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• Yorke and Northern Local Health Network, Port Pirie and Wallaroo Hospitals
• Total Indicative Remuneration Package: MDP2 – $117,483 to $183,357 p.a.
• Temporary Full-Time | 3-Year Contract from Commencement | Multiple Positions Available
• Eligibility Open to Everyone (don’t just talk about it – do it – live it!)

What We Offer

• Funded to complete a Graduate Certificate in Prehospital and Retrieval Medicine
• Opportunity to do attachments with Alice Springs Emergency (minimum 6-week placements)
• 12 months accommodation provided
• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package
• Professional development opportunities and continuing education support
• Work-life balance in a supportive regional community
• Access to modern facilities and clinical resources
• Mentorship from experienced medical professionals

Join SA Health - Medical Practitioner Opportunities at Port Pirie Hospital

Are you ready to participate in a multidisciplinary team and make a meaningful difference in regional healthcare? SA Health's Yorke and Northern Local Health Network offers multiple full-time, long-term contract positions for Medical Practitioners at Port Pirie and Wallaroo Hospital.

About the Opportunity

As a Medical Practitioner, you will contribute to delivering high standard clinical services to our diverse patient community. Working across designated rotations, you will provide comprehensive clinical care while reporting to senior clinicians for day-to-day matters and the Director Division of Emergency & Acute Medical Services for professional and administrative oversight.

Essential Requirements

• Basic medical qualification recognised in Australia
• Registration with AHPRA to work at a PGY2 + level
• Working rights in Australia

Why Choose SA Health?

SA Health is committed to providing exceptional healthcare services across South Australia. We invest in our people through ongoing training, career advancement opportunities, and flexible working arrangements. Our regional locations offer unique professional experiences while maintaining strong connections to metropolitan medical networks.

Join our dedicated team and experience the rewards of regional medicine while contributing to improved health outcomes for South Australians.

Multiple positions available - apply today to begin your rewarding career with SA Health.

Why choose Yorke & Northern Local Health Network (Y&NLHN)

Y&NLHN will train you to become an experienced and valued rural medical practitioner. We will undertake to provide you with the following skills and exposure.

1. Emergency care
2. Operating theatre basic skills
3. Airway management
4. Anaesthetic assessment
5. Obstetric care
6. Orthopaedic surgery
7. General surgery
8. Trauma management
9. Resuscitation skills
10. First Nations healthcare
11. <3-months Remote attachment at Alice Springs Emergency Department

Y&NLHN will provide you with the following courses as part of your training with us:

1. ALS 2.
2. Graduate Certificate of prehospital medicine & aeromedical retrieval – 1-year on-line study and 3-day intensive learning in Townsville (James Cook University)

On completion of this rotation you will be able to:

1. Plan and complete part-time study at postgraduate level
2. Demonstrate confidence in Leadership in acute clinical settings
3. Confidently demonstrate critical thinking and reasoning skills for healthcare environments
4. Apply advanced clinical reasoning in clinical practice
5. Complete clinical examination and diagnostics in advanced practice
6. Achieve specialisation in Critical Care & Retrieval
7. Confidently optimise perfusion physiology in Critical Care and Respiratory emergencies
8. Acquire skills in Pharmacology and Medication Management

Check(s)

Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and appropriate immunisation requirements:

• DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC) 
• DHS National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Worker Check 
• National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. aged care employment or work involving vulnerable clients)
• Immunisation Risk for this position is - Category A

SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

Job ref: 939285.

Enquiries

Sam Burt
Medical Workforce Coordinator
Phone: 8638 4407
E-mail: sam.burt@sa.gov.au 

Application Closing Date

31 December 2026 - 11.55PM

Attachments

939285 RMO - Wallaroo Role Description.pdf

939285 RMO - Port Pirie Role Description.pdf

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