Better@home Acute Registrar

**Reference Number**:3502

**Category**:Medical

**Department**:Continuing Care Medical

**_Are you a current Austin Health employee?_**

Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and statewide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.

**About the department**

The Geriatric Medicine/Aged Care Registrar roles are employed across Austin Health, Northern Health and Bendigo Health. All Geriatric Medicine accredited registrars rotate through positions at these health services, as per an agreed individualized roster of three 4-month terms. This position is an unaccredited registrar role however registrars will have access to the full breadth of educational and research opportunities where able.

Hours are: 43 hours/week, including 5 hours of formal training. Austin Health is part of the Northern Training Alliance of the Victorian Geriatric Medicine Training Program, which includes: Northern Health, Bendigo Health, St Vincents, Albury-Wodonga Health and Goulburn Valley Health. Trainees are encouraged to consider working across multiple sites during their training. After hours’ commitments vary between positions. Five hours of protected training time is rostered each week to enable mandatory attendance at the fortnightly Victorian Geriatric Medicine Training sessions for accredited trainees. Other training activities include a local

**About the role**
- Hours per week: 43 hours
- Employment status: Fixed term full time
- Appointment period: 12 months from commencement of start date in 2025
- Work under the supervision of a geriatrician to provide acute care to patients in their home.
- Work with the multi-disciplinary teams caring for the patients in the Continuing Care Division to provide optimal care, including shared-decision making with patients and carers.
- Coordinate care and supervise the learning opportunities of HMOs under your supervision.
- Some direct patient care responsibility will be required to ensure equal division of work.
- Attendance at ward rounds, case conferences, family meetings, outpatient clinic and unit meetings, including mortality and morbidity reviews.
- Liaise with the multidisciplinary team ensuring patient-centered, high quality, clinically appropriate care is delivered to the right person at the right time and in the right place.
- Responsibility for completion of accurate and timely discharge summaries which should accompany the patient on discharge, ensure liaison with GP and the patients’ specialist/s.
- Optional: attendance at weekly Victorian Geriatric Medicine Training Program Thursday afternoon sessions, and training activities including the locally organised registrar training program.
- Take part in the out of hours cover roster.
- Maintain appropriate levels of immunisation in accordance with Austin Health’s Workforce immunisation/screening policies, in the interest of yourself, your family, all Austin Health staff, patients and visitors.

**About you**

To be successful for this role you must:

- Be a registered Medical Practitioner with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
- Hold a valid Victorian Driver’s license
- Have appropriate training and experience applicable to the field of Geriatric Medicine and General Medicine
- Demonstrated commitment to high quality patient care.
- Demonstrated teamwork and collaboration.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate at all levels.
- Current National Police and Working with Children History Check.
- The Staff Immunisation Questionnaire must be completed by all new employees as part of the mandatory on-boarding process. New employees are not permitted to undertake any activity that requires patient contact prior to clearance

**Our benefits**

Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:

- Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging, for living expenses, meals, and holiday accommodation.
- A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted fitness memberships and special offers on health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program.
- Onsite childcare at Austin Hospital, easy access via public transport and car parking options.
- Mentoring and career development opportunities.

**Work with us**

**Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the**position description**for further details.**

**Application closing date: Friday 8 August 2025