Advanced Trainee | General and Acute Care Medicine

Posted:
7/24/2025, 3:44:30 PM

Location(s):
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia ⋅ Victoria, Australia

Experience Level(s):
Junior ⋅ Mid Level

Field(s):
Medical, Clinical & Veterinary

Job Description:

  • 43 hours per week, February 2026 until January 2027

  • Provide exceptional patient-centred care

  • Reputation for excellence in physician training

About the Role

Thank you for your interest in an Advanced Trainee position in General and Acute Medicine Medicine at St Vincent’s Hospital in 2025.

The Advanced Trainees in General and Acute Care Medicine are responsible for the delivery of clinical services to St Vincent’s patients, by providing high quality clinical care, contributing to service evaluation and displaying a commitment to ongoing learning and professional development in general and acute care medicine. 

Duties:

  • Provide effective supervised day to day clinical management of both ambulatory and admitted patients who present with multi-system illness and co-morbidities.

  • Effective communication with supervisors and all staff involved in the patient’s care in regard to admission, discharge, management plans, diagnostic requests and consultations.

  • Various leadership opportunities may include leading a daily clinical handover meeting and ward round in conjunction with General Medical and Specialty Medicine Consultants.

  • Work with the Director and Consultants to build team capacity and supervision of unit Registrars and junior staff.

  • Activities on subspecialty and external rotation will be specific to that service and directed by your unit clinical supervisor.


You will have the opportunity to rotate through subspecialty areas including General Medicine, Hospital in the Home (HITH), Cardiology, Respiratory Medicine, Nephrology, ICU, Perioperative Medicine, Stroke and Infectious Diseases, and our Secondment Health services at Werribee Mercy Hospital, Central Gippsland Health, Sale and South West Healthcare, Warrnambool. Other internal and external rotations are being explored and may be available for 2026, and can be discussed with interested applicants.

Classifications for this position will range from HM25 - HM30 ($129,048.40 - $177,622.12 pro rata per annum) + salary sacrifice and excluding super

What You’ll Bring

  • AHPRA Registration

  • National Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC)

  • Bachelor Medicine

  • Successful completion of Basic Physician Training Year 1 - 3

What We Can Offer You

  • Salary Packaging Increase your take home pay!
  • Culture of Continuous Improvement
  • Ability to join Fitness Passport - Your pass to an extensive choice of fitness facilities
  • Located in Fitzroy with CBD and Gertrude St at our doorstep
  • Available Trams for our Fitzroy Campus 11, 12, 109, 86, 96
  • Fitzroy Main building only 500m from Parliament Station
  • SVHM Cultural Diversity programs, offering staff support and education
  • Talk to me application - facilitate better conversations with patients and residents of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
  • Confidential, solutions-focused employee counselling

Working at St Vincent’s

 St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is a leading teaching, research and tertiary health service. SVHM provides an extensive range of adult clinical services across our Fitzroy, Kew and Truganina sites.

We warmly encourage applications from talented people of all backgrounds, including those who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, LGBTQIA+, and people of all ages, cultures, and identities. Our mission is to create an environment that reflects and supports the rich diversity of the community we serve.

Together, we celebrate our values of Compassion, Justice, Integrity and Excellence, making SVHM a unique, safe and welcoming place to work.

Pre-employment checks

  • Your employment is conditional upon the completion of all role-required pre-employment checks, including relevant immunisations.

How to Apply

To apply, click the 'Apply' button.

You will be prompted to create a Workday candidate profile and upload your current resume and cover letter, addressed to Dr Jonathan Darby, Director General Medicine.

Please include contact details for 2 References in your CV.

Please let us know if you have any accessibility requirements and we will be able to adapt to these for you.

If you would like a copy of the Position Description, please contact [email protected] and include the JRnumber.

*Respectfully no agencies*

Closing Date:

30 August 2025 11:59pm

Reconciliation Action Plan:

At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. 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.

For further information, visit https://www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation or get in contact at [email protected]

View Reconciliation Action Plan

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