2026 Geriatric Medicine Advanced Trainee

Requisition No: 4399
- Executive Division: Operations
- Division: Aged General Medical Sub Acute Services
- Program: AGMS - Clinical
- Department: AGED CARE MEDICAL
- Enterprise Agreement: Doctors in Training (Victorian Public Health Secto
- Job Function: Medical
- Project:
**2026 Geriatric Medicine Advanced Trainee**Position**
- **Location**: Sunshine Hospital
- **Employment Type**: Full-Time
- **Salary**: HM25- HM30

**About the role**

Western Health endeavours to tailor its training program in Geriatric Medicine to the needs of its community as well as the needs and interests of individual registrars, including those working part time. Western Health is a major partner in the Western Training Alliance of the Victorian Geriatric Medicine Training Program (VGMTP), together with Melbourne Health, Barwon Health and Ballarat Health.

The Geriatric Medicine Department is a highly respected department within WH. We are involved in all points of care in a patient’s journey - with a Geriatrician in ED model of care, 6 Acute Aged Care units, 3 orthogeriatric units, 6 subacute wards, and multiple community services, specialist clinics and rapid access clinics. We have strong working relationships with all other departments and are involved in establishing several innovative models of care. We are a large department of 30 Consultant Geriatricians who are passionate about providing best care to our patients and providing an excellent training experience for our Registrars.

Western Health offers trainees' exposure to a comprehensive range of clinical services, including:

- The Largest Acute Aged Care Program in Victoria
- Orthogeriatrics Service
- Geriatric Evaluation and Management (GEM) units across Footscray, Sunshine and Williamstown Hospitals
- Cardiogeriatrics Service
- Dementia Management Unit
- Rehabilitation
- Transitional Care
- Acute Inpatient ConsultationSservice
- Specialty Clinics, including Movement Disorders, Falls and Mobility, Falls and Fractures, Wound, Continence, CDAMS and Geriatric Clinic

In addition, there is a rotation to Aged Person’s Mental Health at Sunshine Hospital.

There is also an extensive education program. Trainees attend the fortnightly state-wide VGMTP sessions, a local program tailored to the needs of Western Alliance trainees and various other local training activities including those expected in a teaching hospital. Supportive senior medical staff supervise all aspects of training, and the Western Alliance Fellow in Geriatric Medicine is based at Western Health.

Western Health has a clinical school affiliation with the University of Melbourne.

In 2026, there are 15 full-time equivalent Advanced Training positions (first year and continuing) and FIGM position. We welcome applicants who seek part-time training and we have one part-time position available in 2026.

Rotations are 3 x 4 months. We tailor these rotations to the trainee, to offer a broad training experience, but also to ensure outstanding training needs, especially in the final year, are met.

**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**:
1. Must be registered with AHPRA

2. Must hold an appropriate employment visa if not an Australian Citizen or Resident.

3. Must be eligible for an advanced training position with RACP.

The positions are for 12-months commencing 02/02/2026 and continuing through until 31/01/2027.

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 mos