Company description:

As an organisation we have a clear focus on how we service and partner with our community, including our strategy of helping the community stay well when at home. Our reputation of community minded, inclusive and progressive is matched to none.

Job description:

The Role:

An exciting opportunity exists for an enthusiastic advanced trainee (Geriatric Medicine) to join the team at Northern Health in Palliative Care and Psychiatry of Old Age.

This role is suited to an Advanced Trainee in Geriatric Medicine who wishes to expand their experience in Palliative care and Psychiatry of Old Age and involves managing psychiatric inpatients at Broadmeadows Hospital and the Palliative Consultancy and Inpatient services at Northern Hospital.

This position involves a 6-month rotation in each of Palliative care and Psychiatry of Old Age.

The two combined Aged Psych/Pall Care positions will be appointed through the VGMTP Central match.

Please go to https://vgmtp.org/centralised-match.html for details.

Eligible applicants may also complete the Clinical Foundation of Palliative Medicine:

https://www.racp.edu.au/trainees/advanced-training/advanced-training-programs/clinical-foundation-palliative-medicine

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Experience and good working knowledge of assessment and management of health issues affecting older people and will have completed at least one core year of training in Geriatric Medicine.
• Proven ability to provide excellent, person-centred care, work in multidisciplinary teams and have a commitment to training.
• Past rotations in psychiatry are desirable, but not essential.

Next Steps . . .

If this opportunity sounds like the next step in your career, then we would love to hear from you. Please click on the 'Apply' button and follow the prompts. For further details, please contact; Dr Kim Jeffs, Director of Training, Northern Training Alliance, VGMTP email: [email protected], alternatively, please refer to the Position Description here.

Applications close 3 July 2025

We offer:

We offer a range of benefits to support and reward staff both personally and professionally, which includes:

Health and Wellbeing programs, including our ‘Thrive' program

Flexibility in the workplace and extra leave options and support

An inclusive and culturally safe space

State of the art facilities and campus partnerships

A commitment to ongoing professional development through our ‘Learning Labs'

Access to salary packaging, EAP and our online library

For a glimpse of life at NH, click here.

Work with us! Northern Health is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce which reflects the community we serve. Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, as well as applicants who are LGBTIQ+, who have different abilities, or are from culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds are encouraged.

All employees of Northern Health must comply with the health service's Staff Health / Workforce Immunisation procedure (as amended from time to time) together with any relevant State Government and Departmental directives. This requires all employees to be vaccinated for various diseases such as, but not limited to influenza.