Registrar - Emergency

Ballarat Emergency Department Registrar
Multiple Positions | Full time and Part Time

We are seeking Registrars to join the Emergency Department at Grampians Health – Ballarat Campus. These positions offer excellent training opportunities, including rotations through ICU, anaesthetics, and other specialty departments.

The Emergency Department has -

• A main department of 19 beds
• Fast-track 
• Paediatric ED (5 beds)
• Short Stay Unit (12 beds)
• Front of house model
• Resuscitation areas (3 bays)

The hospital is being redeveloped and a new Emergency Department will be opened (likely) early 2028. 

Our Emergency Department manages over 60,000 presentations annually, including approximately 25% paediatric cases, with an increasing admission rate of 24–25%.

We pride ourselves on a strong culture of supervision, education, and support for our medical staff. This includes -

• Proactive training programs
• Protected weekly teaching sessions (Wednesday 1000 - 1500)
• Multidisciplinary Morbidity & Mortality meetings fortnightly
• A responsive and positive feedback culture
• Mentoring and succession planning for ACEM trainees
• ALS2 and APLS courses available

Grampians Health – Ballarat Campus offers a wide range of acute and sub-acute services including -

• Most surgical sub-specialties (upper GIT, thoracic, vascular, ENT)
• Most medical sub-specialties (neurology, respiratory, nephrology, cardiology (inc. Interventional); haematology, infectious diseases, oncology, gastroenterology)
• Psychiatry
• Level 5 maternity service
• Paediatrics inc. Special Care Nursery
• Interventional Radiology
• ICU
• CCU

The campus is a major teaching site affiliated with the University of Melbourne and Deakin University Clinical Schools.

About You

We are looking for motivated and dynamic doctors who:

• Demonstrate a strong team focus
• Possess excellent communication skills
• Have a genuine interest in developing Emergency Medicine skills
• Value patient-centred care and collaborative practice

Candidates should ideally be working towards or eligible for registration with Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) or have a strong interest in pursuing Emergency Medicine training.
At a minimum, applicants must hold General Registration with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).

To see a full copy of the Position Description please click here.

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 discounted health club membership
• Staff rewards and recognition programs

Interested?
Click APPLY or contact Emergency Administration, on emergencyadministration@gh.org.au for a confidential discussion.

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. Uniquely located within easy access to Melbourne, Ballarat has 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+.