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 Emergency Department at University Hospital Geelong is the state's longest established ED. The department is the referral site for most of the South West region of Victoria, extending at times to the South Australian border.

With the exception of Neurosurgery, Transplant Medicine and Major Burns, most patients requiring admission are kept at University Hospital Geelong, so staff working in our department gain vast experience caring for patients of all ages and backgrounds with varying conditions and degrees of acuity

The Emergency Department prides itself on being a welcoming, friendly place to work with a strong focus on training and support of its staff. There is a strong sense of community within the department and the team does a great job of getting the job done, even when demand increases significantly.

If you are looking for a stimulating place to work and a great team to work with, then the Emergency Department is for you.

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!

As a doctor in the Emergency Department, you will receive training in the management of the critically unwell but also those patients with minor illness and injuries. With 30 per cent of presentations being paediatric, it is great department to work in if you are thinking of an ongoing career in Emergency Medicine, General Practice or Paediatrics.

We are a major training site for ACEM (Australasian College of Emergency Medicine), for those wishing to achieve a FACEM qualification. We are also a well-established hub for regional teaching and for those keen to complete the Emergency Medicine Certificate/Diploma/Advanced Diploma. We have also helped a large number of GP trainees complete their Extended Skills training and assisted Paediatric trainees in their path to Paediatric Emergency Medicine.

We encourage participation in Research and have a number of consultants with a lot of expertise in this area.

Our teaching programs for both registrars and interns/HMOs are well attended and cover the essentials of Emergency Medicine and more, with easy access to procedural skills improvement.

Problem solving and solution focused thinking, making "order out of the chaos", delegation, situational awareness and supervision are just some of the other skills you will learn and hone as you work in our busy and stimulating department.

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 influenza and meet the requirements of the Barwon Health immunisation policy. You will be required to upload your Immunisation History with evidence of influenza vaccination from March 2022 in the application process. Please use the "free text document" upload function for this purpose.

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