2025 Training Year – Emergency Medicine Registrar

12-months commencing February 2025

Full Time – Fixed Term - (part-time arrangements considered)

The Royal Melbourne is one of Victoria’s largest hospitals providing a comprehensive range of health services including acute, sub-acute, general, and specialist medical services throughout inpatient and community-based facilities. We are also a proud part of the world-renowned Melbourne Biomedical Precinct, working in collaboration to advance research for continuous improvement of clinical care.

The RMH ED is Victoria’s busiest adult Emergency Department seeing over 90,000 patients annually and is one of two of Victoria’s major Trauma services caring for more than 5,300 trauma patients per year, of which 1,300 are major trauma patients. We are the state’s premier emergency stroke care centre, Victoria’s first emergency clot retrieval service, and deliver the fastest emergency stroke treatment in Australia. We provide tertiary and quaternary services for trauma, neurosurgery, neurology and infectious diseases to patients from Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and southern NSW. Our patients are high acuity - 66% of patients have an Australasian Triage Scale categories of 1, 2 and 3 and nearly 50% of patients require hospital admission.

Our ED comprises 52-beds including 8 resuscitation and trauma bays, 3 high consequence pathogen negative pressure rooms, and an Observational Medicine unit with co-located 28-bed Short Stay units and a separate 12-bed ‘Hub’ specifically for mental health, psychosocial crisis and toxicology patients.

The RMH is a major teaching hospital and academic centre, sitting at the epicentre of the Parkville Precinct. Consisting of RMH, VCCC, RWH, RCH, University of Melbourne, Walter and Elisa Hall and the Doherty Institutes, together they offer a broad range of clinical experience and world class opportunities for collaboration and research. RMH ED is closely affiliated with the University of Melbourne Department of Critical Care and our ED has a strong track record in ED research with several highly published and active researchers on staff able to support trainees in research projects.

The RMH ED is accredited for two years training by the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine and has an outstanding registrar education program with protected teaching time each week, in-house primary and fellowship exam preparation courses and unsurpassed ACEM examination success rates.

We are staffed medically by 37 EFT of FACEMs, 31 EFT of Registrars, 2 EFT of ED-Stream HMOs plus JMOs and Medical Support Officers. The RMH ED is committed to supporting staff and provides part-time and flexible work arrangements.  The Consultant team have a broad post-graduate expertise in trauma, medical education and simulation, research, ultrasound, retrieval and pre-hospital medicine, infectious diseases and toxicology.

RMH ED is heavily focussed on education with a highly successful Emergency Registrar training program, as well as JMO, medical student, nurse practitioner and post-graduate nursing education programmes. Numerous consultants are involved in education at a national and international level. There will be multiple opportunities for Registrars to take part in a variety of clinical support activities, including education, trauma and quality projects as part of TS4 requirements.

Essential Criteria/Experience

• Registration with the Medical Board of Australia (AHPRA).
• Appropriate medical tertiary qualifications e.g. MBBS/MD or equivalent.
• Minimum 3-years post graduate experience.
• Demonstrated interest and performance in the provision of Clinical Emergency Medicine.
• Demonstrated commitment to further training in the field of Clinical Emergency Medicine.
• Demonstrated excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work well in a team.
• Excellent written and verbal skills.
• A commitment to a patient focussed service and quality management.
• High level of professionalism in dealing with staff and key stakeholder relationships.
• Willingness to work a rotating roster including weekend, evening and night shifts.
• Excellence in use of electronic communications including databases and patient

Application Instructions:

Upload to your application.

• Cover Letter 
• Current Curriculum Vitae 
• 3 References – using the template attached

For further information or queries please phone (03) 9342-4875 or email RMH – ED Registrar Recruitment (EDRegistrarRecruitment@mh.org.au)

Benefits:

• A Values based organisation offering great prospects for career diversity and professional advancement, including training and research opportunities, and access to mentorship and leadership programs.
• Comprehensive Health & Wellbeing Programs including On-site staff gym, Staff Medical Service, Employee Assistance Program, Peer Support Program - run by our dedicated employees.
• Salary packaging options, discounted onsite car parking, close to public transport.

Interested?

Find out more about The Royal Melbourne Hospital https://www.thermh.org.au If you have any questions or require more information, connect with us. We look forward to hearing from you.

The Royal Melbourne Hospital is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity, ethical practice, and the principles of Cultural Diversity and social inclusion.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Record Check and a Working with Children Check. Successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of an immunisation assessment and COVID 19 Vaccination prior to commencement.