• Southern Adelaide Local Health Network – Flinders Medical Centre – Division of Surgical and Perioperative Medicine
• Total Indicative Remuneration Package: $113,969 - $177,769 MDP2 (pro rata) | Full time, short-term contract available!

Join the team as an Acute Surgical Registrar and contribute to fantastic patient outcomes! 

Flinders Medical Centre is the southern area's largest hospital and provides medical services for people living in the southern metropolitan area of Adelaide. 

As an Acute Surgical Registrar, you will be responsible for teaching junior medical officers, and medical students. You will have the opportunity to attend weekly tutorials as a part of the general surgical training program and attend the monthly General Surgical Club. You will undertake 6 months in the following rotations: Acute Surgical Registrar - Rotating between nights, off, days - 13 hour shifts; you will then have the choice of Colorectal, HepatoPancreatoBiliary, Breast & Endocrine or Berri Service Registrar.  

About the role:

Reporting to the Head of Unit, General Surgery and the Director Clinical Training, some of your duties as the Acute Surgical Registrar may involve: 

• Providing a high quality clinical service under then direction of the Director of General Surgery and Head of Units.
• Assessing and managing surgical patients admitted via the Emergency Department in an appropriate timeframe. 
• Ensuring effective communication with other care providers to promote the continuity of patient care.
• Providing a consultative service to other units as required. 
• Undertaking quality improvement activities, coordinated care processes and research activities as required. 
• Providing after-hours care to general surgical patients as the Junior Registrar as per the published after hours on call roster for Flinders Medical Centre and supervise the RMO. 

About you:

• Bachelor of Medicine; Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) or equivalent. 
• Registered with the Medical Board of Australia (AHPRA) as a Medical Practitioner with General Registration. 
• Successful completion of the GSSE. 
• Minimum of 3 years post graduate medical experience (PGY3+).
• Working towards application to Surgical Education Training with Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.
• Completed rotations in ICU & ED. 
• Preferably completed EMST, Ccrisp and ASSET course. 
• Commitment to clinical audit. 

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

Want To Know More? Contact: SALHN Surgical TMO Unit, (08) 8204 5887, Health.SurgicalTMOUnitSAPOM@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Sunday 26th April 2026

Attachments:

• 933807 Acute Surgical Registrar - Role Description.pdf
• Australian applicant guidelines
• International applicant guidelines

Applicant Information:

• Note: The Indicative Total Remuneration is inclusive of Award salary, Superannuation, and other monetary benefits.  We also offer salary sacrifice benefits which provide the opportunity to save money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed. Click here to find out more about salary packaging.
• The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
• Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and Immunisation compliance as indicated on the Role description.
• SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.  Job ref: 933807