About Monash Health

Monash Health is Victoria’s largest public health service. We are proud to provide healthcare to one quarter of Melbourne’s population, across the entire lifespan from newborn and children, to adults, the elderly, their families and carers. More than 22,000 employees work at over 40 care locations across southeastern Melbourne, including Monash Medical Centre, Monash Children’s Hospital, Moorabbin Hospital, Dandenong Hospital, Casey Hospital, Kingston Centre, Cranbourne Centre, and an extensive network of rehabilitation, aged care, community health and mental health facilities. For more information, please visit www.monashhealth.org.

About Monash Doctors

There are more than 1,300 Junior Medical staff positions at Monash Health in over 200 medical specialties, to help grow your career. We offer unparalleled opportunities in Victoria's largest & most clinically diverse teaching health service.

About General Medicine:

General Medicine provides an acute general medicine service for Monash Health across its three acute care campuses. General Medicine is the largest single medical inpatient activity at Monash Health with approximately 18,000 inpatient episodes per year.

Inpatient services are supported by General Physicians at the following locations:

1. General Medical Services at Monash Medical Centre are currently provided by 5 multidisciplinary teams largely across two wards. Advanced trainees will be responsible for direct acute and ongoing clinical care, as well as peri-operative and consult medicine. This is supported by both full-time staff specialists and VMOs.


2. At Dandenong Hospital General Medicine admits a very diverse range of patients including a high volume of subspecialty presentations supported by full time and Visiting Medical Officer consultants in a collaborative inter-professional model of care.


3. At Casey Hospital the General Medicine Unit provides acute general medical care in a high growth corridor and is supported by visiting consultants with a range of subspecialty expertise.

About the Role

The Unaccredited General Medical Registrar reports to the Head of Unit at each site.

The role of the Unaccredited General Medical Registrar (UGMR) is one of provision of timely, compassionate and clinically competent care to inpatients, supervision of junior staff, and communication within the multidisciplinary team. The team requires leadership and coordination to function well and to provide good care. This role allows the UGMR to run the Unit in partnership with the consultant and nurse manager.

The Unaccredited General Medical Registrar may be asked to rotate through General Medicine units during the 12 month appointment including a period of time on night duty.

The Unaccredited General Medical Registrar may be asked to contribute to the development of innovative service models in acute medical care provision in order for the service to provide care across a range of clinical areas and in response to clinical demands.

The Unaccredited General Medical Registrar will have the opportunity to develop skills relevant to and contribute to clinical research projects and quality improvement and clinical audit initiatives within General Medicine. They will participate in the General Medical component of the medical undergraduate educational experience for Monash University students in third and fifth year on a day to day basis.

The appointee will be expected, in conjunction with their supervisors and managers, to manage their own professional development in General Medicine and associated areas in preparation for their future career development.

About You

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What you need:

• Registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)


• Appropriate health professional tertiary qualifications


• Working with Children's Certificate

What we offer:

• Salary packaging


• Onsite discounted staff parking


• Discounted banking (BankVic)


• Onsite Gym


• Access to professional development courses and seminars

Monash Health recognises the value of equal employment opportunity and is committed to patient safety and promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles.

How to Apply

Applications will only be accepted via the Monash Health online Mercury System only. Email applications will not be considered.
Offers of employment can only be made once all required probity checks have been completed.  These include:

• reference checks


• a clear Police Check conducted within the last three months

• a current Victorian Employee Working with Children’s Check (or proof of payment for same)


• proof of immunisation

Under the Victorian Public Health orders, all employees working within the Public Health system must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and are required to provide acceptable evidence of their vaccination status.  The current orders require evidence of three doses.
All applicants to positions with Monash Health will need to upload acceptable evidence of full vaccination against COVID-19 as part of their application.  Acceptable evidence is a copy of your Immunisation History Statement or your COVID-19 Digital Certificate, which can be accessed via MyGov.