Member Opportunities

Discover a fulfilling career with Torres and Cape HHS. Say goodbye to the city hustle and embrace the warmth of community.
Experience Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture of western Cape York. Enjoy northern Australia’s diverse environment including fishing, camping and sea adventures.
Work with passionate health care professionals across the cape – from Weipa Hospital to our many rural and remote community facilities.
Do you have a passion for equity, commitment to health, advancing health equity and promoting better outcomes for all?
Give John a call (0422 441 481) and yarn about your Career Up Here!

Discover a fulfilling career with Torres and Cape HHS. Say goodbye to the city hustle and embrace the warmth of community.
Experience Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture of western Cape York. Enjoy northern Australia’s diverse environment including fishing, camping and sea adventures.
Work with passionate health care professionals across the cape – from Weipa Hospital to our many rural and remote community facilities.
Do you have a passion for equity, commitment to health, advancing health equity and promoting better outcomes for all?
Give John a call (0422 441 481) and yarn about your Career Up Here!

About the role
Reporting to the General Manager, you’ll oversee the national governance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health education. You’ll develop, implement, and maintain culturally safe training programs, collaborate with key stakeholders, and support GP registrars and supervisors nationwide.

As our JCTS Head of Medical Education, you’ll also:
-lead national governance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health education in GP training.
-develop and implement culturally safe training programs for registrars and supervisors.
-collaborate with stakeholders to align education with national frameworks.
-support and mentor GP registrars and supervisors in cultural

The position is responsible for coordinating the design and delivery of teaching and assessment to ensure a comprehensive and culturally safe learning experience that meets the Australian Medical Council (AMC) Standards and Graduate Outcomes for medical programs.

We are looking for a motivated General Practitioner who is dedicated to, and passionate about, providing high quality, culturally sound health care within the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community. As a key member of the Pangula Mannamurna Aboriginal Corporation you will be working closely with the clinic team as well as providing a comprehensive client experience. You will play an integral role in ensuring clinical care is in line with national standards and fostering a culture focused on providing comprehensive client service. This is a full time position, based at the Mount Gambier clinic, with part time applications also considered.

The 2025 RACGP Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health awards are now open for nominations until 30 June.

These annual awards recognise the contribution of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander GPs, registrars and medical students, and celebrate partnerships between GPs and community. Categories include the Standing Strong Award, Growing Strong Award, Rising Strong Medical Student Awards and the Aunty Val Dahlstrom Award for Aboriginal Health Excellence.

Nominations can be made via the RACGP website until 9.00 am, Monday 30 June.

Are you a passionate Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Senior Medical Officer who wants to make a valuable contribution to the health and wellbeing to communities?

As a senior medical officer working on Badu Island, you work closely with clients, families, and community to deliver holistic care. You build trust, and support self-determination, and provide culturally safe practices.

Ready for a meaningful role that starts with a yarn?
Give Jen a call on 40690640 for a chat about your Career Up Here!

Live and work in Bamaga – the northern most tip of Australia! Rich with historical and cultural heritage, the humble town of Bamaga has an array of activities and adventures on offer. Bamaga is an exciting community which offers a whole host of activities to fill your time with when you’re not working – 4WD exploration, trips to the waterfalls, fishing expeditions, or a scenic ferry ride to Thursday Island.

Permanent Full Time Senior Medical Officer positions available – FIFO/Flexible working conditions can be negotiated

Heal, Thrive and Explore: Unleash your potential as a Senior Medical Officer in Bamaga. Give Jen a call on 07 4069 0640 for a chat about your Career Up Here!

Are you interested in academic publishing and editorial work? The Editorial team at the Australian Journal of Primary Health are looking to welcome new Associate Editors.
Associate Editors have responsibility for handling manuscripts and determining the suitability of manuscripts for publication. Responsibilities include scrutiny of manuscripts, selection of appropriate reviewers, assessing reviewer reports, reaching a preliminary decision, communicating feedback to authors, and reaching a final decision.
Associate Editors will have personalised support from the Editors-in-Chief, Prof Virginia Lewis (Latrobe) and Prof Liz Sturgiss (Bond) to assist with the complexities of peer review.

Rural generalist medical officers working across the Torres and Cape are caring, compassionate, dedicated and dynamic – they are an integral part of our amazing healthcare family and of our vibrant communities. They make a positive impact to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander healthcare, and enjoy purposeful and rewarding career opportunities, and the unforgettable experience this offers. They embrace the uniqueness of the region and its rich historical and cultural heritage, and they learn from diverse traditions, forging unforgettable and special connections.
Does this sound like where you want to be?
Give Marlow a call on 0420 690944 for a chat about your Career Up Here!

Sydney Medical School Indigenous Postgraduate Coursework Tuition Fee Scholarship

Sydney Medical School is offering a scholarship to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander doctors to study a degree in Postgraduate Coursework in Medicine.
Applicants need to have an unconditional offer of admission to a graduate certificate, graduate diploma, master’s or advanced master’s level course at Sydney Medical School (except the Doctor of Medicine program). There is still time to apply for admission to a degree.
The available courses (all except Bioethics and Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Development) are at sydney.edu.au/courses/specialist-medicine

The ANU is excited to announce updates to our pathways for eligible Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students into the Doctor of Medicine and Surgery program.

The ANU offers multiple pathways into our postgraduate medicine program for eligible applicants and two of these new pathways do not require students to sit the Graduate Entry Medical School Admissions Test (GAMSAT).

All the information is now published on our website at https://science.anu.edu.au/study/masters/doctor-medicine-surgery-mchd – please scroll down to ‘How to Apply’ and click on the indigenous tab.

Applications close 30 June each year

Contact admissions.smp@anu.edu.au for more information

Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) Clinical Workshops in Cairns, Innisfail, Mossman and Mareeba (and surrounds) 26-30 May 2025.

Day and Evening Options – CPD Applicable – Fully Catered – FREE to Attend

These workshops are designed for healthcare professionals who may encounter individuals at risk of Group A Streptococcus (Strep A) infection, acute rheumatic fever (ARF), and RHD – conditions that disproportionately affect people from low socio-economic backgrounds, First Nations communities, and culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) populations.

Delivered by QLD Health and Menzies School of Health Research.

The Australian Orthopaedic Association (AOA)  has created an annual scientific meeting bursary for Australian Indigenous Doctors’ Association (AIDA) members to encourage and facilitate attendance at AOA’s flagship national Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander medical students and doctors, particularly those with an interest in orthopaedics.

Two AIDA bursaries are being offered and is open to all AIDA members who meet the eligibility criteria.

Successful applicants will have the opportunity to attend the 85th AOA Annual Scientific Meeting, over four days in Hobart with full costs of the conference registration, return economy flights and accommodation being covered.

QLD Health coordinates an annual intern campaign for final year medical students. Students who identify as First Nations can apply to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Intern Allocation Initiative. The purpose of the initiative is to promote the success of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander medical graduates in the Queensland Health workforce. Approved applicants will be allocated to their first preferenced hospital where they can work alongside a key mentor/consultant or be on or close to country – whichever they choose.

The initiative is open to all Australian domestic medical school graduates. Applications open soon!

The RVEEH offers a medical elective program for medical students in their final year of study. These are for 4-6 weeks of clinical attachment in ophthalmology. Appointments are made on a rolling basis, depending on availability of clinicians to supervise.

In the financial year 2024/25 two funded places will be available to AIDA members. Please contact the Education Officer to enquire further: medicalelectives.observers@eyeandear.org.au