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: 7978
About the role:
Third‑Year Advanced Trainee (VGMTP Western Alliance Fellow).
Western Health offers a unique and highly sought‑after Fellow in Geriatric Medicine role for senior trainees seeking advanced clinical experience, leadership development and involvement in service innovation.
The Geriatric Medicine Department is a large, dynamic service with 30 Consultant Geriatricians and comprehensive programs across acute, subacute, community and specialty care.
Western Health is a major partner in the Western Training Alliance of the VGMTP, providing a rich educational environment and strong cross site collaboration.
The Fellow position is structured as:
Key responsibilities:
Fellows engage in:
About you:
Application process:
Applicants must apply to both:
About medicine at Western Health:
Western Health is one of Victoria’s largest and fastest‑growing health services, providing care to a vibrant and diverse community of more than one million people across Melbourne’s west. We deliver over 800,000 occasions of care each year across acute, subacute, community, in‑reach and at‑home services. Our major sites include Sunshine Hospital, Footscray Hospital and Williamstown Hospital supported by extensive community health centres and specialty programs.
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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.
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 the delivery of Best Care in geriatrics, 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 30 July 2026.
Enquiries: For further information about this role, contact:
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.