2026 Geriatric Medicine Advanced Trainee Registrar

**Work in an environment that offers**:

- Support for career progression and development
- An opportunity to work with a leading regional health service
- A strong attitude to teaching and learning

**The Position**

**Job Reference**: 2694

**Position Title**:Geriatric Medicine Advanced Trainee Registrar
**Classification**:Registrar Year 1**HM25 - Registrar Year 6 and thereafter HM30
**Salary per hour (exc. super)**:As per award
**Hours per fortnight**:86
**Employment Status**:Full Time Fixed Term (12 or 24 months commencing from February 2026)

**Closing date**:**25/07/2025

Bendigo Health is seeking Geriatric Medicine Advanced Trainees (ATs) for the 2026-2027 training year. Positions are RACP-accredited. Regional training programs offered include; 1- or 2-year program with Bendigo Health; or a new 3-year program in partnership with Austin Health where selected trainees who undertake a successful 1-2 years of training at Bendigo Health will have a guaranteed pre-match registrar role at Austin Health.

Each of the Bendigo Health appointed registrars will rotate through three of the following terms in the year:

- GEM
- Orthogeriatrics & Surgical Liaison
- Geriatrics on Acute (includes Psychiatry and General Medicine consults)
- Geriatrics in ED (assessment and liaison)

Additional Information:

- Flexibility
- greater opportunities to accommodate choice of speciality for terms
- New Regional Hospital - large regional hospital, new facilities, specialities/units
- Training opportunities -specialised training in telehealth with our unit
- Digital health Training Program (series of online teaching sessions via Monash Uni, presented by Prof Chris Bain)
- Opportunity for future employment across the region
- Weekly clinic participation (may include: CDAMS, General Geriatric Medicine, Geri-Connect Telehealth service, Falls and Balance, Continence or the Movement Disorder Clinic)
- Attendance at the fortnightly Victorian Geriatric Medicine Training Program and in-house training sessions

**Working with Bendigo Health**

Bendigo Health are a leader in regional health care, combining outstanding services with a strong education, training and personal development culture.

Created by our community in the 1850s, we have a long, proud history of delivering excellent care to our community.

Our organisation is diverse, welcoming and committed to delivering our vision of Excellent Care. Every Person, Every Time.

Bendigo Health has around 5000 staff and a catchment area covering a quarter of the size of Victoria. The three main campuses of Bendigo Health are in Bendigo, with many services extended to regional settings including areas such as Mildura, Echuca, Swan Hill, Kyneton and Castlemaine.

We offer a fantastic range of benefits for our staff, including:

- Staff health and wellbeing programs
- Career development and education opportunities
- Generous salary packaging opportunities, to increase your take-home pay each fortnight
- Flexible Working Arrangements
- Use of staff gym and pool and access to other fitness facilities through fitness passport program

If successful for a position at Bendigo Health you must provide evidence of your full immunisation record as part of the on boarding process.

**Bendigo Region**

Bendigo is one of Victoria’s largest regional cities making it a great city to live and work in. Bendigo provides services for the region’s population of over 320,000 and so the city offers excellent schools, shopping and cultural precincts, sporting facilities and various tertiary facilities. We can offer generous flexible working arrangements - giving you more time to enjoy the fantastic restaurants, beautiful parks, walking trails and wineries within our region.

**Interested?**

We’d love to hear from you Please ensure that you attach a cover letter and an up-to-date copy of your resume.

**Diversity and Inclusion**

Bendigo Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We embrace diversity and social inclusion and encourage people from a diverse cultural background, people with disabilities and or Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people to apply.