Registrar

Launceston General Hospital (LGH) is a 400 bed public hospital providing acute care services and is the major referral centre for North and North West regions of Tasmania.  It is a teaching hospital for the University of Tasmania and accredited with the RACP for advanced training in a number of specialties including General Medicine. The LGH is accredited for both years of core training in General and Acute Care Medicine, and additional non core training.

During your Advanced Physician Training at the Launceston General Hospital you will be exposed to a wide range of well supported inpatient and outpatient work.  There are opportunities to rotate to a number of specialties including Perioperative Medicine, Endocrinology, Infectious Disease, Neurology, Stroke, Cardiology, Renal, Respiratory and Rehabilitation as well as opportunities to assist with organisation of the FRACP clinical examination. Acute terms are readily available in Cardiology, Stroke and the Acute Medical Unit.

We encourage our trainees to be actively involved in teaching via the University of Tasmania (with opportunities for honorary titles) and with the teaching program for the Basic Physician Trainees.  General and Acute Care Medicine Advanced Trainees have the benefit of a dedicated education program focused on the professional skills required to be a General Physician. There is also ample opportunity for research and supervision of the Advanced Training Research Projects.  We are well supported by the Clifford Craig Foundation with research grants available to successful applicants, including trainees.

Launceston is a one hour flight from Melbourne and in a central and accessible distance to all of Tasmania's environmental wonders.

The role:

• Responsible for the day to day management of private and public inpatients and outpatients within the allocated site/facility. Provide after-hours emergency as determined by the relevant work unit.

Note: - Please refer to the Statement of Duties for all the selection criteria of this position to address in your application.

Details of appointment:

Multiple Fixed Term full time, day worker with on call position working 76 hours per fortnight with an additional 10 hours of protected training time, commencing from 2 February 2026 until 31 January 2027.*Negotiation of contracts of up to three years and flexible training may be applicable"

• Applicants should note that, for a period of twelve months from the date of publication, this selection process may be used to fill subsequent or similar full time and part time vacancies.

Salary:

Medical Practitioner Level $134,930 - $189,005 per annum, pro rata + 12% superannuation + access to salary packaging

• Salary range is in accordance with Medical Practitioners Agreement 2022
• Please note this is an Advanced Trainee Position

Eligibility:

• Successful applicants will be required to meet the essential criteria:
• General or limited registration with the Medical Board of Australia
• Current Working with Children Registration

The Following are qualifications are highly desirable

• Successfully completed basic physician training OR
• RACP peer review (i.e. been determined approval to work at an AT level by the RACP)

*Registration/licences that are essential requirements of this role must remain current and valid at all times whilst employed in this role and the status of these may be checked at any time during employment. It is the employee's responsibility to ensure that registration/licences remain current and to advise the Employer if their circumstances change. This includes notifying the Employer if a registration/licence is revoked, cancelled or has its conditions altered.

The Head of the State Service has determined that the person nominated for this job is to satisfy a pre‑employment check before taking up the appointment, on promotion or transfer. The following checks are to be conducted:

1. Conviction checks in the following areas:

2. Crimes of violence

3. sex related offences
4. serious drug offences
5. crimes involving dishonesty

6. serious traffic offences (delete if not required)

7. Identification check

8. Disciplinary action in previous employment check.

Download the Statement of Duties and any Associated Documents

We encourage you to review the Applicant Guide, Statement of Duties, prior to applying for an overview of the duties, program, selection process and selection criteria.

Statement of Duties

• Generic Registrar-Senior Registrar MP5-11 (June 2024)

Applicant Guide

• Department of Health - Applicant Guide June
• Department of Health - Applicant Guide June

How to Apply

Apply Online.  Please click the "Apply" button on this screen.  This ensures important questions about you are answered.

You will be prompted to complete a 1-2 page application outlining your experience, skills and knowledge as they relate to the attached Statement of Duties.

Please note:

• We do not require a separate statement addressing the selection criteria in the Statement of Duties.
• All attachments must be in Microsoft Word or PDF format.
• Referee details are submitted as part of the online application so make sure you have the contact details of two referees before applying.

For more information

Telena Kerkham

Position: Director of General Medicine

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