Requisition No: 4213
Executive Division: Operations
Division: Aged General Medical Sub Acute Services
Program: AGMS - Clinical
Department: AGED CARE MEDICAL
Enterprise Agreement: Doctors in Training (Victorian Public Health Secto
Job Function: Medical
Project:

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Geriatric Medicine Department is a highly respected department within WH. We are involved in all points of care in a patient’s journey – with a Geriatrician in ED model of care, 6 Acute aged care units, 3 Orthogeriatric units, 6 subacute wards, and multiple community services, specialist clinics and rapid access clinics. We have strong working relationships with all other departments and are involved in establishing several innovative models of care. We are a large department of 30 Consultant Geriatricians who are passionate about providing best care to our patients and providing an excellent training experience for our Registrars.

The Geriatric Medicine Department will have 15 full time and 1 part time advanced trainees in 2026, working across Footscray, Sunshine and Williamstown Hospitals. This creates an opportunity for an unaccredited Geriatric Medicine registrar to be part of the team, in a position that provides leave cover to the advanced trainees. This position provides a unique opportunity to work across the breadth of the Aged, Cancer and Continuing Care Division in the following areas:

• The largest Acute Aged Care program in Victoria;
• Orthogeriatrics service;
• Geriatric Evaluation and Management (GEM) units across Footscray, Sunshine and Williamstown hospitals;
• Cardio-geriatrics service;
• Dementia Management Unit;
• Rehabilitation;
• Transitional Care;
• Acute inpatient consultation service;
• Specialty clinics, including Movement Disorders, Falls and Mobility, Falls and Fractures, Wound, Continence, CDAMS and geriatric clinic
• Community-based care including community geriatrics, GEM@home, Residential In reach.

The Unaccredited Registrar position has been created to provide leave cover for the accredited Advanced Trainees. It therefore provides an opportunity to move through most of the rotations and get a great breadth of experience and exposure to Geriatric Medicine. This role would be ideally suited to a Basic Physician Trainee with Registrar level experience and an interest in Geriatric Medicine. This registrar would have access to all the in-house training opportunities the advanced trainees receive, as well as the BPT training program that Western Health provides.
The position is for 12 months commencing 02/02/2026 and continuing through until 31/01/2027.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work under the supervision and support of the Head of Unit or Receiving Consultant to further develop general clinical and decision-making skills
• Perform unit duties as delegated by the Unit Head or Receiving Consultant in accordance with Western Health policies and procedures and relevant legislation
• Ensure notification to the appropriate consultant of patients referred to the Department, and provision of initial assessment of referred patients
• Ensure quality patient care via clinical assessment, admissions and development of management plans
• Provide day to day clinical management of patients and ensure attendance at ward rounds