Medical Registrar - Geriatric Advanced Trainee

2026 Advanced Trainee in Geriatric Medicine at Grampians Health   

[Pre-Centralised Match]

Continuing Care
Fixed term, 12-month position - full-time (86-hours/fortnight)

Part-time and/or part-year negotiable

Applications close: 29th June 2025

About Grampians Health

Grampians Health was established 1 November 2021, bringing together Edenhope and District Memorial Hospital, Stawell Regional Health, Wimmera Health Care Group and Ballarat Health Services to deliver safe, sustainable, healthcare tailored to changing workforce and community needs, for the long term.

This partnership follows years of strong collaboration and close partnerships between the four health services. Together, we will deliver better healthcare, enhance services and advance careers, closer to home, now and into the future.

A career with Grampians Health means you are connected and are part of a team providing quality healthcare to rural and regional communities. Our communities are diverse, as is our workforce, with expert clinical staff from across the world choosing to live and work in our beautiful region.

Grampians Health provides acute, maternity, mental health, allied health, aged care, administration and support services. This means your career will be as diverse and rewarding as you strive to be.

Grampians Health offers acute care services in Ballarat and Horsham, along with subacute care throughout its network. The Queen Elizabeth Centre in Ballarat has 20 GEM beds, 4 TCP beds, 30 Rehab beds, 11 Palliative Care beds, and up to 12 GEM at Home beds. The Stawell facility has 16 mixed acute & subacute care beds, while the Horsham facility has 20 beds, including 10 GEM, 6 Rehab, and 4 TCP beds.

The Ballarat campus serves as a significant training site for the University of Melbourne and Deakin Rural Clinical Schools. The senior staff at this campus are deeply committed to the education and professional growth of medical students, Interns, HMOs, and Registrars.

Position Overview: Advanced Trainee in Geriatric Medicine

This position is specifically designed for physician trainees who are either planning to embark on or are currently undertaking advanced training in Geriatric Medicine.

As an Advanced Trainee in Geriatric Medicine at Grampians Health, you will play a crucial role within our team, benefiting from the mentorship of experienced geriatricians. The role is inherently flexible, catering to the distinct educational needs of the trainee and the dynamic requirements of our service. Our goal is to provide a tailored experience that enhances your ongoing education and facilitates your transition to a consultant role.

We pride ourselves on our ability to provide a customised programme that nurtures clinical, professional, and leadership skills within a supportive and egalitarian work environment. Trainees are motivated to take an active role in service development.

As an Advanced Trainee, you will gain substantial clinical exposure, enhance your patient care capabilities, and participate in a range of educational and training activities. Your involvement is intended to expand your knowledge, understanding, skills, and attitudes in the practice of Geriatric Medicine.

The Advanced Trainee role may involve providing geriatric expertise in various settings:

• Hospital: This includes acute and subacute care, with responsibilities ranging from consultative and shared care to primary care. It also involves supervising and coordinating patient care within the subacute wards and teams.
• Community: This covers admitted services such as Hospital in the Home and GEM at Home, as well as non-admitted services like the Hospital Admission Risk Program, Residential In-Reach, and the Transition Care Program.
• Ambulatory: This pertains to complex and specialist geriatric medicine clinics, which could be conducted in-person in a clinic, through home visits, or via remote telehealth.

Advanced Trainees are allocated protected training time to attend and contribute to the Victorian Geriatric Medicine Training Program. They have minimal on-call and after-hours commitments and are supported in refining their research skills.

As a member of the Geriatric Medicine team, the Advanced Trainee is expected to contribute to the team’s overall performance, aligning with the Mission, Vision, and Objectives of Grampians Health.

Essential Qualifications and Proficiencies

• Registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (APHRA) is mandatory.
• The candidate should be registered for Advanced Training in Geriatric Medicine with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.
• The applicant must demonstrate an appropriate level of experience, knowledge, skills, and aptitude in the clinical practice of medicine.

To view a copy of the position description click here.

How to apply

Click APPLY or contact Dr Alfie Obieta on 0407 066 619 for a confidential discussion.

We're actively seeking candidates for this role and will review applications as they are submitted. Applications will close when the position is 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.

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

Diversity and Inclusion 
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+.