About Us

Western Health manages three acute public hospitals: Footscray, Sunshine and Williamstown Hospital. It also operates the Sunbury Day Hospital, Transition Care at Hazeldean and a range of community based services. We care for a culturally diverse population of more than 800,000 people. We have more than 6,700 employees who are driven by our values of ‘Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Excellence and Safety’ (CARES).

Our continued growth will see the completion of a new purpose built, multi-storey Joan Kirner Women's and Children's Hospital.

About the Role

These fixed term Full or Part Time positions offer a unique opportunity to be part of a team of 22 FTE Consultants. Rotations are spread across two campuses (Sunshine and Footscray – both located within 20 minutes of the CBD) which are accredited by the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine for Advanced Training. Sunshine Emergency Department currently sees approximately 80,000 patients per year and includes paediatric cases, whilst Footscray Emergency Department sees approximately 30,000 adults per year. Both Sunshine and Footscray hospitals have an ICU and cath lab on site.

With the construction of the Joan Kirner Women’s & Children’s hospital at Sunshine well underway Western health is ideally placed to expand to meet the growing healthcare needs of Melbourne’s west.

One of the busiest in the state, the Women’s & Children’s service (based at Sunshine) provides ample opportunity for both learning and for fulfilling ACEM paediatric logbook requirements. External rotations to Intensive Care, Anaesthetics, Addiction Medicine, Simulation Medicine and Trauma amongst others can be arranged depending on availability.

There is active on the floor Consultant leadership, supervision and education from 0800hrs – 2400hrs, seven days a week. There is also five hours each week of protected teaching time which includes scheduled teaching sessions, rostered time for WBA completion and programs for Primary and Fellowship Exams with excellent success rates.

If you wish to apply you must meet the mandatory criteria as noted below:

• Australian Trained Medical Graduates: General Registration with AHPRA and completed a minimum of 3 years Full Time medical employment post MBBS graduation
• International Medical Graduates: Limited/General Registration with AHPRA and completed a minimum of 2 years Full Time medical employment in Australia (desirable). Must have passed AMC MCQ Part 1 and achieved a ranking of 7 or above in IELTs (listening, reading, writing and speaking)

Please ensure that the Referee Assessment Form is downloaded and forwarded to three (3) referees for completion. The completed forms are to be returned via email to wh-mwu.enquiries@wh.org.au as close as possible to the nominated closing date as this is a very important step in the shortlisting process.

Benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits such as:

• Work-life balance
• Professional development and career advancement opportunities
• Salary packaging including novated vehicle leasing
• Discounted Onsite car parking
• Onsite fitness clubs
• Culturally safe and respectful environment
• Access to an Employee Assistance Program

Culture

At Western Health, we value our employees and provide them the opportunity to grow and develop.  Our teams are friendly and supportive, ensuring we deliver a safe, person-centred and connected patient experience. 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.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Police Record Check, an Immunisation status clearance and (if applicable) a working with children’s check.

Western Health do not accept unsolicited resumes/applications from Recruitment Agencies