Closes: 25 November 2026

Classification: Senior Registrar
Salary: $173,760 plus superannuation
Position No: 20342 - 02SJD
Directorate: Canberra Health Services
Advertised (Gazettal date): 09 November 2026
Contact Officer: Dr Liam Byrne on [email protected]

What can we offer you:

- 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).

Applications are sought for the 2027 clinical year, commencing February 2027 for 12 months with possible extension. To be eligible for this position you must be PGY7+ by February 2027.

Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of 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. More information can be found on the CHS website.

Canberra Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit is a tertiary level, mixed adult Intensive Care admitting over 2500 patients a year. The ICU is accredited by the College of Intensive Care Medicine (CICM) for two years of core training and for the sub-specialties of Trauma, Cardiothoracic, and Neurosurgery.

Our intensive care trainees are exposed to a broad case mix of critically ill patients. There are 39 physical bed spaces currently.





A Senior Registrar in Intensive Care Medicine plays a key role in the delivery of medical care to critically ill patients. The Senior Registrar’s position is a transitional role between that of Registrar and Provisional Fellow/Consultant, with flexibility and graded responsibility to allow increasing clinical autonomy, and development of skills in research, focused cardiac echocardiography, education and administration.

We offer a structured teaching program tailored for the needs of the individual advanced trainee while providing support from Staff Specialists experienced in the practice of Intensive Care Medicine.

It is expected that all appointees will be registered with the College of Intensive Care Medicine (CICM) and in their advanced training years, though trainees from ANZCA and FACEM with substantial ICU experience may be considered.

Our Senior registrar positions are accredited for training in Anaesthesia and Emergency Medicine as well. A well-established helicopter retrieval service is associated with the campus though is not under the governance of the ICU. For those senior trainees interested in a training year that involves retrieval medicine as well as ICU, please contact us as below.

Prior to commencement, the successful candidates will be required to:





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

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.

Note: This is a temporary position commencing in February 2027 for a period of 12 months with the possibility of extension.

Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together
Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our community
Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind

CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, 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. More information can be found here ACT Closing the Gap Implementation Plan - ACT Government Transparency Portal.

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Note

This is a temporary position commencing in February 2027 for a period of 12 months with the possibility of extension.

📌 Intensive Care Medicine Senior Registrar | Full-time Temporary (Canberra)
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