Specialist Geriatrician

Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the Northeast of Melbourne and state-wide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.

Many of the services offered by the Continuing Care Division are based at the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital (HRH). Additionally, an Aged Care medical inpatient consultancy service, liaison services, the Orthogeriatrics Geriatrician in the Emergency Initiative (GEDI), and the Hub for InReach and Austin@Home are located at the Austin Hospital campus. Many rehabilitation services, including statewide services, are based at the Royal Talbot campus.

Continuing Care Inpatient Services include two Rehabilitation/Geriatric Evaluation and Management (GEM) wards (Wards 11 and 12), an Acute GEM unit (Ward 10), and an additional inpatient unit (Ward 9), which includes an 8-bed Cognitive Assessment and Management (CAM) Program and 16 GEM beds.

Community Programs offered by the division include the Aged Care Assessment Service (ACAS), Transition Care Program, the integrated Health Independence Program (HIP, which includes Older Persons’ Complex Care/OPCC), Hospital in the Home (HITH), Residential InReach services (formerly Outreach/ROS), and the Medical and Cognitive Research Unit (MCRU). In addition, there are several complex care-focused specialist clinics at both HRH and Royal Talbot.

The Specialist Geriatrician is responsible for working effectively and efficiently with the multidisciplinary team, and for ensuring the right patient receives the right care at the right time in the right environment, mindful of patient choice and efficient and clinically appropriate utilisation of health resources. As part of a multidisciplinary team you have shared responsibility for quality patient negotiated outcomes

A regular day see you:

Procedures, therapies and competencies that a Fellow from the respective specialist medical college would be competent in practicing:

You will be someone who has excellent communication skills and a strong commitment to excellence in patient care. You’ll bring energy and drive to you work, and have a keen interest in developing your skillset.

You’ll further have:

Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:

We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures.

If you feel this role is right for you, we encourage your early application. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place prior to the closing date. This means we reserve the right to close a job ad prior to the advertised closing date.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process or have questions about this opportunity, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: A/Prof Michael Murray AM, Divisional Medical Director and Director of Geriatric Medicine at michael.murray@austin.org.au or 0419 371 790, (03) 9426 2065.