Advanced Trainee - Geriatric Medicine

About the role

St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne is recruiting enthusiastic, collaborative trainees with excellent communication and clinical skills for our Advanced Trainee (AT) positions in 2027. Recruited through the PMCV Centralised Match, ATs have three 4-month rotations based out of St Vincent's Hospital campus in Fitzroy, St George's Hospital campus in Kew and into the surrounding community. We take your training seriously and pride ourselves on our supervision, mentoring and individualised training to meet your needs. Please note, those recruited to St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne through the PMCV Centralised Match will not have rotations to external/regional hospitals; any Regional Training Partnership appointments with South West Healthcare occur through a separate application process. All rotations are planned to ensure that our trainees get exposure to the wide range of services at St Vincent's including Geriatric Evaluation and Management (GEM), Acute Care of the Elderly and Orthogeriatrics, specialty clinics (CDAMS, Continence, Falls & Balance, Pain Clinic for Older People, Structural Heart Disease and Onco-Geriatrics), Residential In-Reach, GEM@Home and Psychogeriatrics. Other experiences, including Aged Care Assessment Service (ACAS), inpatient consultations and comprehensive geriatric assessments in environments such as the community and Emergency Department can also be built in to rotations if desired. All trainees have dedicated, protected teaching time. Successful candidates will: Communicate and coordinate effective admission, medical and discharge management plans, diagnostic requests and consultations with patients, families/carers and teams. Attend ward rounds, team meetings, family meetings and other departmental meetings. Attend outpatient clinics, community assessments, and residential aged care facilities as required. Participate in afterhours/on-call roster. Supervise and teach junior medical staff and medical students. Attend and participate in quality and education opportunities (eg. journal club, grand rounds, clinical review meetings, Victorian Geriatric Medicine Training Program) and other hospital committees. Classifications for this position will range from HM25 - HM30, as per the relevant Enterprise Bargaining Agreement. Your Contribution Perform duties of the position to best of your ability and to acceptable standards under supervision. Actively support patients, families and carers to make informed decisions about their treatment and ongoing care. Communicate and collaborate with patients, families, carers, GPs, colleagues and broader health and social support networks

Requirements

• MBBS or equivalent
• APHRA registration as a medical practitioner
• Eligibility as Advanced Trainee in Geriatric Medicine with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians
• Current National police check
• What we can offer you
• Career development & advancement opportunities
• Culture of strong collaborative teams, quality care and continuous improvement
• Salary Packaging
• Employee Assistance Program
• Staff Health Centre
• Discounts and Promotions available through our Foundation
• Working at St Vincent's
• About the Department of Geriatric Medicine
• Current rotations*
• Rotation
• Additional responsibilities
• Acute Care of the Elderly & Orthogeriatrics
• Residential In Reach visit
• Onco-Geriatric Clinic
• GEM Bolte
• Structural Heart Disease Clinic
• Pain Clinic for Older People
• GEM Kew 1
• Psychogeriatric ward round/liaison
• CDAMS (Memory) Clinic
• GEM Kew 2
• Continence Clinic
• GEM@Home visit

Benefits

Additional Information

Job Description: Advanced Trainees in Geriatric Medicine Excellent supervision, tailored training, and development opportunities Culture of excellence with friendly and supportive team Full time (43 hours) fixed term for 2027 clinical year (1/2/2027-6/2/2028)

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