At a Glance
- Tasks: Join our Junior Medical Workforce and provide excellent patient care across various medical rotations.
- Company: Austin Health, a leading provider of health services in Melbourne.
- Benefits: Generous salary packaging, wellness initiatives, onsite childcare, and career development opportunities.
- Other info: We celebrate diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in patients' lives while growing your medical career.
- Qualifications: AHPRA registration and a passion for patient care and teamwork.
The predicted salary is between 69300 - 84700 $ per year.
Occupation: Medicine, nursing and midwifery
Location: Melbourne - Northern suburbs
Reference: 6438
Opportunity for enthusiastic Medical Practitioners to join our Junior Medical Workforce as an HMO3 General. Commencing February 2027 or when available for 2026.
Enterprise Agreement: Doctors in Training (2022 – 2026)
Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and statewide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.
About the role
HMOs in the General stream can complete a variety of rotations, including Emergency Medicine, General Medicine, Intensive Care Medicine, Cardiology, and Hospital in the Home. We can also offer a six-month rotation in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Mercy Hospital for Women.
A regular day will see you:
- Under the guidance of registrars and senior medical staff, participate as required in the admission, management and safe discharge of patients of the assigned unit.
- Work collaboratively as a team member with senior medical staff, junior medical staff, nursing and other staff to provide efficient, safe and quality care.
- Facilitate excellent communication and liaison with other staff, general practitioners and others involved in patient care.
- Communicate clearly and simply with patients, their families and carers, the basis of diagnosis, course of disorder and proposed treatment options in a way that ensures understanding and empowers involvement in decision-making about their care.
About you
To be successful in this role, you must:
- Be registered (or able to be registered) with AHPRA.
- Be dedicated to delivering excellent patient care.
- Be dedicated to teaching, training and developing strong, well-functioning teams.
- Be able to provide a current Working with Children check.
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:
- Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging, for living expenses, meals, and holiday accommodation.
- A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted fitness memberships and special offers on health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program.
- Onsite childcare at Austin Hospital, easy access via public transport and car parking options.
- Mentoring and career development opportunities.
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. Even if you don’t meet every single requirement, we encourage you to apply. What matters most is your passion, your drive and your willingness to learn and contribute. 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. Austin Health is a child safe organisation, committed to upholding the rights, safety, and wellbeing of children and young people in line with Child Safe Standards.
If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: Simone Morgan, Manager - Doctors in Training at Simone.Morgan@austin.org.au
Applications close Sunday 8 November 2026 at 11.59pm.
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