2027 Emergency Medicine Registrar
- Western Health
- Sunshine & Footscray Hospitals
Job Description
Western Health is looking for Emergency Registrars to join one of Melbourne’s largest and fastest growing health services, serving a diverse, multicultural and multilingual community across the rapidly expanding western suburbs of Melbourne.
A major recent development is the opening of the newly opened New Footscray Hospital; a $1.5 billion tertiary teaching hospital and one of Victoria’s newest major health infrastructure projects. With more than 500 beds and expanded specialist services, the New Footscray Hospital represents a major investment in healthcare, education and training in Melbourne’s west.
The Emergency Registrar position offers an exciting opportunity to work across both Footscray and Sunshine Hospitals as part of a highly supportive and well-established Emergency Medicine team. Registrars are expected to rotate between both campuses during their employment.
Both Emergency Departments are accredited by the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) as Non-Major Referral Sites for 36 months of training. Together, the departments manage more than 140,000 patient presentations annually and provide exposure to a broad and diverse case mix across two busy tertiary teaching hospitals.
Sunshine Hospital Emergency Department currently manages over 100,000 presentations annually, including more than 28,000 paediatric presentations within a dedicated paediatric emergency area. Emergency obstetric and gynaecological presentations are also predominantly managed at this campus. The department features 4 resuscitation bays, 15 fast-track bays, a 6-bed Mental Health and Alcohol & Drugs Hub, and a Behavioural Assessment Unit.
Footscray Hospital Emergency Department manages more than 50,000 adult patient presentations annually within the new tertiary hospital environment. The department features 5 resuscitation bays, 6 fast-track bays, an 8-bed Mental Health and Alcohol & Drugs Hub (from mid-2026), and more than 50 acute and short-stay beds.
Both departments are supported by active on-floor consultant leadership, supervision and teaching from 07:30 to 24:00 hours, seven days per week. Western Health has a highly regarded education program with excellent primary and fellowship examination success rates, regular bedside teaching, simulation, and structured exam preparation programs.
The Emergency Departments employ over 200 medical staff, including more than 60 ACEM trainees. ACEM Associateship in Foundational Emergency Medicine Training Program (FEMTP) candidates are well supported. There are also opportunities for trainees undertaking the Intermediate or Advanced Emergency Medicine Training Programs (IEMTP and AEMTP). Western Health has an active research and academic culture, supported through the Joseph Epstein Centre for Emergency Medicine Research, with opportunities in research, quality improvement, simulation and medical education.
Western Health offers access to a broad range of Emergency Medicine and specialty rotations that support completion of ACEM Fellowship training requirements. Rotations available from the Emergency Department registrar pool include:
• Paediatric Emergency Medicine (Sunshine Hospital)
• Simulation (ACEM Special Skills accredited)
• Medical Education (ACEM Special Skills accredited)
• Intensive Care
• Anaesthetics
• Major Referral / Trauma Emergency Medicine (Royal Melbourne Hospital)
• Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital
• Rural Emergency Medicine – Wangaratta
Additional rotations may also be arranged on request, including General Medicine and Addiction Medicine. External rotations are competitively allocated, and applicants are encouraged to indicate areas of interest within their application letter.
Western Health supports flexible employment arrangements including full-time, part-time and fixed-term appointments. Staff are supported through a strong culture of wellbeing, inclusion and professional development. Benefits include:
• Support with Australian visa pathways
• Salary packaging options to increase take-home pay
• Up to 5 weeks annual leave plus long service leave accrual
• Up to 14 weeks paid parental leave
• Ongoing education and professional development support
• Opportunities in leadership, simulation, education and research
The ED Registrar role is best suited to applicants with at least PGY4 experience and significant Emergency Department exposure, although applicants with a minimum of 12 months Emergency Department experience from PGY2 onwards are encouraged to apply. Commitment to the ACEM training pathway is preferred, but not essential.
Applicants must be eligible for general or provisional registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA). Applicants with limited registration must provide evidence that they are eligible for Level 2 supervision or higher.
Melbourne is consistently ranked among the world’s most liveable cities, known for its food, culture, sport, education and diverse communities. Whether you enjoy inner-city living, beaches, national parks, major sporting events or world-class dining, Melbourne offers an outstanding lifestyle and excellent public infrastructure.
For doctors seeking exciting Emergency Medicine, excellent training opportunities and a genuinely supportive team culture, Western Health offers an exceptional place to build a career in Emergency Medicine.
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2027 Emergency Medicine Registrar : Reference No. 7641
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Western Health is one of the largest healthcare providers in Victoria, caring for a vibrant, diverse and rapidly growing community of one million people in Melbourne’s western suburbs.
With more than 13,000 staff, Western Health delivers 800,000+ occasions of care every year, providing high-quality, person-centred care across every life stage.
We provide a combination of hospital, community-based, at-home and in-reach services to aged, adult and paediatric patients and newborn babies. Specialties include oncology, renal, mental health, women’s health and maternity, chronic diseases, geriatrics and cardiology.
We have remarkable strengths in chronic disease, complex care and developing innovative and sustainable healthcare solutions. Our experience at the coalface of healthcare delivery for some of Australia’s most culturally and socioeconomically diverse and vulnerable populations provides us with unique insights into the most pressing health challenges. We have remarkable strengths in chronic disease, complex care and developing innovative and sustainable healthcare solutions.
Western Health operates four acute public hospitals: Sunshine Hospital (including Joan Kirner Women’s and Children’s), Footscray Hospital, Williamstown Hospital and Bacchus Marsh Hospital. We also operate Sunbury Community Hospital, Sunshine Mental Health and Wellbeing Centre, Melton Health and Community Services, Bacchus Marsh Community Health Centre, Caroline Springs Community Health Centre and Grant Lodge Residential Aged Care in Bacchus Marsh. Western Health also provides the primary healthcare service at the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre, a women’s prison located in Ravenhall.
Our teaching hospitals are affiliated with the University of Melbourne School of Medicine.
It’s a time of exciting growth at Western Health, with the $1.5 Billion new Footscray Hospital project due to open in late 2025 and the Sunshine Hospital Emergency Department expansion completed and three times the size of the previous department. With the new Joan Kirner Women’s and Children’s at Sunshine Hospital we are on track to become the state’s second largest maternity hospital this year.
Both Footscray Hospital and Sunshine Hospital have Emergency Departments accredited for Emergency medicine training by ACEM with a combined patient census of over 120 000. Sunshine ED has a co-located Paediatric ED accredited for Paediatric EM training.
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