General Medicine APT
15 RACP Accredited Positions (including One Principal Registrar Position)
The General Medical Unit at The Alfred is a dynamic well supported unit with an education and research focus. These highly regarded positions provide experience in the care of patients with multi-system diseases, peri-operative experience in Surgery and Trauma Medicine, MET call experience, inpatient care, including acute care and undifferentiated patient management experience, after hours clinical leadership experience and complex ambulatory care experience, under the supervision of senior clinicians many with subspecialty interests.
Subspecialty positions (six-monthly rotations) include two positions in Respiratory Medicine (Alfred), two in Intensive Care Medicine (Cabrini), one in Cardiology (Alfred), one in Neurology (Alfred), and one in Cardiology (Mildura), with experience in electrocardiography, stress-tests and echocardiography reporting.
General Medicine or General medical related positions (six-monthly rotations) include four Advance Training registrar positions in General Medicine (Alfred), two peri-operative and trauma medical registrar positions (Alfred), one Drug and Alcohol and Integrated care registrar position (Alfred), one Advance Training Registrar position in General Medicine (Cabrini Malvern) and one Principal Registrar position (Alfred) (see below).
Successful applicants will be allocated clinical rotations based on RACP requirements, and preferences where possible. Successful applicants may also attend a subspecialty clinic of interest where possible and contribute to clinical research projects, undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and professional development programs.
Rotations are designed to meet the RACP PREP Advanced Training curriculum in General and Acute Care Medicine.
Principal Registrar (otherwise known as Senior Medical Registrar)
This leadership position includes 0.5EFT clinical experience in General Medicine OR specialty service of interest- entirely flexible to meet the trainee (or fellows) ongoing career development goals. The position also incorporates 0.5EFT in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, assisting the Directors of Physician Education (DPEs) in coordinating the FRACP clinical and written exam preparation, as well as clinical and educational research opportunities.
We are particularly interested in applications from individuals in their final year of training or applicants seeking a fellowship-like experience. We consider this role an opportunity for a career step to consultant practice with flexible and semi-autonomous clinical experience offered with in a very supportive Department.