2025 General Medicine Advanced Trainee

2025 General Medicine Advanced Trainee (Applications from continuing Advanced Trainees external to South East Collaborative)

• Limited Term Full Time / 86 hours per fortnight
• Eastern Health
• #DOCSGOEAST

Eastern Health

Eastern Health is one of Melbourne’s largest public health services. We provide a range of emergency, surgical, medical and general healthcare services, including maternity, palliative care, mental health, drug and alcohol, residential care, community health and state-wide specialist services to people and communities that are diverse in culture, age, socio-economic status, population and healthcare needs.

The South East Collaborative for Advanced Training in General and Acute Care Medicine

The South East Collaborative is a network of health services that acts as a singular conjoint recruiting body for trainees commencing and continuing GACM advanced training in 2025 and beyond. The GACM SE Collaborative comprises Alfred Health, Monash Health, Eastern Health and Peninsula Health.  Our regional partners are Mildura Health, Northeast Health (Wangaratta) and West Gippsland (Warragul).  Candidates who are successfully recruited to the SE Collaborative (as an employee at one of the aforementioned health services) can expect to have a 36-month training program that gives you access to a variety of rotations in accredited roles across the collaborative with the core aim of delivering a diverse and balanced mix of learning experience that sets up your consultant career and fulfils RACP AT requirements.

Other benefits of applying to work in the SE Collaborative include guaranteed exposure to multiple future employers before you become a consultant physician, opportunity to access a broad range of educational resources across myriad health services from beginning to end, a wide selection of training rotations to match your career interests, and seamless transition from one registrar year to the next. Please contact any of the following key leaders and/or refer to the on-line application pages for each health service if you would like more information.

Dr Nicole Hancock, Alfred Health: n.hancock@alfred.org.au

Dr Sukumar Navanathan, Eastern Health: sukumar.navanathan@easternhealth.org.au

Dr Wen Tee, Eastern Health: Wen.Tee@easternhealth.org.au

Dr Stephanie Jones, Monash Health: Stephanie.Jones@monashhealth.org

Dr Travis Churchill, Peninsula Health: TChurchill@phcn.vic.gov.au

 Accredited Training Rotations in the SE Collaboration 2025

CORE General Medicine

@ Alfred Health

@ Monash Health

@ Eastern Health

@ Peninsula

Regional Partner

3 roles @ The Alfred (high acuity)

2 roles @ Clayton Campus

1 role @ Box Hill Hospital

4 roles @ Frankston

1 role @ Warragul

2 roles @ Sandringham Hospital

3 roles @ Dandenong Campus

1 role @ Epworth Eastern

1 role @ Frankston (high acuity)

1 role @ Cabrini Hospital

3 roles @ Casey campus: exposure to Resp and Endo

CORE General Medicine-related

@ Alfred Health

@ Monash Health

@ Eastern Health

@ Peninsula

Regional Partner

3 roles in Peri-Operative Medicine

3 roles in Peri-Operative Medicine

2 @ Clayton/Moorabbin

1 @ Casey

2 roles in Peri-Operative Medicine

Box Hill Hospital

Maroondah (+ICU Liaison)

1 role @ Northeast Health (Wangaratta)

(flexible to be CORE Specialty ID)

4 roles in General Medicine Streaming (ED Liaison role)

1 role in ED Liaison (High acuity)

Dandenong

1 Acute Medical Liaison role

Box Hill Hospital

2 roles in General Med HITH/HARP*

1 Hospital in the Home

Maroondah

1 Senior Medical Registrar role

3 Senior Medical Registrar roles

Box Hill Hospital

Maroondah Hospital

Angliss Hospital

*Hospital Admission Risk Program

CORE Specialties

@ Alfred Health

@ Monash Health

@ Eastern Health

@ Peninsula

Regional Partner

1 role in Cardiology

1 role in Cardiology (high acuity)

Clayton

1 role in Cardiology

Maroondah

1 role in Cardiology (High acuity)

1 role at Mildura Cardiology Practice

Linked with Alfred

1 role in Addiction Medicine

1 role in Palliative Care

Clayton

1 role in Infectious Disease

Maroondah

1 role in Infectious Diseases

1 role at Northeast Health (Wangaratta)

Infectious Disease

Linked with Alfred

2 roles in ICU (high acuity)

Cabrini Hospital

3 roles in ICU (high acuity)

Clayton 2

Dandenong/Casey 1

1 role in ICU (high acuity)

Box Hill Hospital

1 role in ICU (high acuity)

1 role in Neurology

1 role in Nephrology

Victorian Heart Centre

1 role in Neurology

Box Hill Hospital

1 role in Endocrinology

1 role in Haem

Clayton

2 roles in Endocrinology

Box Hill Hospital/Epworth

Angliss Hospital

1 role in Oncology

2 roles in Respiratory

1 role in Respiratory

Dandenong/Casey

1 role in Respiratory

2 roles in Geriatrics in Reach

Dandenong/Casey (in reach)

Kingston Centre (GEM)

1 role in Gastroenterology

About You

To be successful in this role you will possess:

• Current registration with AHPRA 
• Applicants must have successfully completed the RACP written and clinical examination

• Highly developed interpersonal and leadership experience
• A strong commitment to high quality care
• The ability to work as part of a diverse team
• Excellent communication and organisational skills

Please refer to the attached position description for further details of the role.

Vaccination against infectious disease is a mandatory requirement of this role.  This offer of employment is conditional on you providing evidence that you are currently vaccinated against COVID-19 & Influenza, prior to commencing employment.

What we offer

Eastern Health offers a variety of fantastic Employee Benefits, view the extensive range here

• Diverse and engaging career opportunities
• Friendly & supportive team
• Flexible working hours
• Salary packaging options
• Career progression in our teaching hospitals

Application Advice

 Trainees who have commenced or resuming training in General and Acute Care Medicine (Continuing Advanced Trainees external to SEC)

For 2025, external continuing trainees’ applications will be considered by the South East Collaborative and we will be reviewing applications from the date this advertisement is launched.  Please do not delay your application until the closing date. 

Please download and complete the cover letter template (attachment in the advert below) and upload with your on-line application.

Applications for external continuing trainees close: 21 June 2024 (you are advised NOT to leave your application until the closing date)

Initial offers: 26 June 2024

Please address your application to Dr Sukumar Navanathan, Head of Training in General Medicine, Eastern Health

If you believe you have the ability to make a difference in this rewarding industry, apply today

Please note: 

• All applications must be submitted online via E-Mercury
• All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Fit2Work Check, where preferred candidates will be required to complete a Criminal History Check at the expense of Eastern Health.
• You must have Australian work rights to apply for this position.
• Recruitment agency applications will not be accepted.

Eastern Health is a child safe organisation, committed to promoting the wellbeing and cultural safety of Aboriginal children, children with disabilities and all children in their diversity.

Eastern Health is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment that welcomes and values all people. We recognise that diversity is essential in ensuring Eastern Health provides the best service to its consumers.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, women, those from the LGBTIQ+ community, people living with disability and those from a culturally and linguistically diverse background, are strongly encouraged to apply. Those seeking support in submitting an application are welcome to contact the hiring manager listed or feel free to contact the Talent Acquisition team.

Values in Action: Respect for all | Safe always | Partnering in care | Learning and improving every day

**Please note applications will be screened upon receipt and advertising may close prior to the closing date.**