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Werribee Mercy Health

Trainee Positions

12 Registrar positions (2 consortium registrars)

  • 6 months or 12 months - General Paediatrics and Perinatal medicine
  • Year combination positions available
    • 2 X Werribee General Paediatrics/Mercy Hospital for Women NICU (Acute)
    • 2 X Werribee General Paediatrics/Werribee Community (Community Paediatrics)
  • Part time positions, job-sharing will be considered
  • All registrar positions are advanced training accredited

Trainee Level

  • Preferably Advanced Trainee (post FRACP exams)
    • Will also consider PEM Trainees, International Medical Graduates, and Continuing Basic Trainees

Contact

  • A/Prof Kathy McMahon: Kathryn.mcmahon@mercy.com.au
  • Dr Sarah Sattar: S.satter@mercy.com.au

Roster and on-call

  • Registrars - 12 registrar rotating roster
    • Includes: Paediatric Ward, Special Care Nursery, Hospital in the Home, Birth Suite and Outpatients
    • Stand-by on call 

Wards

  • Paediatric Ward: 12 paediatric beds flexing up to 16
  • Special Care Nursery: 16 bed level 4 SCN (4,000 deliveries per year)
  • Busy expanding Emergency Department and new Paediatric emergency in 2026
  • Hospital in the Home: 15 bed Paediatric and Neonatal HITH service

Junior Staff

  • 12 Registrars
  • 10 Residents
  • 2 Interns

Senior Staff

  • 19 senior medical staff with 2 on-site during business hours.  On-call after 5pm.

Clinics 

  • All outpatients have direct consultant supervision
  • Weekly clinics
    • 5 General Paediatric Clinics
    • 2 Telehealth clinic
    • 4 Rapid Review clinics
    • 3 all day Developmental/Behavioural multicultural clinics at School based Community Hubs (Community registrar)
  • One urology clinic a fortnight
  • Monthly clinics
    • Out of Home Care clinic
    • All day Refugee Health clinic
  • HITH review clinics - 4 clinics a week

Education and Teaching

  • Weekly 5 hour, phone-free registrar teaching including:
    • Case presentations
    • Journal clubs
    • Visiting speakers
    • Morbidity and Mortality Quality Improvement meetings
    • Radiology meetings
    • Simulation sessions
  • Medical student and resident teaching

Pay

  • As per award 

Accommodation / Accessibility

  • After night shift, there is a bedroom in the resident quarters that tired registrars may use
  • Easy 30 minute drive from Melbourne CBD
  • Hoppers Crossing train station is across the road from the hospital

    Werribee Mercy Hospital is home to Victoria's newest paediatric unit, located in one of Australia's fastest-growing and most vibrant multicultural communities.

    Our expanding and forward-thinking Paediatric team offers registrars the opportunity to experience a wide range of fascinating clinical presentations in a supportive and highly educational environment.  We actively encourage and support registrars undertaking their Advanced Training Projects, with dedicated guidance from a consultant with a strong research background.

    Our positions are fully accredited for core General Paediatrics with perinatal component.  The community role also carries accreditation for Community/Developmental and Psychosocial training and can be counted as core training in Development and Behaviour or Multidisciplinary Care for Community Child Health training. 

    If you're passionate about paediatrics, thrive in a dynamic setting, and want to make a real impact - we'd love to have you on our team!