General Surgery Unaccredited Registrar 2026

**Employment Type**:

- Temporary Full Time

**Job Category**:

- Medical - Registrar

**Req Id -** 4711

**2026 General Surgery Unaccredited Registrar**
- **Location**:University Hospital Geelong, with rural attachments in Hamilton and Warrnambool with Trauma Experience at Alfred Hospital
- **Duration**:Full-Time, 12-Month Contract
- Our 2026 Unaccredited Registrar program**is specifically designed to build your CV, develop your clinical skills, accelerate your exam success, and position you for SET selection—all within a supportive, structured, and career-focused environment. The job is setup as a **FULL YEAR OF GENERAL SURGERY**allowing applicants the opportunity to gain maximum exposure to their career goal to become a General Surgeon.

**About Barwon Health and University Hospital Geelong**
- 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 9000 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.

**University Hospital Geelong**is a major tertiary referral hospital and a leader in surgical education, affiliated with Deakin University.
- Our surgical team is enthusiastic, approachable, and fully committed to your success. We maintain a strong culture of mentorship, respect, and collegiality across all levels. We have a strong focus on the unaccredited training program with dedicated Consultant and Fellow supervision.

**Why Train With Us?**

**1. A Proven Launchpad into Accredited Training**
- We have a strong track record**of registrars successfully securing accredited General Surgery Education and Training (GSET) positions. You’ll be guided at every step— CV preparation, research opportunities, exam preparation, portfolio development, mock interviews, and referee support.

**2. Dedicated General Surgery rotations.**
- Unlike many other Unaccredited General Surgery Registrar positions, our General Surgery registrars will undertake a full year of General Surgery with requirement to undertake relief, cover or other sub-specialty training terms.

**3. Exposure to sub-speciality General Surgery rotations**
- University Hospital Geelong has dedicated Colorectal, Upper GI, Hepatobiliary, Endocrine and Breast Surgeons which allows registrars exposure to sub-speciality General Surgery rotations.

**4. Exceptional Fellowship-Aligned Teaching and Exam Preparation**
- You’ll benefit from a structured teaching program mapped directly to the General
- Surgery Fellowship curriculum, including:

- Weekly tutorials, case discussions, and surgical skills workshops
- GSSE-specific tutorials, study groups, and exam coaching
- Mock interviews and portfolio review sessions led by experienced surgical educators

**5. Research, Audit, and Academic Mentorship**
- Build a competitive CV with access to:

- Research and audit projects with a well published academic team supported by research assistants and databases
- Mentorship in academic writing and presentations
- Support to present at local and national surgical conferences
- Opportunity to achieve a higher academic degree with the Masters of Surgical Research at Deakin University which has been designed to assist aspiring surgeons in their pathway to a career in surgery

**6. Access to a dedicated Rural-Based Training Hub**
- Training is conducted primarily in the South West Regional Training Hub**where GSET training occurs under the jurisdiction of RACS and GSA with a very high pass rate of the part 2 fellowship at the first attempt and exceptional fellowship exam preparation.

**As part of this program, you’ll benefit from**:

- Structured rotations through high-volume surgical centres (Geelong, Hamilton, Warrnambool, Colac)
- Rural operative experience, earning critical rural points for SET eligibility
- A strong focus on clinical excellence, teaching, and regional leadership

**Career Development Tailored to You**
- Your training year will be purposefully designed to ensure you meet all SET pre
- requisites, including:

- High-quality supervised operating exposure for your level of training
- Involvement in trauma, acute surgery, elective general surgery, and endoscopy
- Leadership and team-management opportunities

**Your Opportunity**
- The General Surgery Unit comprises 24 Consultants and a full time Director. The unit engages in a comprehensive Outpatient service with over 10000 patients a year with a face to face, virtual and telehealth model. The hospital has 14 main operating suites and 2 endoscopy theatres with an all day dedicated Acute theatre covering a wide spectrum of routine and advance