Job description
Agency Department of Health Work unit Surgery and Critical Care
Job title Specialist Clinician – Ear, Nose and Throat Designation Specialist Clinician
Job type Full time Duration Fixed for 12 months
Salary $213,380 - $261,100 Location Darwin, Palmerston
Position number 46753 RTF 323917 Closing 16/07/2025
Contact officer Dr Suresh Mahendran at suresh.mahendran2@nt.gov.au
About the agency http://www.health.nt.gov.au/
Apply online https://jobs.nt.gov.au/Home/JobDetails?rtfId=323917

1. Conduct regular inpatient ward rounds, outpatient sessions and theatre sessions, incorporating teaching, and provide specialist
   opinion to referring medical practitioners.
2. As an Ear, Nose and Throat specialist provide care and advice on the management of patients with Ear, Nose, Throat conditions to
   colleagues both within and outside the specialty, and to those colleagues in geographically isolated centres in the Northern Territory.
3. Provide, with other members of the Department of Ear, Nose and Throat, routine and emergency after hours care on a roster basis.
4. Provide an after-hours consultancy service to colleagues and junior medical staff.
5. Direct, coordinate, supervise, manage and evaluate the work of subordinate medical staff in the provision of patient care.
6. Participate in continuous medical education including undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, professional development, peer
   review, research, teaching, quality improvement activities and clinical audits as appropriate.
7. Liaise with other medical, paramedical and nursing staff and provide input into Unit and Hospital policies, for the ongoing development
   of specialist Ear, Nose and Throat services in the Northern Territory.
8. As part of the Ear, Nose and Throat Department, participate and supervise Quality Control and Quality Assurance activities, review
   and revise policies, procedures and guidelines in line with national and international recommendations.
9. Ensure there is a strategic approach to the development of contemporary human resource practices and policies including workplace
   health and safety, equal employment opportunity and ant-discrimination, and a demonstrated commitment to their implementation.