Work Type: Fixed-term - Full-time or part-time
Salary: Salary not specified
Grade: Grade not specified
Occupation: Health and allied health
Location: Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs
Reference: 4037
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Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and statewide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.
About the Emergency Department
Austin Emergency Department (ED) is one of Melbourne’s busiest, seeing around 90,000 patients annually. We have access to a wide range of rotations for our Doctors. For Registrars, we offer the standard rotations as well as exclusive Special Skills Terms (see below). Whilst employed in the ED, registrars will usually work a rotating roster including day, evening and night duty. The roster will involve weekend and Public Holiday duty. There is no on-call component, although this may occur whilst on rotation to other departments.
The Austin ED has a strong focus on Toxicology, Research and Quality and there are always projects running concurrently. It is one of very few EDs in Australia with a dedicated Professor/Director of EM research.
Our ED values the wellbeing and health of its staff and has a wellness committee (TeamED), the ED Social Club and a departmental peer support program (WEEPS) available for all staff to participate in as they wish. We value and support our registrars by having registrar representatives participate in the fortnightly Emergency Physician meetings and roster Emergency Physicians from 0800 to 2300 daily and on-call 2300 to 0800 to provide clinical support.
Austin ED sees ~90,000 patients per year, including major trauma, toxicology, complex medical presentations and statewide specialties. We offer:
About the role
1. Quality & Safety Special Skills Registrar (0.5 FTE)
This role embeds the registrar within Austin’s Quality & Safety Unit, working alongside senior QI clinicians, data analysts, and ED leadership. The trainee will:
This term provides formal project outputs, high-level organisational exposure, and demonstrable leadership—ideal for trainees preparing for consultant interviews.
2. Research Special Skills Registrar (0.5 FTE)
This position works within one of Australia’s strongest ED academic environments, supported by Austin’s Emergency Medicine Research Group and our Professor/Director of EM Research and dedicated research nurse and ties with Melbourne University. The trainee will:
This term is a springboard for an academic career, ideal for trainees wanting to stand out in consultant applications or pursue future academic/leadership roles.
About the Clinical Component (0.5 FTE ED)
While in Austin ED, registrars will work rotating shifts across days, evenings, nights, weekends, and public holidays. Clinical duties match trainee seniority, with opportunities to supervise junior staff and occasionally support Mercy Hospital emergencies as required.
The clinical portion counts as 3 months accredited ED time in Major Referral centre, and the special skills component contributes 3 months non-ED time towards ACEM training.
In this role you will gain:
About you
To be successful in this role you’ll bring with you:
Our benefits
Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:
Work with us!
We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures.
If you feel this role is right for you, we encourage your early application. Even if you don’t meet every single requirement, we encourage you to apply. What matters most is your passion, your drive and your willingness to learn and contribute. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place prior to the closing date. This means we reserve the right to close a job ad prior to the advertised closing date.
All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: Melanie Fitzgerald, Emergency Department Roster Coordinator at [email protected]
Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the position description for further details.
Application closing date: Thursday 26 December 2025