Job Description

• Excellent benefits including salary packaging
• Challenging and rewarding work environment

About the Role

This position is based within the Rehabilitation at Home Service at the Kew Campus of St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne with in the Home and Virtual Clinical Stream You will benefit from close links to services across the Continuing Care Stream, including the in-patient units of both the Fitzroy and Kew Campus’ Rehabilitation Units.

Work within one of Australia’s leading healthcare groups, underpinned by the values of compassion, integrity, justice and excellence

The Rehab@Home (R@H) Advanced Trainee is a key member of a dedicated and highly skilled rehabilitation team, providing care to a diverse community-based rehabilitation cohort.

You will be responsible for the day-to-day medical management of up to 20 Rehab@Home patients and 2 Pathways to Home patients, working from the unit base at St George’s Hospital. The role involves close collaboration with a Consultant, Resident Medical Officer, Nursing staff, and Allied Health professionals to provide comprehensive medical oversight, rehabilitation plan development, and coordination of multidisciplinary team meetings.

We are seeking enthusiastic, collaborative trainees with strong communication and clinical skills to join our Advanced Trainee (AT) program in 2027. Successful candidates will:

• Perform the duties of the position to a high standard under appropriate supervision.
• Actively support patients, families, and carers to make informed decisions about treatment and ongoing care.
• Communicate effectively and collaborate with patients, families, carers, general practitioners, colleagues, and broader health and social support networks.

You will be joining a department that is friendly, engaged, and highly collaborative, with a shared commitment to delivering excellent patient care.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provision of day-to-day safe medical care for admitted community rehabilitation patients through:
  • Home visits
  • Telehealth consultations
• Optional attendance at specialist clinics on a rotational basis, including:
  • General Rehabilitation Clinic
  • Interventional Spasticity Service
• Attendance at:
  • Daily ward management meetings
  • Weekly case conferences
  • Family meetings
• Supervision and support of junior medical staff
• Participation in:
  • In-service education for the rehabilitation team
  • Undergraduate medical teaching
  • Research and quality improvement activities within the service
• Participation in the after-hours on-call roster for St George’s Hospital

Education & Training

You will have access to a comprehensive education program, including:

• Weekly supervision sessions
• Weekly RMTV training program
• Fortnightly Departmental Education Program
• Weekly SVHM Medical Grand Rounds
• Access to multiple medical and surgical forums
• Mentoring by a wide range of experienced Rehabilitation Medicine Physicians

Rotations commencing: February 2027 and August 2027

Term: 6-month rotation

Location: Kew Campus

Classification: HM25–HM30

Classifications for this position will range from HM25 - HM30 ($129,048.40 - $177,622.12) pro rata for part-time.

What You will Bring

• Bachelor Medicine, Bachelor Surgery or equivalent
• Current unrestricted registration with AHPRA or eligibility for general registration
• Minimum 3 years postgraduate clinical medical experience
• Participation in the Australasian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine (AFRM) Training Program
• C omm itment to the Va lu es and Hea lth Ca re P hiloso phy of S VHM

• National Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC)
• Driver’s License

What We Can Offer You

• Salary Packaging – Increase your take home pay!
• Culture of Continuous Improvement
• SVHM Cultural Diversity programs, offering staff support and education
• Confidential, solutions-focused employee counselling
• Easy access to the local community with on-site parking available and free street parking

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

Please upload your resume, cover letter, addressed to Dr Simon Mosalski, Director of Rehabilitation. Please ensure to include contact details for two (2) referees in your uploaded documents.

Closing Date 12 June 2026

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities. Inclusion is essential to our mission and diversity reflects the community we serve.

Please visit our website, for further information regarding our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment at SVHM.

SVHA has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases in healthcare settings. You may therefore be required to undergo mandatory immunisations/vaccinations(including flu vaccinations).

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

If you would like a copy of the Position Description, please contact jmsrecruitment@svha.org.au and include the JRnumber.

*Respectfully no agencies*

Closing Date:

18 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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