Endocrine Registrar

**Advanced Trainee - Endocrinology Department f**ixed term maternity leave cover from 25.3.24 - 4.8.24**:

- **Austin/Heidelberg Repatriation Hospitals**:

- **Competitive base + salary packaging + super**

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.

**About the department**:
The Endocrinology Department is part of the Medical Services Division. The unit has three inpatient beds and also has short-term admissions in the Emergency Short Stay Unit. Around 15-20 inpatients are referred to the unit each week, the various

outpatient clinics see 4000 patients per year. The Endocrinology Department has an important role in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and is closely affiliated with the University of Melbourne, Department of Medicine.

The Department of Endocrinology currently operates weekly clinics (3 diabetes, 1 general endocrinology, 1 lipid, 2 osteoporosis, 1 weight control, 1 men’s and women’s health clinic and a gender clinic fortnightly off site at PANCH YCH).. There is a large inpatient load, which includes all areas of endocrinology. There is an active neurosurgery and cardiac surgery unit as well as contact with patients at the Mercy Maternity Hospital. The Department of Endocrinology is very active in research in all fields of endocrinology including bone, diabetes, androgens and obesity. The Department of Endocrinology offers intense endocrine training in an academic unit with a strong research interest. Clinical Endocrinology is the branch of medicine dedicated to the diagnosis treatment, and research into hormones of endocrine glands. Diabetes, osteoporosis and thyroid disease are the commonest illnesses treated. The remaining patients have a wide variety of relatively rare diseases resulting from over function or under function of endocrine glands including the hypothalamus, pituitary, adrenals, gonads and the parathyroid glands. The most common inpatient problem is type 2 diabetes.

**About the role**:
Our Endocrinology registrar position involves participation on both inpatients and outpatient services, undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and attendance at clinical meetings.

**To be eligible for this role you must**:

- Be availabie to attend the weekly Endocrinology Department meeting (currently Friday 12.30-1.30 pm).
- Participate in Education Programs as required.
- Participate in research in areas of Endocrinology both clinical and laboratory based, including clinical trials.
- Participate in an on call roster as required
- Attend hospital regularly both in-hours and out-of-hours according to the daily duty statements and roster.
- Be available to attend outpatients clinics and provide appropriate care to all outpatients.
- Provide appropriate care to all inpatients referred for a consult in a timely manner.
- Support the attendance and participation of the intern and HMO in their formal education and training programs, and hold their pager during these sessions.
- To actively participate in accreditation and quality activities, including clinical audit.
- To assist in creating and maintaining an environment which values and promotes quality patient care.

**To be successful in this role you must**:

- Demonstrate an ability to communicate at all levels
- Demonstrate teamwork and collaboration
- Demonstrate a commitment to high quality patient care
- Have appropriate training and experience applicable to the field of Endocrinology,
- Be registered as a Medical Practitioner with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)

**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 (pro rata)
- Paid conference and exam leave

**Inclusion at Austin**:
**Application instructions**:

- Cover letter
- Current Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- Working with Children's Check Card (where applicable)