2025 Cardiothoracic Unaccredited Registrar

Job Title: 2025 Barwon Health Cardiothoracic Surgery Unaccredited Registrar

Employment Type: Temporary Full Time

Hours per fortnight: 86

Job Category: Medical - Registrar

• Extend your career with one of the largest and most comprehensive regional health services in Australia.
• Ongoing training and professional development in a supported work environment.
• Lifestyle A stone throw from the Surf Coast, Bellarine Peninsula and Great Ocean Road.

Barwon Health is one of the largest and most comprehensive regional health services in Australia, providing care at all stages of life and circumstance. Services available through Barwon Health cover the full spectrum from primary care, community services, aged care, rehabilitation, mental health, emergency and acute care. We serve more than 500,000 people through the efforts of more than 9,000 staff and volunteers across more than 20 sites. Barwon Health is committed to developing a vibrant culture of education, training and research that advances health and wellbeing for all.

Our major sites include University Hospital Geelong in Geelong's CBD, the McKellar Centre precinct in North Geelong, Barwon Health North in Norlane, and residential aged care facilities spanning the region. Comprehensive mental health, community health and dental services are delivered through various programs across the Barwon South West Region, including Torquay and Colac.

The Cardiothoracic Unit provides Cardiac and Thoracic surgery to the population of South Western Victoria.

The Unit has four registrar positions to assist four Consultant surgeons in delivering Cardiothoracic surgical care.

Surgery is conducted daily with opportunity to learn and assist with Coronary bypass surgery, Heart Valve surgery, Lung resections, Robotic Lung Surgery, Minimal access valve surgery and more.

The Unit has strong relations with Cardiology, Intensive Care, Respiratory Medicine and Oncology and also work as required with Emergency department presentations. There are frequent clinical meetings and activity in patient consultation and evaluation.

Teaching and supporting the career development of aspiring surgeons is a key platform of our work.

Technological advances include minimal access surgery, Robotic Thoracic surgery and endoscopic vein harvesting.

Our work ethic is inclusive and valuing of all team members, with a focus on uncompromising patient care.

The size of the Unit is conducive to a real sense of team inclusiveness and all share in the satisfaction of being part of group that delivers meaningful outcomes for our patients.

If you have the qualifications and aptitude along with excellent interpersonal skills and the commitment to improving patient care, this may be the role for you.

The successful applicants will also assist in general reporting and participate in the roster for after-hours, on-call and recall by the unit.

You will have the opportunity to be part of a highly skilled professional, friendly and dedicated workforce who take pride in providing high-quality service. You will have support and guidance from fellow team members and management who exhibit our Barwon Health values of respect, compassion, commitment, accountability and innovation. We are all dedicated to supporting the organisation in achieving our vision of – By 2050 everyone in our community enjoys the best health and wellbeing in Victoria.

• Doorstep to the Great Ocean Road, Bellarine Peninsula and the Surf Coast.

Sitting within one of Victoria’s six regional health centres, Barwon Health serves the community of Greater Geelong and beyond. Victoria’s second largest city after Melbourne Derived from the local Wathaurong Aboriginal name for the region Djilang, Geelong is thought to mean ‘Tongue of Land’.

• Enjoy a range of lifestyle choices including inner city, coastal, suburban and rural homes at affordable prices.
• High standard of schooling options throughout the area.
• A stone throw from the Surf Coast and Great Ocean Road.
• Appreciate beautiful parks, rivers, walks and wineries.

To find out more about the Geelong region, visit ourMoving to the Region page on the Barwon Health website.

At Barwon Health we are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce where we value each person’s uniqueness. We embrace diverse life experiences and the perspectives of our people, whilst providing high-quality healthcare to all members of our community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, religion, cultural background, disability, or sexual orientation.

At Barwon Health we are committed to providing positive employment opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and welcome employment applications from candidates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background.

We at Barwon Health strongly encourage people with disability and diverse backgrounds to apply for our roles.

We are also proud to be Totally Smoke Free.

If we can assist you with any reasonable adjustments in order to submit your application for this role, please contact the Medical Workforce Unit via email at medicalrecruitment@barwonhealth.org.au noting your preferred method of communication and contact details and a member of the team will be in touch.