Internal Locum - General Surgery (Breast Surgeon)

Available Hours: 0 hours per week (Internal Locum)

About the Role

Join Grampians Health Ballarat’s highly regarded General Surgery team as an Internal Locum – Breast Surgeon. This flexible locum role supports urgent backfill needs across theatre, clinic, and ward environments, with the opportunity to work within a specialist surgical team that includes access to a new robotics program and diverse caseloads across the region.
You'll be instrumental in providing timely care to breast surgery patients and contribute to teaching and service improvement.

• Provide specialist breast surgery and general surgical support
• Cover outpatient clinics, theatre sessions, and ward rounds
• Participate in general surgery on-call roster
• Attend MDTs and key clinical meetings (M&M, Breast Screen)
• Supervise junior medical staff
• Join a collaborative, multidisciplinary team

Key Responsibilities

• Cover theatre, clinic and ward-based breast surgery services
• Provide urgent backfill to cover vacancies across the general surgery roster
• Attend breast surgery MDTs, Breast Screen and M&M meetings
• Supervise and support junior medical staff
• Work within GH’s clinical governance, safety and quality frameworks
• Support patient-centred, inclusive care aligned with GH values

Skills & Experience

• Current AHPRA registration as a medical practitioner
• FRACS in General Surgery (or equivalent)
• Experience in breast and general surgery across inpatient and outpatient care
• Commitment to teaching, quality care and continuous improvement
• Strong communication, interpersonal and clinical decision-making skills

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Interested?

Click APPLY, or to learn more about the role, contact Trish Jennings c/o Michael Condous, on 0467 050 914 for a confidential discussion.

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We're reviewing applications as they come in—apply now as the position will close once filled.

About Grampians Health
Grampians Health provides healthcare to a large region at our campuses based in Ballarat, Dimboola, Edenhope, Horsham and Stawell. 

Our mission is to deliver sustainable healthcare tailored to evolving community and workforce needs. We strive to enhance services and careers, providing quality healthcare to rural and regional communities. Joining Grampians Health means being part of a diverse team, with a variety of career opportunities in acute, maternity, mental health, allied health, aged care and support services.

Culture & Benefits 

At Grampians Health, we recognise our staff are our greatest asset.  We are committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for our staff, patients, residents, visitors, volunteers and contractors at all sites.

• Flexible work arrangements and purchase leave opportunities
• Salary packaging for living expenses such as rent/mortgage plus meals, entertainment & holidays
• Access to Staff Fitness program
• Staff rewards and recognition programs

Ballarat Region

Ballarat is the largest centre in Western Victoria and the state’s fastest growing inland city.  Dubbed Australia’s most liveable city in 2020, Ballarat is home to first class education, fine dining and boutique shopping.  Uniquely located within easy access to Melbourne, Geelong, Bendigo and the Western district, Ballarat is blessed with some of Australia’s most significant heritage buildings and natural landscapes. To learn more about Ballarat click here - Visit Ballarat

Further Information
All appointments are subject to a satisfactory police records check, immunisation clearance and Working with Children check and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check.

All employees must be willing and able to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when required, which at a minimum is a surgical mask. Additional PPE requirements are role-dependent.

Grampians Health is a child safe organisation, committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. Grampians Health is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workforce.

We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, mature age workers and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or questioning), intersex and asexual LGBTQIA+.