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Werribee Mercy Health

Trainee Positions

12 Registrar positions (including Senior Registrar roles, Advanced Training roles, and 3 Consortium Basic Training roles)

  • 6 month or 12 month rotations in General Paediatrics with Perinatal Medicine
    • If you have put down 6 months as a preference, but are willing to do 12 months, then please preference both of these options in your preference list; OR clearly state it in your cover letter 
  • Year combination positions available with 6 month rotations in each role (which will be offered in either order at discretion of the allocations committee)
    • Werribee General Paediatrics / Mercy Hospital for Women NICU 
    • Werribee General Paediatrics / Werribee Community Paediatrics
  • Senior / Chief Registrar role
    • Appropriate for an AT 2/3, or for Peer Review top-up training
    • Additional responsibilities include educational and supervision opportunities, as well as quality improvement portfolios
  • Part time positions and job-sharing will be considered - your preference for this must be clearly stated in your cover letter.

 

  • If you wish to be considered for the chief registrar or a senior registrar role, please state this in your cover letter

Trainee Level

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

Contact

Roster and on-call

  • General Paediatric Registrars - 12 registrar rotating roster
    • Includes: Paediatric Ward, Special Care Nursery, Hospital in the Home, Birth Suite and Outpatients
  • Community Registrars
    • 3 x all-day developmental/behavioural multidisciplinary clinics at school-based community hubs
    • Paediatric telehealth
    • Paediatric intake clinic

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 planned for 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 consultant support after 5pm.

Clinics 

  • All outpatients have direct consultant supervision and clinic preparation time included in rostering
  • Weekly clinics
    • 5 General Paediatric Clinics
    • 2 Telehealth clinics
  • Fortnightly clinics
    • Urology
  • Monthly clinics
    • Out of Home Care clinic
    • All day Refugee Health clinic

Education and Teaching

  • Weekly protected 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

  • On-site resident quarters available for use after night shift
  • Approximately 30 minute drive from Melbourne CBD
  • Hoppers Crossing train station located directly 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!