2026 General Medicine Advanced Trainee
Clayton, VIC, AU, 3168
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About General Medicine
General Medicine provides an acute general medicine service for Monash Health across its three acute care campuses. General Medicine is the largest single medical inpatient activity at Monash Health with approximately 21,000 inpatient episodes per year.
Inpatient services are supported by General Physicians at the following locations:
- General Medical Services at Monash Medical Centre are currently provided by 5 multidisciplinary teams largely across three wards. Advanced trainees in Core General Medicine rotations will work alongside senior staff and multidisciplinary teams to provide acute and ongoing clinical care. This is supported by both full-time staff specialists and VMOs.
- At Dandenong Hospital General Medicine admits a very diverse range of patients including a high volume of subspecialty presentations supported by full time and fractional consultants in a collaborative inter-professional model of care.
- At Casey Hospital the General Medicine Unit provides acute general medical care in a high growth corridor and is supported by fractional consultants with a range of subspecialty expertise.
Specialty rotations are available in haematology, palliative care, ICU, renal, cardiology, geriatrics, as well as Perioperative Medicine and may include regional (Alice Springs and West Gippsland) and private (Epworth Richmond) opportunities.
The South East Collaborative for Advanced Training In General and Acute Care Medicine
The South East Collaborative is a regional network of health services that acts as a singular conjoint recruiting body for NEW trainees entering into GACM advanced training in 2025. The GACM SE Collaborative comprises Alfred Health, Monash Health, Eastern Health, Peninsula Health and other hospitals affiliated with these health services. 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.
About the Role
The position of Advanced Trainee General Medicine Registrar at Monash Health is accredited by RACP; Monash Health is able to provide core General Medicine and selected subspecialty experience as well as rotations with high acuity.
The Advanced Trainee General Medicine Registrar will have the opportunity to develop skills and contribute to clinical research projects and quality improvement and clinical audit initiatives within General Medicine. They will participate in the General Medical component of the medical undergraduate educational experience for Monash University students in third and fifth year on a day to day basis. The appointee will be expected, in conjunction with their Unit head, to manage their own professional development in General Medicine and associated areas including research competency in preparation for their future career development.
About You
As Registrar of the Unit you will have a significant responsibility and a complex role. You will be required to undertake:
- Patient assessment and management in consultation with the treating consultant
- Participation in Medical Emergency Response Teams
- Patient care coordination
- Intern/HMO support, supervision, feedback and teaching
Mandatory requirements of the role:
- Completed SEC GACM APT Application cover letter template (attached with position description)
- Current Drivers Licence
- All candidates will require Australian working rights.
- Two (2) completed referee reports (see below)
Referee Request:
As part of your application, please complete the referee request form at least twice (preferably three times) to ensure we receive a minimum of two references.
Once you submit the form, an automated request will be sent to each referee. You will receive an email notification when a referee has submitted their reference.
Please note that it is your responsibility to ensure your referees complete their submissions before the application deadline. Reference responses will be considered as part of your application.
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 Stephanie Jones, Monash Health: Stephanie.Jones@monashhealth.org or via phone on (03) 9594 1131.
- Dr Travis Churchill, Peninsula Health: TChurchill@phcn.vic.gov.au
- Dr Sukumar Navanathan, Eastern Health: Sukumar.Navanathan@easternhealth.org.au
- Dr Wen Tee, Eastern Health: wen.tee@easternhealth.org.au
Position Description can be found here
Cover Letter Template can be found here
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How to Apply
Applications are accepted via the Monash Health online EHub system. For information including how to apply and probity check requirements, please click here for the ‘Application Guide’
Applications will be screened upon receipt and selection activity may commence prior to the closing date.
Applications close June 13th, 2025.