Advanced Trainee Medical Oncology

Advanced Trainee Medical Oncology

Fixed term full time position (12 months) – commencing 2 February 2026 – 43 hours per week

Cabrini Malvern & Cabrini Brighton  

Cabrini offers:

• Salary packaging up to $15,900 tax-free each year, plus $2650 meal & entertainment card benefits.

• Rewarding career growth opportunities within a supportive team environment.

• Discounted Myki Commuter fares available.

• Vibrant Malvern location close to public transport, shops, and cafes.

How you will make an impact

Cabrini Health is committed to understanding and addressing the needs of our community, by researching and continuously improving the quality of our care and by motivating staff committed to our healthcare mission. As such, we are committed to education and training.

The Advanced Trainee in Medical Oncology will work under the direction of the Senior Medical Oncologist, to get exposure and experience with clinical patients and related research at Cabrini Health, which will enable the trainee to attain the required skills and knowledge for the term in medical oncology.

The Advanced Trainee will have direct responsibility for the treatment of patients with a wide array of cancers. This will include an initial assessment of patients, development of treatment plans in a multidisciplinary setting, initiation, and continuation of chemotherapy, biological and endocrine anti-cancer therapies, treatment of toxicities, enrolment of patients onto clinical trials, and general symptom management.

There will be standard care for inpatients, day patients receiving chemotherapy, and consults. There is significant participation in clinical trials, especially phase I and II studies. There is participation in all Cabrini MDM's, including colorectal cancer, upper GI malignancies, breast cancer, GU cancers, lung cancer, gynaecological oncology, and hematology. The trainee will attend the VMOTG journal club and the annual MOGA Scientific Meeting.

The position will operate in a busy private oncology practice, and the job involves patient care at both the Cabrini Malvern and Cabrini Brighton campuses

Key responsibilities:

• Provide onsite management of Cabrini inpatients (excluding ICU), including assessment, treatment, and monitoring, in consultation with the patient's primary specialist(s).

• Perform procedures which are relevant to patient care and for which you have received necessary standards of training (e.g., intravenous cannulation, male and female catheterisation, arterial/venous blood gas collection).

• Prescribe appropriate fluid, drug and other therapies deemed appropriate for the patient's welfare.

• First responder for MET calls and other emergency codes and the provision of emergency medical care in collaboration with other on-site clinicians and, where appropriate, the patient's admitting consultants (VMOs).

• Maintain professional standards of contemporaneous documentation and communication. Participate in clinical handover with the patient's care team on commencement and conclusion of shifts.

This role also provides the opportunity to experience working in a private, not-for-profit health service and build future relationships with Cabrini Health.

About you

Cabrini's Advanced Trainee in Medical Oncology will provide compassionate and competent care to all patients, working within the Mission and Values of Cabrini Health.

You will have:

• Successful completion of the FRACP examination

• Registered as an Advance Trainee in RACP Training

• AHPRA-Registered Medical Practitioner

• Accredited trainee positions as designated through the Royal Australasian College of Physicians Knowledge

• Knowledge level appropriate to an advanced trainee of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians

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Enquiries to: Dr Benjamin Brady, Medical Oncologist at Professor Gary Richardson, Medical Oncologist at

Does this sound like your new role? Bring your skills and enthusiasm to Cabrini Health and help optimise the patient experience and health outcomes for our community.

Cabrini Health acknowledges the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for people of all backgrounds and abilities. Inclusion is core to our mission.

As part of our commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

Working for Cabrini

Cabrini Health is a Catholic, private, for-purpose health service located in Melbourne's southeast. Inspired by the mission and ethic of care of the Cabrini Sisters, providing quality, compassionate care to our community for more than 75 years.

There is something special about Cabrini Health. Our highly skilled staff and specialists incorporate clinical research, innovative models of care and state-of-the-art technology to deliver the best possible care and outcomes for our patients. We demonstrate our mission to serve our community through outreach programs that support asylum seekers, provide healthcare in rural communities and in underdeveloped countries.

Our size, reputation and growth strategy ensure genuine opportunities for our people to learn, grow and realise potential.

Our values: Compassion - Integrity - Courage - Respect

MANDATORY FOR ALL NEW STAFF TO CABRINI

Employment with Cabrini Health will be based on satisfactory background checks such as professional references, National Police Check, vaccinations for annual Influenza plus a Working with Children Check (WWCC) may also be requested. Vaccination for COVID-19 is highly recommended.