Job description
Agency Department of Health Work unit Division of Women Children and Youth
Job title Junior Paediatric Registrar (Australia Designation Senior Registrar SREG1 - SREG2
College Rural Remote Medicine or Rural
General Practitioner Trainee)
Job type Full time Duration Fixed from 03/08/2026 for 12 months
Salary $166,617 - $182,143 Location Darwin
Position number 37555 RTF 330240 Closing 23/09/2025
Contact officer Dr Anna Lithgow on 08 8922 8888 or anna.lithgow@nt.gov.au
About the agency http://www.health.nt.gov.au/
Apply online https://jobs.nt.gov.au/Home/JobDetails?rtfId=330240

1. Provide inpatient care to patients on the general paediatric wards, and in the special care unit.
2. Provide routine and emergency after-hours care on a rotating roster basis.
3. Conduct general paediatric and specialty paediatric outpatient clinics at Royal Darwin Hospital.
4. Participate in the provision of specialist paediatric outreach services to Regional Hospitals and remote communities.
5. Supervise, support and evaluate the work of junior staff in the provision of inpatient care.
6. Participate in continuous medical education, professional development, peer review, research, teaching, quality
   improvement activities and clinical audits as appropriate.
7. Liaise with medical, allied health, nursing and external agencies to provide input into departmental and hospital policies,
   procedures and guidelines, in line with national and international best practise
8. Participate in Quality Control and Quality Assurance activities of the unit, for the ongoing development of specialist
   Paediatric 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.