2025 Unaccredited General Surgery Registrar

Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and state-wide. We are world-renowned for its research and specialist work in cancer, liver transplantation, spinal cord injuries, neurology, endocrinology, mental health and rehabilitation.  We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our purpose, which is to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.

An exciting opportunity currently exists for 27 enthusiastic Non Accredited General Surgery Registrar to join Austin Health, in joint partnership with Northern Health in 2025.

Austin Northern Training Hub (General Surgery)

The Austin Northern Training Hub is a conjoint training hub for General Surgery comprising of equal partnership between Austin Health and Northern Health with external rotations to regional Victoria, and Tasmania.

Summary of position:

The unaccredited registrar positions in General Surgery at Austin Northern Training Hub (ANTH) are designed to fulfil the dual role of service provision for the health services and training position as a lead up to entry to SET training in General and other subspecialty surgery. The service provision role includes Night Surgical cover for both the Austin Health and Northern Health and surgical relief for General Surgery SET and Non SET trainees. This is combined with a six month rotation in General Surgery which provides a training opportunity as well as allow completion of the minimum requirements for entry to SET.

All Non-Accredited registrars will be allocated one six-month rotation in General Surgery as well as either a six-month term in surgical relief or three months each of Night Surgical cover and Surgical Relief.

• General Surgery: Six month terms at designated Non Accredited registrar positions. Sometimes there may be opportunities to fill empty SET positions for six months.
• Night Surgical Cover/Research role
• SET Relief registrar: Austin Health SET rotations include positions at the Austin Health, Northern Health, Bendigo, Echuca, Mildura, Sale, and Tasmanian rotations (Launceston, Hobart, Burnie and Mersey Hospitals). The positions being relieved would include Non SET and SET positions in General Surgery.

The majority of Non-Accredited registrars will be rostered to three months each of Night Surgical Cover/Research and Relieving Rotations and a single 6-month term in surgical units.

Our benefits:

Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day.  Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:

• Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging
• A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted fitness memberships and special offers on health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program
• Mentoring and career development opportunities
• Onsite childcare, easy access via public transport, car parking and end of journey facilities for cyclists 
• Five weeks annual leave
• Paid conference and exam leave
• Relocation expense reimbursement 

Inclusion at Austin:

We celebrate, value and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies and abilities.  We welcome and support applications from anyone identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, physically or culturally diverse, LGBTQIA+, and people of any age.

Application instructions:

Please click ‘Apply Now’ and you will be directed to sign in or register through the Austin Health Careers Site. All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager using the contact details in the application guide below.  Please note you will be required to attach copies of the following to your online application:

• Cover letter
• Current Curriculum Vitae (CV)
• Employment History Datasheet (upload as Selection Criteria Response)
• Fellowship Certificate (where applicable)
• Working with Children's Check Card (where applicable)
•  

Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Click here to view the position description for further details.

Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Click here to view the application guide for further details.

Application closing date: 17th July 2024.