Position Details
- Contract Dates: 1 February 2027 – 6 February 2028
- Classification: HM25 – HM30 (dependent on experience)
- Salary: As per Victorian Medical Officers Award
- Hours: 86 hours per fortnight (including 10 hours protected training time)
This position offers excellent clinical and operative experience within a busy General Surgery department within a major regional tertiary referral hospital and gain invaluable experience across a broad range of surgical presentations.
The department includes accredited surgical trainees, unaccredited registrars, and dedicated junior doctors working alongside experienced consultant surgeons to deliver high-quality patient care.
This position provides excellent preparation for doctors intending to pursue accredited General Surgery or other surgical specialty training.
Clinical Responsibilities
Working closely with consultant surgeons and surgical trainees, you will:
- Coordinate the care of surgical inpatients and outpatients
- Support consultant-led General Surgery teams
- Participate in evening, weekend, and night rosters
- Manage acute surgical admissions and emergency presentations
- Deliver safe, evidence-based perioperative care
- Work collaboratively within multidisciplinary surgical teams
Operative Experience
Registrars benefit from excellent operative exposure throughout the year, including:
- Scheduled elective operating theatre sessions
- Opportunities to operate as the primary surgeon under supervision
- First assistant experience in a wide range of surgical procedures
- Progressive development of technical operative skills
- Regular exposure to complex surgical cases within a tertiary referral environment
Opportunities include:
- Structured registrar education sessions
- Consultant-led teaching
- Surgical mentorship program
- Research opportunities
- Development of teaching and presentation skills
- Supervision of junior medical staff and medical students
- Protected education time throughout the year
About the Health Service
You will join one of Victoria's leading regional tertiary referral hospitals providing comprehensive acute, surgical, emergency, oncology, cardiology, critical care, women's and children's, renal, and mental health services.
The organisation is recognised for:
- Outstanding consultant support
- High-quality surgical training
- Modern clinical facilities
- Strong commitment to education and research
- Multidisciplinary patient-centred care
- Continuous investment in new technologies and innovation
Benefits
- Excellent operative experience
- Regular consultant supervision and mentorship
- Structured registrar teaching program
- Protected education and training time
- Surgical mentorship and career guidance
- Research opportunities
- Flexible working arrangements
- Salary packaging benefits
- Staff wellbeing initiatives
- Access to gym, swimming pool, and fitness facilities
Enjoy an exceptional lifestyle in one of Victoria's largest regional cities. The area offers excellent schools, affordable housing, vibrant cafés and restaurants, wineries, sporting facilities, cultural attractions, and beautiful parks, all within convenient access of Melbourne.
Regional Victoria combines excellent career opportunities with an outstanding work-life balance.
Requirements
Applications are welcomed from doctors with experience in surgery who have a strong interest in pursuing a career in general surgery or another surgical speciality.
International medical graduates who are eligible for registration with the Medical Board of Australia are encouraged to apply.
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