About Northern Doctors Services

Northern Doctors Services is dedicated to supporting our doctors throughout their medical career at Northern Health.

Northern Doctors Workforce, and Northern Doctors Education work closely to establish a unified and supportive central contact point.

 

About Northern Doctors Workforce

The Medical Workforce team is committed to supporting both senior and junior medical staff at Northern Hospital. Our responsibilities include managing recruitment, rostering, leave, and pastoral support. For inquiries, please contact the Northern Doctors Workforce Unit or Medical Workforce Recruitment.

Our team comprises experienced recruitment and operations specialists dedicated to supporting approximately 2,000 medical practitioners across Northern Health’s five campuses: Northern Hospital, Bundoora Centre, Broadmeadows Hospital, Kilmore Hospital, and Craigieburn Health Service.

We collaborate with Payroll, Human Resources, Clinical Units, the Postgraduate Medical Council of Victoria (PMCV), and the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) to provide a unified and supportive contact point for all medical staff.

Our Team

Vinod Chellaram- Director of Northern Doctors Services, Operational Director of Medical Workforce

Sarah Kliene- Manager of Recruitment
Jodie Hjelm- Manager of Rostering & Wellbeing
Emma Tobin- ED & Intern Coordinator, Rostering & Wellbeing
Andie Kliene- Surgical, Critical Care, General Coordinator, Rostering & Wellbeing
Jijo Matthew- Medicine & Sub Acute, Rostering & Wellbeing
Marina Hondros- Women’s & Children’s, Mental Health Coordinator, Rostering & Wellbeing
Kai Cooper- Compliance & Governance
Mel Zgheib- ED Coordinator, Recruitment
Defne Gokoglu- Surgical, Critical Care, General Coordinator, Recruitment
Ceyda Gunduz- Women’s & Children’s, Mental Health Coordinator, Recruitment
Seda Aydin- Receptionist/ Admin

About Northern Doctors Education

Northern Doctors Education is dedicated to delivering high-quality education and training programs that enable our doctors to optimise healthcare delivery in partnership with patients, families, and the healthcare team.

Our primary focus is to provide learning and training opportunities for prevocational medical trainees (PGY1 and PGY2) and newly arrived International Medical Graduates (IMGs).

We are committed to supporting high standards of teaching and learning, advocating for educational best practices, and promoting wellbeing among trainees.

We oversee the educational components of the National Framework for Prevocational Medical Training, facilitate formal teaching sessions such as Intern and HMO education, clinical skills workshops and offer individual learning support and administrative assistance for assessments. We collaborate with Northern Doctors Workforce to continuously enhance training quality.

Our Team

Dr Kim Jeffs- Director of Northern Doctors Education
Dr Chiu Kang- Director of Clinical Training
Dr Carol Chong- Supervisor of Intern Training
Dr Alison Giles- IMG Supervisor
Dr Georgina Van Der Vilet- IMG Supervisor
Susie Sangas- Manager of Education
Ijaza Lafeer- Advisor, Education
Kirra McGaw- Advisor, Education