2026 Sleep Fellow

Requisition No: 4223
- Executive Division: Operations
- Division: Cancer Cardiology and Specialty Medicine
- Program: Special Medicine
- Department: Respiratory Medicine
- Enterprise Agreement: Doctors in Training (Victorian Public Health Secto
- Job Function: Medical
- Project:
**Sleep Fellow**

**Location**: Footscray

**Employmen**t Type**: Full Time/Part Time

**Salary**: Classification range HM25 to HM30

**About the role**

The role of the half-time Sleep Registrar (Advanced Trainee) is to provide clinical management of patients and to undertake administrative duties for the Unit under the supervision and direction of the Department Head of Unit or Consultant. This role would be particularly suitable for an advanced trainee who requires 6 months of Core Sleep Medicine training to complete their training requirements. This is a half time job spanning 12 months to achieve 6 months of core Sleep Medicine training.

The duties include, but are not restricted to:

- Manage outpatients and inpatients of the respiratory and sleep disorders units
- Provide supervision and support for junior medical staff in respiratory and sleep medicine
- Report sleep studies for patients of the unit
- Assist the sleep scientists and CPAP therapist in the management of sleep clinic and sleep laboratory patients
- Assist in the medical triage of patients referred to Sleep Disorders Clinic

Additional duties may include participation in the on-call and after-hours Respiratory Medicine registrar roster. This would be discussed with the Head of Unit, Respiratory and Sleep Disorders Medicine.

**Key responsibilities**:

- Participate in on-going assessment of competencies via college assessment forms
- Work under the supervision and support of the Head of Unit or Receiving Consultant to further develop general clinical and decision-making skills
- Perform unit duties as delegated by the Unit Head or Receiving Consultant in accordance with Western Health policies and procedures and relevant legislation
- Ensure notification to the appropriate consultant of patients referred to the Department, and provision of initial assessment of referred patients
- Ensure quality patient care via clinical assessment, admissions and development of management plans

**About you**:

- A medical qualification recognised in Victoria, Australia
- Current medical registration
- Clinical competence as required for level of position
- Eligible for Advanced training in Sleep Medicine as per RACP
- 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 commu