Centre for Remote Health, Alice Springs
Onsite
Position Details
About the Role
As the Medical Director, Regional Training Hub NT, you will provide strategic leadership to support and strengthen medical education and training pathways across the Northern Territory. Working closely with health services, specialist colleges, government agencies and community stakeholders, you will drive initiatives that expand rural and remote training capacity, support the development of the medical workforce, and enhance opportunities for students, pre-vocational doctors and specialist trainees. This influential role combines educational leadership, stakeholder engagement and clinical expertise to help build a sustainable healthcare workforce for the Territory.
Key responsibilities include:
This position makes a significant contribution to the University’s strategic plan to change 10 million lives, Every One Matters, by 2035, through directly contributing to the core enabler of Stronger Together, fostering collaborative partnerships across the health, education and community sectors to strengthen medical training pathways, build workforce capability and improve health outcomes in rural and remote communities.
About You
You are an experienced medical practitioner and educator who is passionate about developing the future healthcare workforce in rural and remote communities. With a strong understanding of the Northern Territory health system, you bring a collaborative leadership style, contemporary clinical expertise and a proven ability to build meaningful partnerships that support high-quality medical education and training. You thrive in complex environments, enjoy mentoring emerging clinicians and are committed to improving health outcomes through education and workforce development.
To be successful in this position, you will have:
Flinders Rural and Remote Health NT
At Flinders Rural and Remote Health NT, our aim is to be a hub for innovative health research, education, and workforce development across the Northern Territory. We engage with students, community, and stakeholders to provide critical programs, such as the Northern Territory Medical Program, Paramedicine, Rural Clinical School, and the University Department of Rural Health.
Our postgraduate education pathways (Remote Health Practice program), provides workforce development through Indigenous health and clinical skills training, and we have a community driven research program led by researchers committed to improving health outcomes. We work alongside Poche SA+NT focussing on Indigenous leadership capacity development and developing the Indigenous health workforce. All activities are driven by our values which focus on the long-term and short-term needs of the NT community.
Life at Flinders
They say know your place. We say you've found it right here.
Flinders University was founded on the belief that learning should open minds, celebrate individuality and give people the freedom to pursue their own point of view. That spirit lives on in our community of thinkers, doers and changemakers who challenge convention, and each other, to shape what comes next.
Rising to a challenge is nothing new for Flinders. During our first 60 years, we’ve navigated revolutionary changes in social and cultural norms, and have responded to transformative economic, environmental and technological developments. Through it all, we’ve continued to deliver for our students and community, innovating in learning and research to prepare graduates for the changing world they help create.
Reaching beyond the limits of buildings, borders, and backgrounds, ours is an inclusive culture that believes absolutely in equality and opportunity for all. We don't just accommodate differences; we embrace and celebrate them.
Our Commitment to Reconciliation and Indigenous Employment
Flinders University is proud to be an organisation that is committed to our Reconciliation Action Plan and Indigenous Workforce Strategy. Our vision is to be a preferred employer for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We are committed to progressing Indigenous advancement in education, research, employment, and wellbeing, and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for all Flinders vacancies.
Prescribed Conditions for Employment
Appointment to this role is conditional on the completion of required pre-employment checks and declarations, each of which must be satisfactory to the University.
These include:
How to Apply and Information
Applications to be submitted before 10:00 pm (ACST) Thursday, 8 October 2026.
Please note, late applications and applications sent via agencies will not be accepted.
At Flinders we embrace and celebrate diversity and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, ethnicities, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities.
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Applications to be submitted before 10.00pm:
08 Oct 2026At Flinders we embrace and celebrate diversity and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, ethnicities, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities.
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