Work Type: Fixed-term - Full-time
Salary: Salary not specified
Grade: Grade not specified
Occupation: Medicine, nursing and midwifery
Location: Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs
Reference: 7502
About the role:
The Addiction Medicine/Psychiatry Registrar (Western Health) has a key role within Drug Health Services and the Addiction Medicine Team. The Registrar provides comprehensive specialist care for patients with a wide range of substance use and related disorders and the associated complex comorbidity.
Drug Health Services is a program at Western Health which offers innovative and diverse programs that include Specialist programs for Adults, Women’s and Children’s Services, Youth and Family Services, Residential Withdrawal Services, Westside Lodge Residential Dual Diagnosis Rehabilitation Service and at the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre.
The Addiction Medicine Team sits within Drug Health Services and offers Addiction Medicine support across the programs of Drug Health Services and throughout Western Health.
The Addiction Medicine/Psychiatry registrar roles sit within:
The Addiction Medicine/Psychiatry Registrar is involved in provision of both inpatient and outpatient care for patients with Addiction and co-existing medical, psychiatric and social complexity. The Registrar provides high level Addiction Medicine assessment, treatment and connection to a range of Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment services. The Registrar also provides clinical leadership to the Drug Health Services community teams, and is involved in research and data collection.
These current advertised positions are full time (though requests for part time training are accepted) for 12 months, commencing February 2027.
We offer accredited training in Addiction Medicine through the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) AND Advanced training in Addiction Psychiatry through the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP). The Advanced training requirements for Addiction Medicine and Addiction Psychiatry may be completed in their entirety at Western Health.
These positions may also be considered by other trainees for relevant clinical experience, within their own chosen discipline.
Applicants will be supported to complete Opioid Replacement Therapy (ORT) Training and receive accreditation to prescribe ORT.
Key responsibilities:
About you:
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About Western Health
Western Health is one of the largest healthcare providers in Victoria, caring for a vibrant, diverse, and rapidly growing community of one million people in Melbourne’s western suburbs.
With more than 13,000 staff, Western Health delivers 800,000+ occasions of care every year, providing high-quality, person-centred care across every life stage.
We provide a combination of hospital, community-based, at-home and in-reach services to aged, adult and paediatric patients and newborn babies. Specialties include oncology, renal, mental health, women’s health and maternity, chronic diseases, geriatrics, and cardiology.
We have remarkable strengths in chronic disease, complex care and developing innovative and sustainable healthcare solutions. Our experience at the coalface of healthcare delivery for some of Australia’s most culturally and socioeconomically diverse and vulnerable populations provides us with unique insights into the most pressing health challenges. We have remarkable strengths in chronic disease, complex care and developing innovative and sustainable healthcare solutions.
Western Health operates four acute public hospitals: Sunshine Hospital (including Joan Kirner Women’s and Children’s), Footscray Hospital, Williamstown Hospital and Bacchus Marsh Hospital. We also operate Sunbury Community Hospital, Sunshine Mental Health and Wellbeing Centre, Melton Health and Community Services, Bacchus Marsh Community Health Centre, Caroline Springs Community Health Centre and Grant Lodge Residential Aged Care in Bacchus Marsh. Western Health also provides the primary healthcare service at the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre, a women’s prison located in Ravenhall.
Why join us?
Compensation and benefits
Learning and development opportunities
Community impact and inclusion
Organisational culture and environment
Ready to make an impact?
If you’re passionate about providing comprehensive specialist care for patients with a wide range of substance related disorders and associated complex comorbidity across Drug Health Services, we’d love to hear from you. Simply click on the “apply” button and follow the prompts.
If you are currently employed at Western Health, please ensure you sign in through the 'Employee Login' via the external Careers Page or access the Careers Page via the intranet before applying.
Closing date: 11:59pm on 1 June 2026.
Enquiries: For further information about this role, contact:
Name: Dr Jon Cook
Title: Addiction Medicine Specialist
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (03) 8345 6682
Alternate Contact: Dr Jocelyn Chan
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (03) 8345 6682
Western Health is an equal opportunity employer committed to attracting and retaining diversity in our workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Western Health is committed to providing a safe environment for the children and young people who are involved in our services, sites and operations. We follow and abide by all legislative requirements to keep children and young people safe.
All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Police Record Check, an Immunisation Status Clearance and a Working with Children Check (if applicable).
Western Health is committed to the psychosocial safety of all applicants and employees.
Western Health does not accept unsolicited resumes/applications from recruitment agencies.