Company description:

Grampians Health exists to serve our communities across the Grampians region, providing complete care as close as possible to people's homes.

Job description:

Available hours
Fixed term part-time - 20 hours per fortnight (30 June 2025 - 12 September 2025)

About the Role

We're seeking a VMO Anaesthetist to join the team at Grampians Health Ballarat to provide safe and high-quality anaesthetic care during a fixed-term contract covering Long Service Leave. This is a great opportunity to deliver care across a broad clinical scope while supporting training, teaching and collaborative practice in a dynamic regional setting.

• Provide anaesthesia for elective and emergency cases
• Care for paediatric, adult and obstetric patients
• Share on-call anaesthetic duties
• Supervise and teach Registrars, HMOs and students
• Participate in departmental research and clinical review

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver safe, specialist anaesthesia services
• Provide pre- and post-operative patient care
• Manage emergency and routine anaesthesia across age groups
• Support outreach services where required
• Contribute to teaching and supervision
• Engage in continuous practice improvement

Skills & Experience

• Medical degree and AHPRA registration
• Fellowship of ANZCA (or equivalent)
• Proven ability in regional anaesthesia delivery
• Skilled across general, paediatric and obstetric anaesthesia
• Strong communication and teamwork skills

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Interested?

Click APPLY or for a confidential discussion, contact Dr Greg Henderson, Director of Anaesthesia, on (03) 5320 4590 or [email protected]

If you are currently employed at Grampians 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.

We're actively seeking candidates for this role and will review applications as they are submitted. Applications will close when the position is filled.

About Grampians Health
Grampians Health provides healthcare to a large region at our campuses based in Ballarat, Dimboola, Edenhope, Horsham and Stawell.

Our mission is to deliver sustainable healthcare tailored to evolving community and workforce needs. We strive to enhance services and careers, providing quality healthcare to rural and regional communities. Joining Grampians Health means being part of a diverse team, with a variety of career opportunities in acute, maternity, mental health, allied health, aged care and support services.

Culture & Benefits

At Grampians Health, we recognise our staff are our greatest asset. We are committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for our staff, patients, residents, visitors, volunteers and contractors at all sites.

• Flexible work arrangements and purchase leave opportunities
• Salary packaging for living expenses such as rent/mortgage plus meals, entertainment & holidays
• Access to Staff Fitness program
• Staff rewards and recognition programs

Ballarat Region

Ballarat is the largest centre in Western Victoria and the state's fastest growing inland city. Dubbed Australia's most liveable city in 2020, Ballarat is home to first class education, fine dining and boutique shopping. Uniquely located within easy access to Melbourne, Geelong, Bendigo and the Western district, Ballarat is blessed with some of Australia's most significant heritage buildings and natural landscapes. To learn more about Ballarat click here - Visit Ballarat

Further Information
All appointments are subject to a satisfactory police records check, immunisation clearance and Working with Children check and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check.

All employees must be willing and able to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when required, which at a minimum is a surgical mask. Additional PPE requirements are role-dependent.

Grampians Health is a child safe organisation, committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. Grampians Health is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workforce.

We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, mature age workers and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or questioning), intersex and asexual LGBTQIA+.