EOI: SIMG Assessment Panel Community Member

The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) is seeking expressions of interest from community members to join the Specialist International Medical Graduate (SIMG) Assessment Panel. Community members bring a patient and community perspective to SIMG interviews.

This is a remunerated panel appointment and does not constitute employment with ACEM. Remuneration is in line with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency remuneration model. Community members are required to participate in SIMG interviews by videoconference approximately six times per year, with preparation time before each interview day.

Applications close at 5:00pm AEDT Monday 9 November 2026.

Community members take part in regular SIMG interviews alongside a panel of FACEMs. Their role is to make sure assessment decisions reflect what patients and the community expect from an emergency physician. During interviews, the community member focuses on communication, health advocacy, cultural safety and the fairness of the process. They are not required to have a medical background or to judge clinical knowledge of the applicants.

The successful applicants will demonstrate:

• A patient and community perspective on emergency care, through lived experience as an emergency department patient, carer or consumer advocate.
• The ability to assess non-technical attributes such as communication, professionalism, insight, ethical reasoning and patient-centredness.
• Cultural awareness and fairness across diverse backgrounds.
• The ability to judge whether communication is effective, separate from accent or style.
• Awareness of unconscious bias.
• A commitment to cultural safety and health equity for people of all cultures, and an understanding of its particular importance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and Māori.
• Understanding of procedural fairness and evidence-based judgement, including following a structured process and basing views on what the candidate said.

The following are desirable, but not essential:

• experience on selection, interview, assessment or tribunal panels.
• previous consumer or community representative roles in health.
• experience working with migrant or culturally and linguistically diverse communities, or personal experience of having overseas qualifications recognised.

Statement of intent

Statement on the ACEM Core Values

The ACEM Core Values of respect, integrity, collaboration, and equity define the organisation’s guiding principles, and underpin the way ACEM works in order to meet its vision and mission of ensuring the highest standards are maintained in the training of emergency physicians, and in the provision of emergency care to the communities of Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.

All appointees to ACEM roles and entities are required to have completed the ACEM Core Values module. Please indicate if you have completed the module or confirm your undertaking to complete the module if appointed.

The Curriculum Vitae provided will be made available to members of the SIMG Assessment Committee and/or their delegates for consideration of appointment.

ACEM requires all entity members to disclose any conflicts of interest (perceived or actual) in line with the Conflict of Interest Policy (COR139). Please indicate any conflicts of interest to be considered in the context of potential appointment to the SIMG Assessment Committee. If there are none, then please leave this field blank.

I declare that the information provided in this application is true and accurate to the best of my knowledge. I confirm that I provide the perspective of non-clinical individuals on emergency medicine care to the SIMG Assessment Committee being that I am not a College member, not enrolled in an ACEM training program, and not otherwise ineligible for appointment pursuant to College regulations or policies. I also acknowledge that my Curriculum Vitae and Supporting statements will be made available to members of the SIMG Assessment Committee and/or their delegates for consideration of appointment.