The Royal Children's Hospital

Advanced Trainee - General and Acute Care Medicine

The Royal Children's Hospital  •  $129k - $178k/yr  •  Commonwealth of Australia (Onsite)  •  9 days ago
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Job Description

  • Rewarding, challenging and supportive work environment
  • Provide exceptional patient-centred care
  • Reputation for excellence in physician training

About the Role

Thank you for your interest in an Advanced Trainee position in General and Acute Medicine Medicine at St Vincent’s Hospital in 2027.

The Advanced Trainees in General and Acute Care Medicine are responsible for the delivery of clinical services to St Vincent’s patients, by providing high quality clinical care, contributing to service evaluation and displaying a commitment to ongoing learning and professional development in general and acute care medicine.

Duties:

  • Provide effective supervised day to day clinical management of both ambulatory and admitted patients who present with multi-system illness and co-morbidities.
  • Effective communication with supervisors and all staff involved in the patient’s care in regard to admission, discharge, management plans, diagnostic requests and consultations.
  • Various leadership opportunities may include leading a daily clinical handover meeting and ward round in conjunction with General Medical and Specialty Medicine Consultants.
  • Work with the Director and Consultants to build team capacity and supervision of unit Registrars and junior staff.
  • Activities on subspecialty and external rotation will be specific to that service and directed by your unit clinical supervisor.


You will have the opportunity to rotate through subspecialty areas including General Medicine, Hospital in the Home (HITH), Cardiology, Respiratory Medicine, Nephrology, ICU, Perioperative Medicine, Stroke, Rheumatology and Infectious Diseases, and our Secondment Health services at Werribee Mercy Hospital, Central Gippsland Health, Sale and South West Healthcare, Warrnambool. In addition, we have a position rotating 6 months Neurology St Vincent’s and 6 month General Medicine, with a Neurology focus, at Albury Wodonga Health.

Duration of appointment: Monday 1st February 2026 - Sunday, 6th February 2028

Hours: 1 EFT (43hrs)

Classification Range: HM25 – HM30 ($129,048.40 - $177,622.12) Pro rata for part-time

What You will Bring

  • AHPRA Registration
  • National Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC)
  • Bachelor Medicine
  • Successful completion of Basic Physician Training Year 1 - 3

Working at St Vincent’s

St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is a leading teaching, research and tertiary health service. SVHM provides an extensive range of adult clinical services across our Fitzroy, Kew and Truganina sites.

We warmly encourage applications from talented people of all backgrounds, including those who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, LGBTQIA+, and people of all ages, cultures, and identities. Our mission is to create an environment that reflects and supports the rich diversity of the community we serve.

Together, we celebrate our values of Compassion, Justice, Integrity and Excellence, making SVHM a unique, safe and welcoming place to work.

What we can offer you

  • Salary Packaging – Increase your take home pay
  • Supportive and welcoming Employee Assistance Program
  • Ability to join Fitness Passport - Your pass to an extensive choice of fitness
  • Discounts and Promotions always available through our Foundation
  • Career development & advancement encouraged
  • Culture of continuous improvement

Pre-employment checks

  • Your employment is conditional upon the completion of all role-required pre-employment checks, including relevant immunisations.

How to Apply

To apply, click the ' Apply' button. You will be prompted to create a Workday candidate profile and upload your current resume and cover letter, addressed to Dr Jonathan Darby, Director General Medicine. Please include contact details for 2 x References in your CV.

Please let us know if you have any accessibility requirements and we will be able to adapt to these for you.

Please locate a copy of the Position Description on our careers site If you have any issues, please contact jmsrecruitment@svha.org.au and include the JRnumber.

*Respectfully no agencies*

Closing Date:

20 June 2026 11:59pm

Reconciliation Action Plan:

At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

For further information, visit https /www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation or get in contact at indigenouscareers@svha.org.au

View Reconciliation Action Plan

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The Royal Children's Hospital

About The Royal Children's Hospital

The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 147 years.

We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.

With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of over 5,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.

We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.

When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.

In 2016–17, more than 85,654 children attended our Emergency Department, 322,291 specialist clinic appointments were held which was almost 70,000 more than the previous year, more than 17,000 surgeries were performed and more than 48,552 children were admitted to our wards.

Industry
Healthcare & Social Services
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Parkville, AU
Year Founded
Unknown
Website
org.au
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