Member Opportunities

Delivering cultural leadership to First Nations staff with a focus on those in Indigenous-identified positions, the Director First Nations Health will fostering tight knit, productive relationships throughout St Vincent’s including sub-acute and community-based sites.

Success in this role will be founded on an ability to ensure the principles of co-design, collaborative decision making, and self-determination underpin all First Nations matters, ultimately educating and advising First Nations and non-Indigenous staff regarding the provision of culturally enhanced care across the organisation.

“Step into a role where your work truly reshapes a community.”
As a Senior Medical Officer on Badu Island, you’ll deliver high‑impact, culturally grounded care in a remote Torres Strait community where your expertise directly improves health outcomes and builds long‑lasting trust. The role places you in a diverse and supportive clinical environment that fosters growth, deep connection, and life‑defining experiences, all while enjoying the natural beauty, short commutes, and rich Indigenous culture of the Torres and Cape region.
If this sounds like you, give Jen a call for a yarn!

GPs, midwives and obstetricians/OB-GYNs are invited to take part in a 60-minute online interview to help evaluate the Australian Government’s pregnancy care consumer resources, developed from the Australian Pregnancy Care Guidelines.
Researchers from Whereto Research, on behalf of the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, are seeking clinicians who are aware of, have seen, or have used the resources in practice.
Interviews will be conducted online between 1 April and 1 May 2026, and participants will receive a $250 eGift voucher.
View the resources: https://www.health.gov.au/resources/collections/pregnancy-information-resources
Email annabel@wheretoresearch.com.au if interested.

This Facilitator Training is designed specifically for Aboriginal men who want to build confidence in guiding conversations, supporting others, and leading programs in their communities and workplaces.

Participants will develop practical facilitation skills, learn how to create respectful spaces for men to talk openly, and explore ways to lead meaningful discussions around culture, identity, and lived experience.

The training focuses on learning through practice, shared knowledge, and reflection. Participants will leave with practical tools to support mentoring, workshops, and group programs with other Aboriginal men.

Bring Your A‑Game to the Tip — Bamaga Needs You!
Working as a Senior Medical Officer / Rural Generalist in Bamaga means stepping into one of the most unique healthcare environments in Australia — perched just 40 km from the very tip of Cape York.
At Bamaga Hospital, you’ll provide emergency and inpatient care for multiple Northern Peninsula communities, making every shift feel essential and energising.
With a predominantly Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population, your work is wrapped in rich culture and community connection. It’s medicine with personality — raw, real, and rewarding.
Does this sound like you? Give Jen a call and have a yarn about this opportunity

Want to practice medicine where community truly comes first?
In Bamaga—a vibrant, culturally rich Indigenous township and central hub of the Northern Peninsula Area—your role as a Medical Officer makes a tangible difference.
You’ll work alongside local families, Elders, and health workers to support long‑term wellbeing in a deeply connected community.
If meaningful, culturally grounded care motivates you, this is your calling.
Give Jen a call and have a yarn about this amazing opportunity!

Support for Rural Specialists in Australia (SRSA) is a grant program funding CPD activities including courses, workshops, conferences, and more. Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander specialists and trainees are prioritised.
To be eligible to apply, you must:
1. Be a non-GP specialist, or an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander specialist trainee
2. Live and work in a regional, rural, or remote area (MM2-MM7)
3. Not have received a grant in the previous SRSA round (FR11)
Applicants can request up to $12,000 per funding round. The deadline for the current funding round is 15 April 2026.
Please visit our website for more details and to submit an application:

Applications are invited for registrar training positions in dermatology in the training program of The Australasian College of Dermatologists, to commence in 2027.
The College has a designated Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander training position available in the Training Program intake for 2027 who meets the other requirements of selection into the training program. As this is a dedicated position with the intention of developing a strong First Nations dermatology workforce, a long-term commitment to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health is expected. For information, visit the College website: https://www.dermcoll.edu.au

Want to practice medicine where community truly comes first?

In Bamaga—a vibrant, culturally rich Indigenous township and central hub of the Northern Peninsula Area—your role as a Medical Officer makes a tangible difference.

You’ll work alongside local families, Elders, and health workers to support long‑term wellbeing in a deeply connected community.

If meaningful, culturally grounded care motivates you, this is your calling.

Given Jen a call for a yarn about this great career opporturnity!

The Aboriginal Trainee Doctors’ Forum (the Forum) is a collaboration between the Health Education and Training Institute (HETI), the Ministry of Health’s Aboriginal Workforce team, and the Australian Indigenous Doctors’ Association (AIDA).The forum started in 2015 and has continued to grow since.

It gathers together Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander medical trainees and final year medical students across NSW to create a community of friends, mentors and advisers from different levels of medical training.

All Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander doctors and final year medical students are invited to attend. Please pass this information on to your colleagues.

Rural clinicians are required to manage critically injured patient’s hours from tertiary care. Fast decisions, practical skills, and confidence under pressure are essential.

The Trauma Workshop returns to tropical Cairns, 28–29 March, offering hands-on, small-group training for remote and rural clinicians.

Over two intensive days, you’ll practice realistic trauma scenarios, refine procedural skills like ICC insertion and lateral canthotomy, manage less severe trauma, and learn strategies for special patient groups including elderly, pregnant, bariatric, and paediatric patients.

Spots are limited – register now to secure your place!

Referring a patient for genetic testing related to familial cancer isn’t an everyday task for most GPs, making it easy to miss essential details required for a Familial Cancer Centre (FCC) referral.

Many referrals are returned due to missing or incomplete information, causing avoidable delays, longer wait times, increased patient anxiety, and added pressure on already stretched services.

To support GPs, Cancer Council Victoria has developed a new Familial Cancer Centre GP Referral Checklist. This practical resource outlines the key information FCCs need to triage efficiently and arrange initial contact without delay.

This May, AHCWA will host the WA Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Sector Conference. This is our flagship gathering, and brings together more than 300 delegates, leaders, innovators, and changemakers committed to improving the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal people across WA. This year’s theme, Growing in Strength Starts with Us, reflects our shared responsibility to drive meaningful, community-led progress.

Alongside the main conference, we’re proud to deliver the WA Aboriginal Youth Conference, an inspiring two‑day event empowering Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth aged 18–29 to connect, grow, and lead.

The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons is an international leader in funding scholarships and grants for the surgical community.

The Scholarships and Grants Program will be accepting applications from 3 March to 14 April 2026 with a range of scholarships and grants on offer for activity in 2027. For more information on the 2027 Program, please see our website.

Choosing to work remotely naturally has its fair share of challenges, but opting to make the move to Weipa would mean prioritising adventure and lifestyle, while enjoying the opportunity to work to your full scope in a dynamic environment where no day is ever the same. If you are dedicated, compassionate, seeking a rewarding career, wanting to give the best you can to improving the health outcomes of our indigenous community, then our medical team in Weipa welcome you! We are seeking a senior medical officer with obstetrics to join our team in Western Cape. The position is full time, permanent, and there are many benefits provided.
Does this sound like where you want to be?

Are you passionate about health equity and improving health outcomes in remote Australia? Experience Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture. Enjoy northern Australia’s diverse environment including fishing, camping and sea adventures. Supporting best practice healthcare within Cape York and the Torres Strait.
We are seeking a Senior Medical Officer with Obstetrics to join our team in beautiful Thursday Island. The position is full time, permanent, and there are many benefits provided – accommodation, professional development – to name a few.
Does this sound like where you want to be?
Call Jen on 0477 508 295 for a yarn about the opportunities and what we can offer.

Are you a dedicated and compassionate doctor seeking a unique opportunity in the medical industry?

Experience Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture. Enjoy northern Australia’s diverse environment including fishing, camping and sea adventures. The uniqueness of the Torres and Cape offer an unforgettable experience and along with great career opportunities.

Call Dr Jen Wharton for chat – 0477 508 295

Call for papers: Indigenous Health Special Collection 2026
The Special Collection on Indigenous Health will have a publishing run from NAIDOC week 2026 until the end of 2026. The call for papers runs from now until 31 March 2026.
This is the third year of the MJA adopting editorial policies and practices aimed at privileging Indigenous ways of knowing, being, and doing. We welcome submissions from Indigenous researchers and health practitioners, community-controlled organisations and communities on areas of health and wellbeing that are a priority to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. For more info, visit https://www.mja.com.au/journal/instructions-authors-reviewers

Participate in the 10-week study. The project is based on the Royal Darwin Hospital Greening Project, co-led by Dr Aunty Bilawara Lee, in which workplace experiences of nature are used to promote wellbeing in those delivering hospital-based care.

RECRUITMENTS OPEN: 16 February to 26 April 2026

Are you passionate about health equity and improving health outcomes in remote Australia?

Join Torres and Cape HHS for a rewarding career, exceptional benefits and the opportunity to make a positive impact to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander healthcare.

Enjoy northern Australia’s diverse environment including fishing, camping and sea adventures. Supporting best practice healthcare within Cape York and the Torres Strait. Work with passionate Health Care Professionals. Be a part of something bigger – Come on up and make a difference!

Call Marlow on 0420 690 944 for a yarn about the opportunities and what we can offer.

The South Australia Branch of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of
Ophthalmologists (RANZCO) is offering Ophthalmology Elective Grants between $1,000 – $3,000 for First Nations medical students at Flinders University and The University of Adelaide.

This grant aims to support and encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander medical students to pursue an Ophthalmology elective, potentially leading to a future career in the field.

Funds are to be used towards any travel and associated costs to participate in an elective term in Ophthalmology either in Adelaide, Alice Springs, or an approved outreach location. SA medical student? Think you might be interested? Get in touch!