Employment Type: Full Time
Location: Darwin, NT
Application Close Date: Monday 4th August 2025 AEST

Where you’ll be working

What it is like working at NT Health? 

Royal Darwin Hospital (RDH) is a 370-bed facility located in the northern suburbs of Darwin. It serves as the tertiary referral hospital for the Top End of the NT and provides a wide range of acute and specialist medical services to urban, regional, and remote communities across the Top End and beyond.

RDH is a tertiary teaching hospital affiliated with Flinders University, Charles Darwin University, the Menzies School of Health Research, and the National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre

Palmerston Regional Hospital (PRH) is a 116-bed facility located 20km south of Darwin. It operates as an extension of RDH and is a sub-acute service hospital.

About the Role

As the Director Medical Services, you will provide strategic and clinical leadership to ensure the safe, effective delivery of patient centred care. You’ll lead divisional directors to benchmark and monitor clinical performance, drive a culture of psychological safety and accountability, and support continuous improvement.

You will be responsible for strengthening clinical governance frameworks, overseeing medico-legal responses, and addressing clinical risk, accreditation, and consumer feedback. You’ll support staff through coaching, lead major service improvement initiatives, and promote integration of teaching, training, and research in partnership with academic and research institutions.

About You

To be successful you will have:

• Eligibility for general and/or specialist registration with the Medical Board of Australia.
• Completed fellowship (or associate) with the Royal
• Australasian College of Medical Administrators.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in medical administration, leadership and management in a health service environment.
• Demonstrated experience in leading the implementation of a multidisciplinary approach to service delivery.
• Demonstrated high-level credibility and ability to coach and advise clinicians.

More information

For further information about this vacancy please contact:

Name: Dr Sara Watson
Phone number: 08 8922 8840
Email address: RDHExecutive.health@nt.gov.au

Applications close Monday 4th August 2025