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

The Barwon Health network is Victoria's largest Internal Medicine service outside of Melbourne with a broad range of subspecialty support. There are over 1000 beds across the network, with 6500 general medical admissions per year in addition to sub-specialty admissions. The Barwon Physician Training team support approximately 55 Basic Physician Trainees (BPT's) through BPT1-BPT3 with a comprehensive program to ensure successful completion of all BPT requirements before commencing as an Advanced Physician Trainee (APT). The network also supports 34 specialist APT's and 7 General and Acute Medicine APT's.

The Barwon Physician Training team comprises 4 directors of physician training and administrative support and has a comprehensive support and educational program to facilitate successful completion of BPT and obtain an Advanced Training position in your chosen specialty. In 2022 Barwon experienced 100% success in the RACP Adult Medicine Divisional Written Exam. For the RACP Divisional Clinical Exam, Barwon Health consistently records results far in excess of both National and State averages.

Trainees have the opportunity to live and work on the beautiful Bellarine Peninsula, with options to rotate to other regional centres such as Warrnambool, Hamilton, Ballarat and Werribee. Wave goodbye to traffic jams and roadworks, and say hello to wineries, beaches and national parks. You can do all this while enjoying the benefits of a boutique but substantial and successful physician training program with all the supports.

Barwon Health also has significant academic interests with a local and active clinical trials unit and university links for future academic pursuits such as an MD or PhD.

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!

You will also need to apply through the PMCV website https://www.pmcv.com.au/

• RACP approved program
• Opportunity to rotate through 14 Physician specialties
• Core general Medicine rotations offered
• Limited exposure to non-core Basic Physician Training rotations
• Supervision by experienced General, Specialist and Dual-trained Physicians
• Support and teaching from a cohesive, dedicated and experienced Physician Training Team
• Enjoy the benefits of training team that has achieved high success in both written and clinical RACP exams
• A high proportion of our BPT's are successful in obtaining an advanced training position

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.