| Description |
- A
unique opportunity to provide primary health care to our officers and families
working in our embassies, high commissions and consulates
overseas
- Attractive base salary with generous medical officer allowances
- Unique opportunity to support the medical unit’s understanding and management of the medical support and provisions overseas
Applications close at 11:30PM AEDT, Sunday 9 November 2025
The Opportunity
DFAT is seeking an experienced Senior Medical Adviser to assist the Principal Medical Adviser in delivering high quality primary health care support for employees and dependants posted overseas. You will provide advice on complex case management and coordinate medical evacuations and health care for staff and dependants.
You will assist in the management and supervision of four posted Medical Officers attached to overseas missions in Dili, Honiara, Jakarta and Port Moresby.
You will gather information on disease activity and medical facilities abroad through regular travel, liaison with government departments in Australia and overseas, and with other relevant organisations.
The successful
applicant will also assist in the formulation and implementation of health
policies, ensuring that approved health care is in accordance with these
policies and in the provision of regular reporting to the department’s executive
on the strategic direction and objectives of the department’s Medical
Unit. For
further information please refer to the applicant pack available on our
website: Department of
Foreign Affairs and Trade - Jobs List - Current
Opportunities
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