Chief Surgical Resident 2027
Job no: 945536
Work type: Full time
Location: Adelaide Metro Northern
Categories: Medical
- Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Lyell McEwin Hospital – ELIZABETH VALE SA 5112
- Salary/Total Indicative Remuneration: $163,291 - $169,648 p.a. plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits – MDP3
- Temporary Full-Time up to End Date 30 January 2028
About the Role:
Lyell McEwin Hospital is one of South Australia's busiest public hospitals, serving a rapidly growing northern Adelaide community with a broad and complex surgical caseload. If you're a surgical registrar ready to step into a leadership role that sharpens both your clinical edge and your capacity to guide a team, this is a rare opportunity to do exactly that.
What You'll Be LeadingAs Chief Surgical Resident for the 2027 clinical year (contract through to 30 January 2028), you will sit at the centre of surgical operations at Lyell McEwin, working within the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN). Your focus will span:
- Coordinating the day-to-day clinical activities of the surgical resident and intern cohort across general and subspecialty surgical units
- Providing senior clinical oversight on the ward, in theatre, and through acute surgical assessment
- Acting as a key liaison between junior medical staff, registrars, nursing leadership, and surgical consultants
- Contributing to quality improvement initiatives, patient safety reviews, and departmental education programs
- Current AHPRA registration as a Medical Practitioner with no conditions affecting independent practice
- Demonstrated experience at registrar level in a surgical discipline within an Australian public hospital setting
- Proven ability to supervise and support junior medical staff in a high-volume inpatient environment
- Sound understanding of surgical ward management, perioperative care, and acute surgical presentations
- Strong communication and professional judgement in complex, time-pressured clinical situations
- Familiarity with SA Health clinical governance frameworks or equivalent state health system experience
To be eligible for this position, you must have:
- Bachelor of Medicine; Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) or equivalent,
- Obtained a Specialist Qualification and is registrable as a Medical Practitioner with Specialist registration.
About You:
You will be joining a dynamic and expanding Local Health Network that is committed to delivering contemporary, innovative and high‑quality health services within modern facilities.
This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a passionate, highly driven, dedicated and progressive team.
About Adelaide:
About Us:
The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is a leading provider of public healthcare services in South Australia, and one of the largest employers in northern Adelaide.
NALHN serves over 400,000 people in northern Adelaide with a comprehensive range of high-quality healthcare services, including emergency, surgical, obstetric, neonatal, paediatric, oncology, geriatric, palliative care and rehabilitation, and mental health care, as well as primary health care services with a focus on community health promotion and chronic disease management.
With a commitment for ongoing upgrades to our facilities and the introduction of new services, our priority is delivering exceptional health and wellbeing services that enhance the quality of life for our community.
With over 7,000 employees, NALHN emphasises quality care and a supportive work environment guided by respect, integrity, and accountability. Our core values foster excellence, innovation, and equitable health outcomes.
At NALHN Everyone Has a Story, Everyone Matters, Everyone Contributes and Everyone Grows.
Our Local Health Network Sites and Services:
NALHN provides a range of hospital (inpatient), outpatient, community and home-based services across multiple sites in Adelaide’s north and north-eastern suburbs, including Aboriginal health, mental health, and GP services.
Lyell McEwin Hospital – the major hospital in northern Adelaide for emergency care, complex and multi-day surgery, medicine, obstetric, paediatrics and outpatient services.
Modbury Hospital – a general hospital with emergency care, elective surgery, medicine, outpatient and sub-acute services, rehabilitation, geriatric and palliative care.
Mental Health Services – adult and older persons mental health services and statewide forensic mental health services, across hospital and community settings.
Watto Purrunna Aboriginal Primary Health Care Services – provides culturally responsive primary healthcare services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in-hospital and across four community sites.
Primary Health Care Services – including GP Plus sites at Elizabeth, Modbury and Gilles Plains.
Benefits of working at NALHN:
From salary packaging to flexible working arrangements, a large range of opportunities for movement and career progression, you’ll find there are lots of benefits of working with Northern Adelaide Local Health Network.
Salary packaging is an option for saving money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants from interstate or overseas.
NALHN supports and fosters a culture in which employees feel they belong and feel safe at work. The culture aims to encourage all people to use their talents and to be valued and rewarded for their contributions.
SA Health is committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees. We strongly encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, members of the LGBTIQA+SB community and people who live with disability and/or neurodivergence.
We are committed to making workplace adjustments to provide a positive and supportive work environment. You are encouraged to let us know if you have any support or access requirements during the recruitment process and beyond to ensure you can perform at your best.
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.
Check(s):
- DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
- National Police Check (National Police Certificate) for vulnerable person-related employment screening – apply to any of the accredited bodies approved to offer a service direct to the public. Accreditation is provided by the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission. See our National Police Certificate accredited bodies page for links to lodge screening requests.
Immunisation Risk for this position is – Category A (direct contact with blood or body substances)
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: 945536
Enquiries:
NALHN Surgical Administration Team
Phone: (08) 82821251
E-mail: Health.NALHNDSSAMMF@sa.gov.au
Application Closing Date:
28 August 2026 – 11.55PM
Role Description and Further Information:
945536 - Chief Surgical Resident - MDP3 -Surgical Specialties & Anaesthetics - Role Description.pdf
* Refer to the SA Health Career Website – How to apply for further information.
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