Consultant/Specialist Anaesthetist – Tropical Northern Australia

Salary package up to AU$617,000, dependent on experience

Full-time and fractional appointments available

Six weeks’ annual leave | Relocation assistance | Exceptional lifestyle

IMG Anaesthetists who have been assessed by ANZCA as substantially comparable will be considered

This is an outstanding opportunity to work as a Consultant/Specialist Anaesthetist in one of Australia’s most adventurous, culturally diverse and clinically rewarding regions.

Join a major tertiary teaching hospital providing complex specialist care across an immense geographical area. You will work with a supportive multidisciplinary team, manage a varied and challenging caseload and make a meaningful contribution to healthcare delivery for regional, remote communities.

A lifestyle beyond the ordinary

This is Australia on a grand scale ancient landscapes, tropical coastline, extraordinary wildlife and adventure in every direction.

Spend your time away from work exploring iconic national parks, swimming beneath waterfalls, fishing in remote waterways, camping beneath open skies or setting off on a four-wheel-drive journey through the outback.

The tropical city offers a relaxed and welcoming lifestyle, excellent schooling and childcare options, short commutes and considerably more time to enjoy life outside work. The hospital’s coastal cycling route makes even the daily commute memorable.

Southeast Asia is also on your doorstep. Bali is approximately three hours away by air, while Singapore can be reached in around four hours making an international weekend away entirely possible.





For anaesthetists seeking complex clinical work, professional purpose and a genuine sense of adventure, few Australian locations offer a more distinctive opportunity.

The benefits

- Lucrative remuneration package of up to AU$617,000, depending on experience
- Six weeks of annual recreation leave
- Two weeks of study leave annually
- Relocation assistance and short-term subsidised accommodation
- Full-time and flexible fractional appointments
- Protected clinical support and qualified-development time
- Opportunities to contribute to Indigenous health and improve access to specialist care
- Exposure to a younger and culturally diverse patient population
- Potential opportunities in private practice, retrieval medicine and regional outreach
- A supportive, inclusive and professionally diverse specialist department

The role

You will provide high-quality specialist services in:

- Anaesthesia
- Acute pain management
- Regional anaesthesia
- Perioperative medicine
- Emergency and trauma surgery
- High-risk obstetrics
- Paediatric anaesthesia
- Diagnostic and interventional procedures

The principal hospital is a major tertiary referral and teaching facility supported by a second campus providing lower-acuity elective surgical services.





The health service manages approximately 14,000 procedures annually and provides most surgical specialties, excluding cardiac surgery. The caseload includes significant emergency and trauma activity, complex obstetrics and approximately 15% paediatric work.

The service is supported by an 18-bed Intensive Care Unit with ECMO capability and a Level 5 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The hospital also has a nationally recognised role in trauma, critical-care and disaster-response medicine.

Specialists are encouraged to participate in education, clinical governance, service development, research, quality and safety, sustainability and staff wellbeing. Teaching opportunities are available across a broad trainee population, including anaesthetic registrars, Provisional Fellows, GP Anaesthetic trainees, critical-care trainees, junior doctors and medical students.

Requirements

Applicants must hold, or be eligible to obtain, specialist registration with the Medical Board of Australia through AHPRA.

Applicants should hold Fellowship of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists who have been assessed by ANZCA as substantially comparable

How to Apply

If you are an experienced Anaesthetist interested in combining high-level specialist practice with an exceptional tropical lifestyle, we would be pleased to hear from you.

For a confidential discussion about the opportunity, please contact:

Nicki Wade

Senior Medical Recruitment Consultant – CC Medical

Phone: +61 401 010 048

Email: [email protected]

📌 Consultant/Specialist Anaesthetist – Tropical Northern Australia (Alice Springs)
🏢 CC Medical
📍 Alice Springs