2026 Unaccredited Plastics

Requisition No: 4177
- Executive Division: Operations
- Division: Surgery Endoscopy Anaesthesia Services
- Program: Surgery
- Department: Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
- Enterprise Agreement: Doctors in Training (Victorian Public Health Secto
- Job Function: Medical
- Project:
**Non-Accredited Plastic Surgery Registrar**
- **Location**: Footscray Hospital
- **Employment Type**:Full-Time
- **Salary**:HM25-HM30

**About the role**

Applications are sought for a Non-Accredited Plastic Surgery Registrar seeking employment at Western Health for 2026. You will work as part of a team to provide high quality patient care.

**Key responsibilities**:

- Patient assessment, co-ordination and management in consultation with the treating consultant
- Appropriate communication with other health professionals including nursing and allied health staff
- Appropriate and clear communication and/or handover of patients under your care
- Provide leadership in the multidisciplinary setting
- Demonstrate initiative, efficient time management, education and learning
- Demonstrate commitment to quality and safety
- Teaching and supervision of residents, interns and medical students

You will be accountable to your Head of Unit and/or responsible consultant surgeon for the care of all patients in the Department.

**About Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery**

The Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery at Western Health is staffed by 11 Plastic Surgeons, 5 registrars (2 accredited, 3 non-accredited) and supported by a team of residents and interns. Areas of clinical exposure will include general plastic and reconstructive surgery, hand surgery, skin cancer surgery, trauma surgery, head and neck surgery, microsurgery and breast reconstructive surgery.

Outpatient clinics are held for adult and Paediatric plastic surgery with consultant plastic surgeons, as well as dressings clinics led by registrars. Clinics occur at Sunshine and Joan Kirner Hospitals. Surgery is mostly undertaken at Sunshine Hospital but may be performed at all campuses as required.

**About you**:

- Primary medical degree
- Current general registration with AHPRA
- Previous surgical HMO experience
- Current employee Victorian Working with Children Check (WWCC)
- Satisfactory Police Record Check
- Immunisation status clearance (including evidence of COVID 19 vaccination)
- Image intensifier (C-arm) license

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-centred 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 in a collaborative, compassionate and in