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ICU Specialist / Head of Department

Department: Medical (Clinical/ Non-Clinical)

Employment Status: Full-Time

Reports to: Central Australian Health

Location: Alice Springs Hospital, Gap Road, Alice Springs, NT, 0870, Australia

Role Description:

Alice Springs Hospital Intensive Care Unit has several vacancies available on a full-time or part-time basis for up to five years. This role offers an experienced Intensive Care Specialist the opportunity to work in a unique, professionally rewarding environment where clinical impact is significant.

The ICU is a 10-bedded unit with over 600 emergency admissions annually, including approximately 50 paediatric cases. Elective admissions are rare. The unit uses COMET and ANZICS databases, with a low SMR. Registrars are primarily junior trainees from ICU, ED, ACRRM, Anaesthetics and General Medicine streams.

Alice Springs Hospital provides tertiary-level care and is affiliated with Charles Darwin University (NT) and Flinders University (SA). While the town has a population of under 30,000, the hospital services a catchment larger than NSW, Victoria and the ACT combined.

Resident subspecialty services include Cardiology, Nephrology, Respiratory Medicine, Oncology, Infectious Diseases and Endocrinology. General Surgery and Orthopaedics cover most surgical needs, with intermittent Interventional Radiology support.

Approximately 70% of ICU patients are Aboriginal, many of whom speak multiple languages. The ICU manages complex comorbidities including rheumatic heart disease, renal failure, diabetes and chronic lung disease, often alongside sepsis and trauma.

Alice Springs offers an excellent lifestyle with year-round arts, music and sporting events, quality schools, strong community networks and outstanding outdoor recreation opportunities.

Applications are welcome from candidates seeking part-time or full-time employment (0.5–1.0 FTE). Suitable applicants willing to undertake the Head of Department (ICU Director) role are strongly encouraged to apply. This role attracts additional remuneration and provides significant scope for service development.

Applications Closing Date: 05 Jan 2026

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Intensive Care Consultant

Department: Medical (Clinical/ Non-Clinical)

Employment Status: Full-Time

Reports to: Alice Springs Hospital

Location: Gap Rd Alice Springs NT 0870 Australia

Role Description:

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 the 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.

Closing Date: 24-06-2026

Please email below to apply

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Head of Department, ICU

Department: Medical (Clinical/ Non-Clinical)

Employment Status: Full-Time

Reports to: Alice Springs Hospital

Location: Gap Rd Alice Springs NT 0870 Australia

Role Description:

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 the Intensive Care Unit.
  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.

Closing date: 24/06/2026

Please email below to apply

Email
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