2025 Accredited Senior Obstetric & Gynaecology Registrars
About the Role
Role: Senior Registrar, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 2025
- RANZCOG Accredited Senior Registrars, including the Chief Registrar
- Non-Accredited Senior Registrars
We are seeking enthusiastic obstetric and gynaecology senior registrars to join the Western Health O&G team in 2025. In line with our shared vision to provide both excellence in clinical care and vocational training, the unit has strived to provide an environment for registrars and junior staff that is second to none in Australia.
Western Health provides women’s health services across our network including the tertiary level service at Joan Kirner Women’s and Children’s (JKWC) at Sunshine Hospital and a lower acuity service at Bacchus Marsh Hospital.
JKWC is a purpose-built women’s and children’s facility that opened with state-of-the-art facilities in 2019. The service cares for over 6500 mothers annually and we have a comprehensive tertiary team comprising Maternal Fetal Medicine, obstetric medicine, obstetric anaesthesia and a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Gynaecology services include general gynaecology as well as gynae-oncology, pelvic floor and minimally invasive surgery.
Bacchus Marsh Hospital joined the Western Health network in 2021. The lower risk maternity service is expected to grow to approximately 1000 births annually, whilst the gynaecology service is expanding to support a large number of theatre sessions and extensive ambulatory services. The site is well set-up to provide excellent gynaecology skills development for senior registrars.
Our senior registrars enjoy a broad range of experiences, with exposure to a mix of obstetrics and gynaecology training. The absence of subspecialty gynaecology fellows at our hospital ensures that our senior registrars benefit from maximum exposure to subspecialty clinics and primary operator experience. Our team-based structure supports our senior registrars to take on leadership roles within their teams and within the unit.
Senior registrar positions (RANZCOG accredited) for 2025 are structured to provide opportunities to maintain and develop skills relevant to the intended future scope of specialist practice post-FRANZCOG. Training objectives include:
- Develop and demonstrate skills relevant to audit, clinical research trials, leadership and administration relevant to a busy Level 6 maternity service
- Maintain and develop complex obstetric management skills, including birthing unit management, complex operative obstetrics and supervision/teaching of junior trainees and HMOs.
- Achieve skills in management of the patient journey including pre-operative assessment, intra-operative management and primary operator experience, and post-operative care and follow up in gynaecology
- Advanced trainees in their final year of training are encouraged to engage in Transition to Fellowship opportunities
Each position has a combination of:
- Service commitment to the birthing services including antenatal clinic, acute birthing and inpatient obstetric care (including rostered after-hours)
- Rotation through one or more of the specialist units, each of which will have a program modelled on the Advanced Training Modules (ATM) and future areas of practice:
- Gynae-oncology, Maternal Fetal Medicine, advanced obstetrics, advanced laparoscopy, pelvic floor disorders, colposcopy and general gynaecology (with access to training in minimally invasive surgery, open surgery or pelvic floor surgery)
- Participation in quality assurance, audit and teaching programs
- Participation in education, mentorship and teaching of junior staff
- The SR appointments may include a 3-month rotation to Bacchus Marsh hospital. This term offers excellent gynaecology operating experience and has continuity through on-call commitment at JKWC.
The Chief Registrar will be selected from those who indicate on the application form interest in this position.
The role of the Chief Registrar (in addition to his/her clinical duties) is to provide leadership to the Junior Medical Staff and assist in:
- The coordination of education and training
- Medical student teaching and mentoring
- The dissemination of information to JMS and SMS
- Recruitment of HMO and registrar applicants for the following year
- JMS Rostering
- Pastoral care / wellbeing for JMS
- JMS representation on monthly management meetings and senior staff meetings and within the organisation
- Advocacy and representation on behalf of O&G JMS
Ideally suited to a trainee in their final year, the Chief registrar role allows scope for independent operating and consolidation of consultant level skills, with scope to tailor their clinical roster to support training in identified areas of interest. The Chief Registrar has additional allocated administration time and does not do a night duty rotation.
Applications close at 11:59pm on 8 July 2024.
Contact Person: Jacinta Stewart
Contact Number: 0468 567 952
Contact Email: Jacinta.Stewart@wh.org.au
About Us
Our workforce of over 13,000 employees are driven by our values of ‘Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Excellence and Safety’ (CARES). We value our people and provide them the opportunity to grow and develop. Our teams are friendly and supportive, ensuring we deliver a safe, person-centred and connected patient experience.
Western Health is in a period of rapid growth. Our services comprise of four acute public hospitals: Footscray Hospital, Sunshine Hospital (including Joan Kirner Women's and Children's), Williamstown Hospital and Bacchus Marsh & Melton Hospital. We also operate Sunbury Day Hospital, Grant Lodge Residential Aged Care, as well as community health centres in Melton, Caroline Springs and Bacchus Marsh and a range of mental health and community-based services. We care for a diverse community of more than 1 million people with complex care needs ranging from Neonates to Geriatrics.
Our employees enjoy a wide range of benefits such as:
- Professional development support
- Career advancement opportunities
- Salary packaging including novated vehicle leasing
- Work-life balance
Western Health is an equal opportunity employer committed to attracting and retaining diversity in our workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Western Health is committed to providing a safe environment for the children and young people who are involved in our services, sites and operations. We follow and abide by all legislative requirements to keep children and young people safe.
All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Police Record Check, an Immunisation status clearance (including evidence of COVID 19 vaccination) and (if applicable) a Working with Children’s Check.
Western Health do not accept unsolicited resumes/applications from Recruitment Agencies.