Northern Doctors Services comprises Northern Doctors Workforce and Northern Doctors Education. We are committed to supporting junior doctors throughout every stage of medical career and provide a unified and supportive central contact point to make it easy to get the help and guidance you need. 

 Northern Doctors Workforce

Our responsibilities include managing recruitment, rostering, leave, and pastoral support. We have experienced recruitment and rostering coordinators supporting approximately 2,000 medical staff across Northern Health’s campuses. Our teams consists of: 

  • Vinod Chellaram – Director of of Northern Doctors Services & Operational Director of Medical Workforce
  • Sarah Kliene – Manager of Recruitment
  • TBA – 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 onboarding enquiries here  Email us for workforce enquiries here. 

Northern Doctors Education  Empowering Tomorrow’s Clinicians, Today

We provide education and training to help our junior doctors deliver safe, high-quality care alongside patients, families, and the healthcare team to create a culture of learning, clinical excellence, and wellbeing. We support  prevocational medical trainees (PGY1 and PGY2) and newly arrived International Medical Graduates (IMGs) as they begin their medical careers in Australia. Our team consists of: 

  • Dr Kim Jeffs – Directof 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
  • Andrea Kim – Advisor, Education

We provide:

  • Structured weekly orientation program for interns at the beginning of the year and 

  • Structured hospital orientation for new doctors at the beginning of a new term

  • Formal teaching programs for interns and HMOs – Intern Education program: Tuesday 12:30pm and HMO Education program: Thursday 12:30pm

  • Clinical skills workshops, simulation-based learning and professional development programs

  • Support with assessments, individual learning plans aligned with the National Framework for Prevocational Medical Training, beginning of term discussions and EPAs

  • Transition To Practice Program for International Medical Graduates
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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.