2026 Hospital Medical Officer

Requisition No: 3929
- Executive Division: Medical Services
- Division: Medical Workforce
- Program: Medical Workforce
- Department: JMS Masterfile
- Enterprise Agreement: Doctors in Training (Victorian Public Health Secto
- Job Function: Medical
- Project:
**Hospital Medical Officer (BPT2)**
- Location: Footscray
- Employment Type: Full Time
- Salary: Classification HM12 - HM16

**About the role**

Western Health has in excess of 30 Medical Hospital Medical Officer (BPT2) positions available for the 2025 Clinical Year.

Western Health offers a highly supportive, clinically rich, and professionally exciting environment in which to train. A dedicated education program tailored to basic training, includes 4 hours per week of structured teaching, in addition to Grand rounds, simulation-based training, and numerous professional development workshops.

All Basic Physician Trainees are provided rotations through the Greater Western Consortium (GWC) comprising Western Health (Western Hospital, Sunshine Hospital and Williamstown Hospital), Melbourne Health (RMH), Albury Wodonga Health, and Ballarat Health Service.

**Rotations available to BPT2’s include**:

- Cardiology
- Endocrinology
- Gastroenterology
- General Medicine
- Hospital in the Home
- Intensive Care
- Nephrology
- Neurology
- Oncology
- Palliative Care
- Respiratory Medicine
- Specialty Medicine Cover/Nights

Rotations are allocated via an individualised, preference-based system, with an emphasis on fair and equal access, breadth of exposure and ensuring BPT training requirements.

**Applications**:
**Key responsibilities**:

- Participate in on-going assessment of competencies via a mid and end of term unit assessment
- Work under the supervision and support of the registrar or consultant to further develop general clinical and decision-making skills
- Assume responsibility for patient care in accordance with the care model of the ward/unit, ensuring that clinical procedures are performed in accordance with Western Health policy and procedure
- Ensure quality patient care via clinical assessment, admissions and development of management plans

**About you**:

- To be Successful for this role you will need to have:

- A medical qualification recognised in Victoria, Australia
- Current Australian medical registration
- Clinical competence as required for level of position
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Commitment to professional development
- Position Description

**About Western Health**
- Western Health is one of the largest healthcare providers in Victoria, caring for a vibrant, diverse and rapidly growing community of one million people in Melbourne’s western suburbs.
- With more than 13,000 staff, Western Health delivers 800,000+ occasions of care every year, providing high-quality, person-centered care across every life stage.
- We provide a combination of hospital, community-based, at-home and in-reach services to aged, adult and paediatric patients and newborn babies. Specialties include
- oncology, renal, mental health, women’s health and maternity, chronic diseases, geriatrics and cardiology.
- We have remarkable strengths in chronic disease, complex care and developing innovative and sustainable healthcare solutions. Our experience at the coalface of healthcare delivery for some of Australia’s most culturally and socioeconomically diverse and vulnerable populations provides us with unique insights into the most pressing health challenges. We have remarkable strengths in chronic disease, complex care and developing innovative and sustainable healthcare solutions.
- Western Health operates four acute public hospitals: Sunshine Hospital (including Joan Kirner Women’s and Children’s), Footscray Hospital, Williamstown Hospital and Bacchus Marsh Hospital. We also operate Sunbury Community Hospital, Sunshine Mental Health and Wellbeing Centre, Melton Health and Community Services, Bacchus Marsh Community Health Centre, Caroline Springs Community Health Centre and Grant Lodge Residential Aged Care in Bacchus Marsh. Western Health also provides the primary healthcare service at the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre, a women’s prison located in Ravenhall.

**Why join us?**

**Compensation and benefits**
- Competitive salary packages aligned with market standards.
- Health and wellbeing programs, including flexible work arrangements.
- Scholarships and grants to support your continuous learning journey.

**Learning and development opportunities**
- Access the Western Health Learning Academy (WHA) for personalised learning pathways.
- Professional growth programs, including postgraduate studies and clinical education.
- Mentorship and career support.

**Community impact and inclusion**
- Make a meaningful difference in patients’ lives through compassionate care.
- Join a workforce that champions diversity and inclusion.
- Engage in community wellbeing initiatives and groundbreaking healthcare research.

**Organisational culture and environment**
- Thrive