Austin Health

Are you a current Austin Health employee? If yes, please log in to the Austin Health careers website via ‘Employee Login' using your network login details to search, view and apply for all career opportunities available. • Full-time, fixed-term opportunity (commencing February 2027) • Enterprise Agreement: Doctors in Training 2022 - 2026 • $98k - $158k + salary packaging + super Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and statewide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives. About Junior Medical Staff Austin Health is a major training service for doctors at all stages of their careers and specialises in advanced vocational training in most specialties, with a central academic role across most Medical Colleges. Hospital Medical Officers (HMOs) are employed in four key training streams: Critical Care, General, Medical (Physician Training) and Surgical. Each training stream offers a variety of rotations across Austin Health as well as other metropolitan, regional/rural and interstate hospitals. HMOs are provided with experiences to support career development and progression towards vocation/specialty training. Austin operates an extensive network of rotations at both the pre-vocational and vocational trainee level. At the vocational level, Austin Health has in excess of 450 specialty registrar positions across virtually all adult specialties, except Obstetrics and Gynaecology. About the role Applications are invited from suitably qualified and enthusiastic medical practitioners to join our team as a Basic Physician Trainee Year 1 or Year 2 in the Medical Workforce for the 2027 Clinical Year. Positions are available for Medical/Physician training. For further details on the training programs and opportunities, as well as application requirements, please refer to the information guide. Successful trainees will be offered a wide selection of general and speciality rotations within a major teaching hospital, a smaller metro hospital (Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital campus), and two regional hospitals (Bendigo Health & Grampians Health - Horsham). Please note that a regional/rural term is an expected component of Central North West Consortium BPT2&3 appointments. Rosters are created to optimise training experience and speciality time over the basic physician training years. The Central North West Consortium offers comprehensive support across all years of the PREP program with all rotations accredited by the RACP. We have a long tradition of providing excellent physician training to trainees within this consortium. A training program to support trainees preparing for the written and clinical RACP examinations has been implemented across all sites within the consortium. In-house written exam lectures are held from September to January each year, finishing with a mock 170-question written exam. Applicants for BPT2 positions intending to complete the RACP examination process will be given priority for subsequent appointment to BPT3 positions the following year to enable optimal allocation of rotations and facilitate exam preparation for trainees. Further information can be obtained at www.centralnorthwest.org.au Please note that successful candidates offered a BPT Year 1 position will receive a one-year contract, while successful candidates offered a BPT Year 2 position will receive a two-year contract.

About you To be successful in this role, you'll bring with you: • A commitment to high-quality patient care • Demonstrated teamwork and collaboration skills • An ability to communicate at all levels • Current registration as a Medical Practitioner with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) • Minimum two-year post-graduate medical experience. Our benefits Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose and engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including: • Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging for living expenses, meals, and holiday accommodation. • A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted fitness memberships and special offers on health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program. • Onsite childcare at Austin Hospital, easy access via public transport and car parking options. • Mentoring and career development opportunities. Work with us! We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures. If you feel this role is right for you, we encourage your early application. Even if you don't meet every single requirement, we encourage you to apply. What matters most is your passion, your drive and your willingness to learn and contribute. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place prior to the closing date. This means we reserve the right to close a job ad prior to the advertised closing date. All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. Austin Health is a child safe organisation, committed to upholding the rights, safety, and wellbeing of children and young people in line with Child Safe Standards. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: Simone Morgan, Manager - Doctors in Training at Simone.Morgan@austin.org.au Application Instructions Click ‘Apply Now'. You will be directed to sign in/register through the Austin Health Careers Site. Complete the registration process as prompted. Please note, you will be required to; • Provide two (2) completed clinical reference assessments via the online form, including at least one reference from a consultant. You may attach paper copies to your application or email them to MWUenquiries@austin.org.au. Copies of PMCV references are also accepted. • Please attach the following to your Austin application; • ​​​​​​Cover letter • Current Curriculum Vitae (CV) Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the position description and information guide for further details. Application closing date: Sunday 8th November 2026 Please note that positions may be filled prior to the end of the advertising period