Neurosurgery Registrar

• Attractive salary package ($150,000 plus superannuation at statutory rate – currently 12%)
  
• Full time, fixed term for 12 months
  
• Macquarie University Hospital (North Ryde) location
  
• Unaccredited Position
  
• Be part of a university-owned, innovative academically integrated healthcare organisation where professional development, ongoing education and career progression are supported and encouraged.

The Role

Macquarie Neurosurgery & Spine is seeking an Unaccredited Neurosurgical Registrar to provide clinical and surgical services and contribute to the development of the unit.

The successful candidate will be employed by MQ Health, with the training provided by Macquarie Neurosurgery & Spine, located on campus. Whilst this full-time position is not a position recognised by the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) for training, it will provide the successful candidate with an outstanding opportunity to experience neurosurgery in a private university hospital and academic health science centre. The candidate will also actively participate in the weekly education and academic meetings. In addition the successful candidate will attend outreach clinics at various locations in regional New South Wales.

MQ Health

At MQ Health we unite the best clinicians, the most astounding researchers and the most dynamic teachers to lead the development of health and medical education and practice in Australia.

MQ Health is Australia’s first fully integrated academic health sciences centre under a University’s leadership. Founded to advance the tripartite missions of clinical care, learning and research, we are bold and ambitious in our pursuit of patient-centred excellence.

We offer fabulous Employee Benefits including:

• Salary sacrifice options and excellent salary packaging benefits (including venue hire, meals, entertainment and novated leasing) so you have great potential to maximise your income working for us
  
• Post graduate study and ongoing education support through scholarship programs.
  
• Corporate private healthcare rates
  
• Extensive Macquarie University facilities including sporting facilities, gym and pool, and Macquarie University Childcare at a reduced staff rate
  
• University-owned, innovative academically integrated healthcare organisation

Macquarie Neurosurgery & Spine

Macquarie Neurosurgery & Spine is one of Australia’s largest Academic Neurosurgical groups, producing over 1000 academic works, cited over 15,000 times. We have 10 of Australia’s leading neurosurgeons, actively involved in research, and teaching future neurosurgeons for Australia and internationally.

Our patient centred approach includes weekly Multi Disciplinary Team (MDT) meetings, harnessing the intellectual capability and expertise of cross functional teams. Bringing together neurosurgeons, neurologists, interventional neuroradiologists, pain specialists, oncologists, orthopaedics surgeons, ENT specialists as the team manage complex conditions and more routine disorders to provide patients with the best possible medical care.

About You

You will be an aspiring Neurosurgeon who is committed to clinical care, education and research. You will be keen to work in an innovative multidisciplinary environment and be passionate about providing exceptional patient centred care.

You will have experience working within busy inpatient settings while balancing supervision, teaching and mentoring of junior staff and medical students.

Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent qualification
  
• Registration as a medical practitioner in Australia (AHPRA).
  
• Active [or eligible to be an active] Accredited Practitioner of Macquarie University Hospital
  
• Registration for Medicare Provider Number(s)
  
• Professional Indemnity Insurance
  
• If you are an overseas applicant, you must provide evidence of your proficiency in the OET or IELTS English language (written, spoken and reading). Evidence must be submitted at time of application. https://www.ielts.org/. This includes meeting the required score of 7 or above in all components of the IELTS test https://www.ielts.org/ or a Grade B in the OET https://www.occupationalenglishtest.org/.

Role Specific Conditions:

• MQ Health Immunisation screening
  
• Valid Working with Children Check for NSW
  
• Criminal History Check

Applicants who have not met the Qualification requirements or Role Specific Conditions will not be considered for a position

To Apply

To be considered for this position, you will demonstrate the below requirements in your CV and a 1-2 page cover letter:

• Current registration as a medical practitioner in Australia (or ability to obtain – including English language requirements)
  
• Demonstrated interest in neurosurgery
  
• Demonstrated experience as a surgical assistant
  
• Demonstrated understanding of the patients’ perspective and ability to communicate key information to the patient and carers
  
• Demonstrated interest and aptitude for supervision of interns and delivery of educational activities
  
• Demonstrated high level understanding of the discipline including major international trends, recent developments and improvements
  
• A strong commitment to multidisciplinary approaches to clinical care and ability to work as part of a team

*We reserve the right to progress or decline an application prior to the application closing date*

Specific Role Enquiries: Glenn Sweeny, General Manager, Macquarie Neurosurgery at gsweeny@mqneurosurgery.com

Application Close Date: Sunday, 3rd August 2025, 11:59pm AEST

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