Emergency Medicine Registrar (12/05/2026 - 05/06/2026)

• Excellent benefits including salary packaging
• Challenging and rewarding work environment
• Ongoing training and development opportunities
• Pro-active & supportive leadership

About the Role

Come and join our fantastic ED team at St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne. We are known for our supportive and friendly senior medical staff and for providing an environment that fosters growth and development of independence of practice.

We are strongly committed to gender equity in our department and actively encourage diversity and inclusion creating an environment where everyone feels valued and supported. Specific leadership, mentorship and scholarship are available.

You will experience an innovative, dynamic tertiary level Emergency Medicine Department with incredible training opportunities.
 
Based in an innercity location, the Emergency Department provides all tertiary level adult services (except Major Trauma and Obstetrics & Gynaecology).

Positions commence Monday 2nd February 2027. Candidates who are already enrolled in the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine will be prioritised.

Positions will be at the St Vincent’s Fitzroy campus and across a wide variety of external rotations.

• >50,000 patient presentations per year, with a 40% admission rate.
• 36 months of ACEM training time accreditation (Major Referral designation)
• ACEM accredited for 12 months of Training Stage 4 for those enrolled in ACEM from 2022
• Excellent Primary and Fellowship Exam success rates
• Internal rotations include ICU and Anaesthetics (St Vincent’s)
• ACEM accredited Emergency Research Registrar Position (Emergency Research – Special Skills Post)
• ACEM accredited Medical Education Senior Registrar Position (Simulation Medicine – Special Skills Post)
• External ED rotations include Royal Children’s (Specialist Children’s), Royal Women’s (Women’s EM Care – Special Skills Post), Royal Victorian Eye and Ear (Ophthalmology & ENT EM – Special Skills Post), Royal Melbourne (Major Referral ED - major trauma), Maroondah (Non-Major Referral ED), Werribee Mercy (Non-Major Referral ED) as well as Cabrini Malvern (Non-Major Referral ED) and Epworth Richmond Hospital (Private ICU).
• Other external rotations to Alice Springs (including ED and Retrieval Medicine) and Warrnambool (Non-Major Referral ED) are also supported if applicants are interested.
• High level, highly valued teaching program including access to experienced exam teachers and examiners
• St Vincent’s Simulation and Education Centre: some of the best simulation in Australia with frequent access; both clinical and OSCE-focused.
• The Emergency Practice Innovation Centre (EPICentre) and Head of Research are available to assist with research and research training requirement
• Strong mentoring program
• The ED maintains fantastic Executive and Continuous Improvement support as we strive for excellence.

Classifications for this position will range from HM25 - HM30 ($129,048.40 - $177,622.12) pro rata for part-time.

What You will Bring

• Bachelor Medicine, Bachelor Surgery or equivalent
• Current unrestricted registration with AHPRA or eligibility for general registration
• Current National criminal history check, or willing to obtain
• Enrolment in Australian College of Emergency Medicine (ACEM) will be prioritised

Working at St Vincent’s

St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is part of St Vincent’s Health Australia (SVHA) and a leading teaching, research and tertiary health service which employs more than 5,000 staff across 18 sites throughout Melbourne. It is affiliated with the University of Melbourne as a clinical teaching hospital.  SVHM provides a diverse range of adult clinical services including acute medical and surgical services, sub-acute care, medical diagnostics, rehabilitation, allied health, mental health, addiction medicine, palliative care, correctional health and community residential care.

We warmly encourage applications from talented people of all backgrounds, including those who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, LGBTQIA+, and people of all ages, cultures, and identities. Our mission is to create an environment that reflects and supports the rich diversity of the community we serve.

Together, we celebrate our values of Compassion, Justice, Integrity and Excellence, making SVHM a unique, safe and welcoming place to work.

What We Can Offer You

• Salary Packaging – Increase your take home pay!
• Culture of Continuous Improvement
• Located in Fitzroy with CBD, close to Public Transport and car parks
• Available Trams for our Fitzroy Campus – 11, 12, 109, 86, 96
• Fitzroy Main building only 500m from Parliament Station
• SVHM Cultural Diversity programs, offering staff support and education
• Talk to me application - facilitate better conversations with patients and residents of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
• Confidential, solutions-focused employee counselling

Pre-employment checks

• Your employment is conditional upon the completion of all role-required pre-employment checks, including relevant immunisations.
  
  

How to Apply

To apply, click the 'Apply' button. You will be prompted to create a Workday candidate profile

Please upload your resume, cover letter, addressed to Dr Brendan Morrissey and/or A/Prof Nicola Cunningham, Deputy Director of Emergency Medicine and two (2) referee reports to your application.

Enquiries to A/Prof Nicola Cunningham and Dr Brendan Morrissey, Deputy Directors, Emergency Medicine ([email protected], [email protected])

Closing Date: 05 June 2026. Please submit applications as soon as possible as short listing for interview will commence immediately.

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities.  Inclusion is essential to our mission and diversity reflects the community we serve.

Please visit our website, for further information regarding our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment at SVHM.

SVHA has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases in healthcare settings. You may therefore be required to undergo mandatory immunisations/vaccinations(including flu vaccinations).

Please let us know if you have any accessibility requirements and we will be able to adapt to these for you.

If you would like a copy of the Position Description, please contact [email protected] and include the JRnumber.

*Respectfully no agencies*

Closing Date:

4 June 2026 11:59pm

Reconciliation Action Plan:

At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

For further information, visit https://www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation or get in contact at [email protected]

View Reconciliation Action Plan

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