About Northern Doctors Services
Northern Doctors Services comprises Northern Doctors Workforce and Northern Doctors Education. We are committed to supporting our junior doctors throughout every stage of your medical career at Northern Health. Together, we provide a unified and supportive central contact point to make it easy to get the help and guidance you need.
About Northern Doctors Workforce
Our responsibilities include managing recruitment, rostering, leave, and pastoral support.
Our team comprises of experienced recruitment and rostering coordinators dedicated to supporting approximately 2,000 medical staff across Northern Health’s campuses: Northern Hospital, Bundoora Centre, Broadmeadows Hospital, Kilmore Hospital, and Craigieburn Health Service.
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- Emergency, Intern Coordinator
Andie Kliene- Surgical, ICU Anaes, General Stream Coordinator
Jijo Matthew- Medical, Cancer Services, Cardiology & Sub-Acute
Marina Hondros- Mental Health, Womens & Childrens, Diagnostics
Kai Cooper- IMG Affairs Coordinator
Mel Zgheib- Recruitment & Onboarding
Defne Gokoglu- Recruitment & Onboarding
Natalie Bootlis – VVED Coordinator
Seda Aydin- Receptionist/ Admin
Email us for workforce enquiries here.
About Northern Doctors Education – Empowering Tomorrow’s Clinicians, Today
We are dedicated to providing excellent education and training to help our junior doctors deliver safe, high-quality care alongside patients, families, and the healthcare team.
Our goal is to create a culture of learning, clinical excellence, and wellbeing. .
Our core focus is on supporting prevocational medical trainees (PGY1 and PGY2) and newly arrived International Medical Graduates (IMGs) as they begin their medical careers in Australia.
We provide:
- Structured weekly orientation program for interns at the beginning of the year
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Structured hospital orientation for new doctors at the beginning of a new term
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Comprehensive formal teaching programs for interns and HMOs – Intern Education program: Tuesday 12:30pm, HMO Education program: Thursday 12:30pm
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Clinical skills workshops and simulation-based learning
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Targeted support for assessments and individual learning plans aligned with the National Framework for Prevocational Medical Training\
- Professional development
Working closely with Northern Doctors Workforce, we continuously enhance training quality and ensure our programs meet the evolving needs of our trainees and the healthcare system.
Join us as we nurture the next generation of doctors and help shape a workforce ready to meet tomorrow’s healthcare challenges.
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 Vliet &- IMG Supervisor
Susie Sangas- Manager of Education
Kirra McGaw- Medical Education Officer (MEO)
Ijaza Lafeer- Advisor, Education
Vacant – Advisor, Education