2026 Upper Gi

Requisition No: 4416
- Executive Division: Operations
- Division: Surgery Endoscopy Anaesthesia Services
- Program: Surgery
- Department: Upper GI & Gen Surgical Unit
- Enterprise Agreement: Doctors in Training (Victorian Public Health Secto
- Job Function: Medical
- Project:
**2026 Upper GI & HPB Surgery Fellow**
- **Location**: Footscray/Sunshine
- **Employment Type**: Full-Time
- **Salary**: HM25 to HM30 classification range

**About the role**

Applications are invited for suitably qualified and enthusiastic medical practitioner to join our team as an Upper GI & HPB Surgery Fellow for the 2026 Clinical Year (commencing February 2026).

The role of the UGIG Fellow is to have a committed interest in Upper GI / HPB Surgery, either as a specialist in the field or to increase knowledge in the field for general surgical practice. The Fellow will have an opportunity to gain experience in a large volume of complex oesophagogastric and hepatopancreaticobiliary operations for both benign and malignant disease.

The Fellow is expected to provide clinical management of unit patients and referrals, including attendance at operating theatre sessions and outpatient clinics. It is also a requirement that the successful applicant will undertake administrative duties for the Unit under the supervision and direction of the Head of Unit or Consultant. The position is based at Footscray Hospital, and includes a strong focus on emergency surgery.

**About the Unit**

The Upper GI/HPB and General Surgery (UGIG) Unit is part of the Division of Surgery based at Western Health, Footscray. Western Health is a major tertiary centre in Western Melbourne and part of a health network with a catchment population of 900,000 in one of the fastest growth corridors in Victoria. The unit is a combined hepatopancreaticobiliary/oesophagogastric service. The unit comprises eight Upper GI/HPB consultant surgeons, 2 registrars, 2 HMOs and 4 interns. The fellow will be involved in between 200-300 major operative cases.

**Key responsibilities**:

- Scan for and act on opportunities to create Best Care
- Ensure employees are clear about what they need to achieve at work and are supported to deliver and to develop, via active participation in day to day conversations about performance and via the annual performance development process
- Work collaboratively to achieve desired outcomes for the organisation
- Participate in relevant professional and leadership development and continuing education activities
- Ensure the responsible use and management of resources and equipment

**About you**:

- Hold a Primary Medical Degree (MBBS or equivalent)
- Have current registration with AHPRA as a medical practitioner
- Passed the exam and satisfied all other criteria to be a full FRACS. A history of previous work experience at Western Health is desirable but not compulsory. A previous year as a surgical fellow is desirable but not compulsory.

**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