Closes: 08 October 2026

Classification: Board/Committee/Council Position No: Community Representative for Ministerial Council

Directorate: Independent Statutory Offices including boards, tribunals and committees

Advertised (Gazettal date): 10 September 2026

Expression of Interest: Community Representative for Ministerial Council.

The Canberra Region Medical Education Council (CRMEC), the Postgraduate Medical Council of the ACT, is seeking expressions of interest for a community/consumer representative.

The Canberra Region Medical Education Council (CRMEC) is a values-based organisation that respects and welcomes diversity, established as a Ministerial Council by the Minister for Health.

The CRMEC

- Performs accreditation functions for prevocational (PGY1 and PGY2) education and training programs (ETPs) in the ACT training region.
- Provides advice to the Minister for Health regarding medical education, training and welfare for prevocational doctors.

The CRMEC delivers and facilitates leadership and innovation in postgraduate medical education. Our stakeholders include the training hospitals in the ACT and linked rural facilities, the Australian Medical Council, the Australian National University, and other national postgraduate medical education councils. Council members include medical administrators, clinicians and clinical supervisors, medical education specialists, rural health representatives, doctors in training and consumers. The role of CRMEC community representative members includes:
- Contribution to strategic and expert advice related to prevocational medical education and accreditation within the ACT network and nationally from the health consumer perspective.
- Contributing to high level decisions on the accreditation status of health services on recommendation from survey teams, an Accreditation Committee and consistent with the national Standards.




- Building stakeholder relationships and facilitating networking of organisations with a stake in prevocational education and training.
- Collaborating with other CRMEC members, CRMEC advisors and the Secretariat.
- Attending 4-5 CRMEC meetings annually and responding to out-of-session requests for advice. Selection criteria:
- Has previous experience in an accreditation or quality improvement role, preferably in healthcare.
- Demonstrates a robust understanding of the context of prevocational medical education and training, including its accreditation, in the ACT training region and/or Australia-wide.
- Demonstrates an understanding of welfare and safety of doctors in training in Australia, and the impact on patient safety.
- Demonstrates an understanding of conflict-of-interest management and ethical decision making.
- Demonstrates excellent communications and a contribution to collaborative teamwork.

Appointments to the Council will be made by the Minister for Health on advice from a Selection Panel and Cabinet. For applicants who are currently not employed in the public service or university sectors, remuneration (including superannuation) is determined by the ACT Remuneration Tribunal, Determination for Part Time Office Holders. Public servants or university employees are not eligible for remuneration for this role. How to Apply: Please contact the Secretariat for an Application Kit:

Prof. Emily Haesler, CRMEC Director

[email protected]

Phone 512 42946

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.

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. More information can be found here ACT Closing the Gap Implementation Plan - ACT Government Transparency Portal.

Career interest categories:

Boards, Committees and Tribunals

📌 Community Representative for Ministerial Council | Part-time Temporary (Canberra)
🏢 Act Government
📍 Canberra