Public Health Registrar

Maari Ma Aboriginal Health

POSITION DESCRIPTION - CLICK HERE - Please read before applying

FC - Full-Time Contract

Public Health

26 Jul 2026

Specialist Training Position for Public Health Registrar

An exciting opportunity is available for a medically-trained public health medicine registrar, enrolled with the Australian Faculty of Public Health Medicine, to gain skills in Aboriginal health, rural and remote health, and epidemiology. This unique 12 month position will be hosted by Maari Ma Health Aboriginal Corporation, an Aboriginal community controlled health service based in Broken Hill. Maari Ma services far western NSW.

This position will be based in Sydney with regular trips to Broken Hill for fieldwork – this arrangement will be negotiated with the individual and is flexible. The opportunity for an extended period in Broken Hill is encouraged and financially supported by the organisation.

During the year the trainee will undertake a number of planned projects, and also contribute opportunistically to public health issues that emerge in the region, designed to provide them with a range of population health experiences. There is scope to identify training activities that support the successful candidate’s outstanding training requirements.

Maari Ma has a long history of epidemiological, CQI and evaluation activities to inform service development and delivery for Aboriginal people in far western NSW, supported by AFPHM fellows and a data analyst who are employed by Maari Ma. This supervised placement focused on Aboriginal health in a rural/remote setting is intended to allow trainees to gain insight, understanding, exposure to, and experience of:

Key public health issues facing rural and remote, and Aboriginal populations, both acute and chronic;

• • The impact of rurality and remoteness, and Aboriginality, on the management of public health issues, including the challenge of working with distance, limited resources, and unique health issues;
• • The lack of equity in rural and remote, and Aboriginal settings, including access to health services;
• • Engagement with rural and remote communities, and in particular, rural and remote Aboriginal communities;
• • Public health workforce issues in rural and remote communities, including issues related to the limitations of public health infrastructure.

The trainee will be well supported – Maari Ma Health employs an AFPHM fellow, an extensive network of specialist medical and public health advisors and a data analyst. This position is STP funded.

Applications Close Sunday 26 July 2026

TO DISCUSS the role please contact Dr Adelaide Morgan, email ***email_hidden***

FURTHER INFORMATION TO APPLY ONLINE - please go to the “Working with us” page of our website. www.maarima.com.au/employment

Maari Ma offers a great range of benefits including:

• Working Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5.00pm

• 5 weeks paid annual leave per year (pro rata)

• Additional 4 days paid leave during the Christmas Closure period

• Public holidays off

• Paid accrued day off (up to 12 per year)

• Flexible leave accrual

• Study leave

• Generous Salary Packaging, standard up to $15,900 per year. Plus access to SP Novated Leasing, Meal and Accommodation card and Remote Area Benefits – full benefits go to the employee.

• Annual Enterprise Agreement Wage increases.

All Maari Ma Health employees are required to:

• have a cleared NSW Working with Children Check. (We will support you to obtain if you don’t have one)

• undertake a National Police Check. Having a criminal record will not necessarily stop you from being employed. We will talk with you about it privately.

• Comply with the Maari Ma Staff Immunisation Policy. This is a category A position, Screening & vaccination for diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, hepatitis B, measles, mumps, rubella, tuberculosis, varicella, and annual Influenza is mandatory

Maari Ma Health is a Child Safe Organisation and has a smoke free workplace policy.

Maari Ma acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land in which we live, and we pay our respect to their Elders both past and present and emerging.