Public Health Registrar | Full-time Temporary

Closes: 14 September 2026

Classification: Registrar 1-4/Senior Registrar
Salary: $125,473 - $173,760 plus superannuation
Position No: 24146, Several
Directorate: Health and Community Services
Advertised (Gazettal date): 31 August 2026
Contact Officer: Aleksandar Surdonjic on Aleksandar.Surdonjic@act.gov.au or (02) 5124 9800

Details: ACT Health and Community Services Directorate, Population Health Division is seeking applications for Public Health Registrars for 2027.

Come and work in a dynamic team, in one of the most liveable cities in the world. Our work in the ACT Public Service directly serves the needs of the Canberra community. When you work with us you will see the impact that we have on the lives of Canberrans every day. The Population Health Division, led by the ACT Chief Health Officer, leads population health policy for the ACT and provides and commissions a range of services and programs aimed at improving the health of the ACT population through interventions which promote behaviour changes to reduce susceptibility to illness; alter the ACT environment to promote the health of the population and promote interventions that remove or mitigate population health hazards. Working under the direction of Public Health Physician staff, the Public Health Registrar position plays a key role in providing professional advice and support to the Chief Health Officer.

The position provides support across a range of public health projects, policy, and operating procedures across all areas of the Population Health Division.

This includes communicable disease control, environmental health and food safety, preventive health and health promotion, health emergencies, territory-based regulation of medicines and therapeutic goods, and policy development across these areas.

This role is suited to a Public Health Trainee (or someone eligible to apply) through the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine Advanced Training Program. This position offers the opportunity to achieve a broad range of training competencies and experience relevant to both a local public health unit, as well as at the level of a jurisdictional health department.

Health and Community Services Directorate (HCSD) is an inclusive employer where all people are respected and valued for their contribution. We strongly encourage and welcome applications from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, People with Disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, veterans, mature age workers and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) people.

Eligibility/Other Requirements:

• Must be registered or eligible for registration as a medical practitioner with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).

Note: This is a temporary position commencing in Feb 2027 until January 2028 for 12 Months.

A merit pool or merit list will be established from this selection process and will be used to fill vacancies over the next 12 months.

Selection may be based on application and referee checks only.

How to Apply: Please provide a curriculum vitae and two referees and a two-page expression of interest.

Applications should be submitted .

Note: Under the ACTPS employment framework you may be placed in another role where required for the efficient administration of the service.

Where an offer of employment is for a fixed-term period, any related temporary contracts within the Territory will be issued in compliance with the requirements and applicable exceptions outlined in the Fair Work Act.

The ACT public service is committed to closing the gap, underpinned by the belief that when Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have a genuine say in the design and delivery of policies, programs and services that affect them, better life outcomes are achieved. More information can be found here ACT Closing the Gap Implementation Plan - ACT Government Transparency Portal.

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Note

This is a temporary position commencing in Feb 2027 until January 2028 for 12 Months.