Intensive Care Medicine Registrar

Classification: Registrar 1-4

Salary: $112,917 - $141,084 plus superannuation

Position No: OUZ

Directorate: Canberra Health Services

Advertised (Gazettal date): 13 November 2025

Contact Officer: Dr Manoj Singh on

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 benefits tax concessions
• 12% Superannuation
• Visa sponsorship for eligible candidates
• Reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates (subject to review and approval).

To find out more on what a career at CHS can give you, the benefits of working with us and why Canberra is Australia's happiest city click here: Benefits of working with us - Canberra Health Services

About the role:

Applications are sought for the 2026 clinical year, commencing February 2026 for 12 months with possible extension. To be eligible to apply for this position, you must be PGY4+ by February 2026.

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.

Medical Staff in the Canberra Health Services enjoy excellent conditions, and our Enterprise Agreement is available at: ACTPS Medical Practitioners Enterprise Agreement

North 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).

A Registrar in Intensive Care Medicine plays a key role in the delivery of medical care to critically ill patients. Supervised by the intensive care specialists, provisional fellows and senior registrars, intensive care registrars are expected to provide supervision for the critical care senior resident medical officers, as well as direct clinical care for patients.

We offer a structured teaching program tailored for the needs of the individual junior or advanced trainee while providing support from Staff Specialists experienced in the practice of Intensive Care Medicine. For those in the training program we can tailor the training experience to include rotations to Shoalhaven District Memorial Hospital ICU in Nowra which is accredited for rural training through CICM, and medicine, anaesthesia, and Emergency Department (ED) rotations.

It is not expected that all appointees will be registered with the College of Intensive Care Medicine (CICM), and trainees from ANZCA and FACEM may be considered suitable for appointment to this role. It is expected that an ICU registrar has some previous experience at a junior level in the ICU, such as previous resident medical officer in an Intensive Care Unit. It is also expected that an ICU registrar will have some basic airway skills and be familiar with the procedure of central line placement though may not hold competency for independent insertion at the commencement of their training year.

Our registrar positions are also accredited for training in Anaesthesia through FANZCA and Emergency Medicine through FACEM. A well-established helicopter retrieval service is associated with the campus, Capital Regional Retrieval Service.

Rotations may include:

• Emergency Medicine, Canberra Hospital Garran ACT
• Emergency Medicine, North Canberra Hospital Bruce ACT
• Intensive Care Medicine, Canberra Hospital Bruce ACT
• Intensive Care Medicine, North Canberra Hospital Bruce ACT

For more information regarding this position, click here for the Position Description.

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

• Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check
• Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy

Note: This is a temporary position available from February 2026 for 12 months with the possibility of extension. To be eligible to apply for this position, you must be PGY4+ by February 2026.

For more information on this position and how to apply "click here"

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 region. More information can be found on the CHS website.

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 new state-of-the-art Building 5 is now officially open at Canberra Hospital. This 44,000sqm, nine-storey facility, the largest healthcare infrastructure project in the Territory's history, delivers cutting-edge acute clinical services. Building 5 seamlessly integrates with existing campus buildings, ensuring smooth public access, patient transportation, and efficient logistics.

This is a temporary position available from February 2026 for 12 months with the possibility of extension. To be eligible to apply for this position, you must be PGY4+ by February 2026.

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