- City living without the traffic – click here to see why you should live in Canberra.
- Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
- Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe advantages tax concessions.
- 12.5% Superannuation.
- Visa sponsorship for eligible candidates
- Reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates (subject to review and approval).

About the role:

Position commencement: February 2027. Eligible candidates must be PGY 5+ by February 2027.

Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focused on delivering high quality, effective, person‑centred care. It provides acute, sub‑acute, primary and community‑based health services to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding regions.

The Clinical Microbiology Department at ACT Pathology (Canberra Hospital campus) provides diagnostic and public health microbiological services to all ACT public hospitals, as well as outpatient and community services. The department includes five Microbiologists, four of whom are dual‑trained in Infectious Diseases.

The antimicrobial stewardship service spans across CHS and is supported by the Infectious Diseases Unit, including an AMS physician lead and AMS pharmacist.

This position may suit registrars in either microbiology or infectious diseases, offering experience in antimicrobial stewardship and microbiology, and forming an important link between both departments.

The registrar will be based within the Department of Clinical Microbiology, under the management of the Director of Clinical Microbiology and supervision of the AMS lead physician, with 0.5 FTE allocated to each role. The position will enable microbiology laboratory bench work and training relevant to the experience and training requirements of the registrar,



however it would not be suitable for microbiology trainees requiring consolidated bench experience prior to Part 1 examinations.

The AMS registrar works collaboratively in all aspects of the role with the Microbiology registrar and is required to provide cross cover during times of leave.

Applicants must specifically address the selection criteria. Interviews will be scheduled in‑person the week of 17 August 2026.

Prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:

- Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.

Note: This is a temporary position available for a period of 12 months with the possibility of extension.

- Note: Under the ACTPS employment framework you may be placed in another role where required for the efficient administration of the service.
- Where an offer of employment is for a fixed‑term period, any related temporary contracts within the Territory will be issued in compliance with the requirements and applicable exceptions outlined in the Fair Work Act.

Our Vision:

Creating exceptional healthcare together.

Our Role:

To be a health service that is trusted by our community.

Our Values:

Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind.

We welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.

The ACT public service is committed to closing the gap, underpinned by the belief that when Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have a genuine say in the design and delivery of policies, programs and services that affect them, better life outcomes are achieved.

Note

This is a temporary position available for a period of 12 months with the possibility of extension.

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📌 Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS)/Microbiology Registrar | Full-time Temporary (Canberra)
🏢 Australian Capital Territory
📍 Canberra