About This Role
This exciting fixed-term opportunity is for an enthusiastic Advanced Trainee in Public Health Medicine to join the Western Public Health Unit (WPHU) at Western Health. The position delivers an integrated approach to public health, working across health protection, population health, and addressing health inequities as part of a team in the Western region of metropolitan Melbourne. The Public Health Registrar will undertake risk assessment, risk management, and risk communication activities, gain operational experience in communicable disease control, and provide strategic advice and leadership in health protection and other public health topics.
Responsibilities
- Gain health protection experience across a full scope of communicable disease control functions, including participating in a duty and on-call roster
- Undertake projects to promote primary prevention in population health, including taking action on health inequalities within the catchment
- Engage in a strong learning environment, including providing education and teaching for other staff in the Unit
Requirements
- Current registration as a medical practitioner in Australia with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
- Current status as an advanced trainee with the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine at the time of commencement, or eligibility and intention to join the training scheme
- A strong commitment to improving the health of populations and willingness to apply public health interventions in a flexible and agile way
- An ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team, showing initiative, strong communication, and a passion for sharing skills and expertise
Benefits
- Health and wellbeing programs, including flexible work arrangements
- Scholarships and grants to support your continuous learning journey
- Access the Western Health Learning Academy (WHA) for personalised learning pathways
- Professional growth programs, including postgraduate studies and clinical education
- Mentorship and career support
- Make a meaningful difference in patients' lives through compassionate care
- Join a workforce that champions diversity and inclusion
- Engage in community wellbeing initiatives and groundbreaking healthcare research
- Thrive in a collaborative, compassionate, and innovative team environment
- Be part of a culture that celebrates continuous improvement and excellence in healthcare
Important Details
- Contract: full-time, fixed term (12 months)
- Start date: February 2027
- Application deadline: 16 August 2026, 11:59pm
Application Process
- The Western Public Health Unit is participating in a coordinated recruitment process for 2027 with The North Eastern Public Health Unit, The South East Public Health Unit, The Loddon Mallee Public Health Unit, The Barwon South West Public Health Unit, The Gippsland Regional Public Health Unit, and The Grampians Public Health Unit
- Candidates must apply to each organisation they are interested in working for individually
- Interviews will be held for participating organisations between Monday 17 August and Friday 28 August
- Offers will be made to candidates between Monday 31 August and Friday 11 September
- Individual candidates may receive initial offers from multiple organisations and will be given a strict timeframe to decide whether to accept or reject the offer
- Once a successful candidate accepts an offer from an organisation, they are removed from the recruitment pool and will not receive further offers from any other organisation participating in this process
- Candidates may reject all initial offers and may receive a further offer from another organisation during the recruitment period, though this cannot be guaranteed
About the Company
Western Health is one of the largest healthcare providers in Victoria, caring for a vibrant, diverse, and rapidly growing community of one million people in Melbourne's western suburbs. With more than 13,000 staff, Western Health delivers over 800,000 occasions of care every year, providing high-quality, person-centred care across every life stage. It provides a combination of hospital, community-based, at-home, and in-reach services to aged, adult, and paediatric patients and newborn babies, with specialties including oncology, renal, mental health, women's health and maternity, chronic diseases, geriatrics, and cardiology. Western Health operates four acute public hospitals: Sunshine Hospital (including Joan Kirner Women's and Children's), Footscray Hospital, Williamstown Hospital, and Bacchus Marsh Hospital. It also operates Sunbury Community Hospital, Sunshine Mental Health and Wellbeing Centre, Melton Health and Community Services, Bacchus Marsh Community Health Centre, Caroline Springs Community Health Centre, and Grant Lodge Residential Aged Care in Bacchus Marsh. Western Health also provides the primary healthcare service at the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre, a women's prison located in Ravenhall.
