi-disciplinary team and an interest in and a commitment to improving
Aboriginal health.
7. Ability to assume administrative and supervisory responsibilities
8. Demonstrated initiative and ability motivate others and to directly manage performance of junior staff and a commitment
to continuing education, and research.
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 Professor Alan Sandford AM, Executive Director of Medical and Clinical Services
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