Work Type: Casual
Salary: Salary not specified
Grade: Grade not specified
Occupation: Medicine, nursing and midwifery
Location: Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs
Reference: 4266
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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 department
Many of the Geriatric focused inpatient bed and clinic-based services offered by the Continuing Care Division are located at the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital. An Aged Care medical inpatient consultancy service, liaison services including Orthogeriatrics Geriatrician in the Emergency Initiative (GEDI), and the Hub for InReach and Austin@home are located at the Austin Hospital campus. Many of the rehabilitation services, including the statewide services are located at the Royal Talbot campus
Continuing Care Inpatient Services consist of two Rehabilitation/Geriatric Evaluation and Management (GEM) wards (Wards 11 & 12), an Acute Geriatric Medical unit (Ward 10), and a further inpatient unit (Ward 9) incorporating a semi shared care model and a focus on Cognitive Assessment and Management (CAM).
Community beds are managed under several programs including:
The Community Programs offered include an Aged Care Assessment Service (ACAS), the integrated Health Independence Program (HIP, including Older Persons’ Complex Care/OPCC).
There is a suite of complex care focused specialist clinics located at both HRH and Royal Talbot, including an overarching Geriatric Medical Clinic, a Rapid Access Geriatric Medicine Clinic, the Cognitive, Dementia and Memory Service (CDAMS), Continence Clinic, Wound Clinic, and Falls and Balance Clinic.
The Medical and Cognitive Research Unit (MCRU) is located at the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital Campus of Austin Health and is tiered within the Continuing Care Clinical Service Unit under the Aged Care Services. It is the largest dementia clinical trials centre in the southern hemisphere, and one of the largest in the world. MCRU has a strong and successful history in conducting numerous clinical trials in various neurodegenerative disorders, with most of the trials focusing on Alzheimer’s Disease.
About the role
As the Locum Geriatrician, you will provide high quality, patient-centred care for older adults across various services within the unit. The role will actively contribute to case management, discharge planning and collaborative multidisciplinary teamwork to optimise patient outcomes
A regular day will see you:
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:
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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: Michael Murray, Div Medical Director Continuing Care & Aged Care at [email protected]
Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the position description for further details.
Application closing date: Tuesday 2 December 2025