Position Details


Reference Number 174371
Position Title 2023 General Medicine Advanced Trainee Positions
Employment Status Temporary Full Time
Program Medicine, Specialist Medicine & Emergency Medicine
Location All Sites
Salary $0.00
Hours Per Fortnight 1118
Position Summary

Barwon Doctors

  • Provide best care, every person, every day, so that everyone feels better
  • Be recognised, be challenged, be your best
  • Lifestyle! A stone throw from the Surf Coast, Bellarine Peninsula and Great Ocean Road

Area Profile

Sitting within one of Victoria’s six regional health centres, Barwon Health serves the community of Greater Geelong and beyond. Victoria’s second largest city after Melbourne! We serve over 500,000 people through the efforts of over 8,000 staff and more than 1200 volunteers.

Enjoy the range of lifestyle choices Geelong has to offer including inner city, coastal, suburban and rural homes at affordable prices and high standard of schooling options throughout the area. You will appreciate the beautiful parks, rivers, walks and wineries.

To find out more about the Geelong region, visit our Moving to the Region page on the Barwon Health website. 

Part of a Team

Barwon Health runs a substantial Advanced Training Program for General and Acute Care Medicine Trainees. With links to Western Regional Training Hub in Warrnambool and Ballarat, we aim to be able to provide trainees with a training experience that will meet all their personal preferences and RACP training requirements. Locally at Barwon Health Trainees have access to 6 month core rotations in General Medicine, Senior Medical Registrar positions, and specialty rotations in Cardiology, Respiratory, Intensive Care and Gastroenterology, as well as Senior Medical Registrar experience in a local Private Hospital setting. Support is provided to trainees through the physician training team, with teaching embedded within rotation units, and links to state-wide General Medicine Advanced Trainee education programs. Trainees who complete their training with Barwon Health are often able to find consultant positions within our network.

Barwon Health has an active academic unit, and trainees can be provided with links to facilitate research and RACP required projects.

About the Role

Download our position description from Barwon Health Careers and read all about specifics of the role. Alternatively if you wish to speak directly to the Clinical Head of Unit or Director of Medical Workforce the contact details can be found at Barwon Health Careers.

If you have the qualifications and aptitude along with excellent interpersonal skills and the commitment to improving patient care, this may be the role for you!

What we offer

Attractive salary packaging benefits!

  • Living Expenses capped at $9,010 and includes repayments on mortgages, credit cards, personal loans and rental payments
  • Meal Entertainment & Accommodation capped at $2,650 and includes food and drink consumed in a social or entertainment settings and some accommodation expenditure

Diversity and Inclusion

At Barwon Health we are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We embrace diverse life experiences and the perspectives of our people, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, religion, cultural background, disability, or sexual orientation.

At Barwon Health we are committed to providing positive employment opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with a disability and people with diverse backgrounds.

If we can assist you with any reasonable adjustments in order to submit your application for this role, please contact the Talent Acquisition via email at medicalrecruitment@barwonhealth.org.au  

We Barwon Health are proud to be Totally Smoke Free.

This role must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 and meet the requirements of the Barwon Health Immunisation Policy.

Applications from Recruitment Agencies will not be accepted for this position all candidates must apply directly to Barwon Health.

Selection Criteria Essential: Can you please list Barwon Health's values?
Essential: Can you please choose one of Barwon Health's values and describe a situation in the workplace where you have displayed this value?
Essential: Registration as a medical practitioner in Victoria, either general or specific linked to a specific professional college training program
Essential: More than 4 years of demonstrated postgraduate experience in internal medicine, or critical care and emergency training
Essential: Demonstrated commitment to medical education and ability to teach medical students, interns and HMOs.
Desirable: Successful completion of RACP examinations
Desirable: Intention to train to become a physician, who will continue to apply skills in their future career
Essential: I agree, to commence employment, I am required to meet Barwon Health’s immunisation requirements (including full Covid-19 and Influenza vaccination) set out in the Staff Immunisation Policy. I acknowledge that meeting this requirement is mandatory and a condition of employment subsequently offered.
Contact Person Dr Cameron Jeremiah 
Contact Person Job Title Director Physician Training 
Contact Number 03 4215 0643 
Contact Email cameron.jeremiah@barwonhealth.org.au 
Alternate Contact Person Georgia Brown 
Alternate Contact Number 03 4215 0580 
Closing Date 31/08/2022
Position Description
File name 
General Medicine Advanced Trainee Position Description 2023.docx.pdf Open
Please note that this position will close at 11:45pm on closing date. Please ensure your application is added before then as we do not accept late applications.