Employment Type - Temporary Full Time
Hours per fortnight - 86
Job Category - Medical - Registrar
Req Id - 7802
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Build your career with Victoria’s largest regional health service
- Join a supportive, high-performing team making a real community impact
- Lifestyle! A stone throw from the Surf Coast, Bellarine Peninsula and Great Ocean Road
About the role
The role of the Anaesthetics Advance Trainee/ provisional fellow is to provide high quality anaesthesia, perioperative medicine and pain management of patients within the surgical and critical care directorate
About the Facility – Department of Anaesthesia
The Department of Anaesthesia, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, currently employs approximately 70 Anaesthetic Consultants and 24 Anaesthetic Registrars. We support 17 operating theatres as well as a number of ‘off the floor’ locations.
A wide range of Clinical Anaesthetic services are provided including: Regional Anaesthesia and Ultrasound, Obstetric and Paediatric Services, Cardiac Anaesthesia (including Transoesophageal Echocardiography) and a benchmark perioperative service (including CPET). The department has a strong commitment to excellence in clinical, education and research activities and a strong focus on preparing senior trainees for consultant practice.
Key responsibilities
- Pre-assessment and optimisation of patients prior to planned anaesthesia is performed by all registrars
- Epidural anaesthesia for labour, after completion of epidural accreditation
- Airway management outside the operating theatre after 2 years of anaesthesia training, except in time critical emergencies
- Contribute to and assist the supervising anaesthetist in the running of the operating theatre and off the floor anaesthetising locations. The fellow will eventually take the role of the supervising anaesthetist position with consultant back up support as needed
- A range of roles are required including but not limited to general anaesthesia and sedation, airway management, pain medicine, perioperative medicine, regional and local anaesthesia, resuscitation, trauma and crisis management
What we’re looking for
- Applications are invited for Provisional Fellows and Advanced Anaesthesia Trainees to join our friendly and supportive department.
- These positions are for either 6 months or 12 months.
- Available provisional fellowships include:
- Anaesthesia- Regional
- Anaesthesia- Airway
- Anaesthesia- Cardiac
- Anaesthesia- Perioperative Medicine
- When you are applying, please specify which provisional fellowship position or if it is for an Advanced Trainee position
- Applicants must be ANZCA accredited or eligible.
- If you have the qualifications and aptitude along with excellent interpersonal skills and a commitment to improving patient care, this may be the role for you!
Position Description
Please note Barwon Health will only contact you via our official email and never use unconventional means, such as text messaging or other services.
Barwon Health staff benefits
- Excellent working conditions and a strong sense of job satisfaction
- A vibrant staff wellbeing program and access to our 24/7 Employee Assistance Program
- Extensive professional development opportunities
- Attractive salary packaging benefits
- Living expenses capped at $9,010
- Meals and entertainment capped at $2,650
For more information about working at Barwon Health, please click here
Diversity and inclusion
Barwon Health is an inclusive and welcoming employer, committed to reflecting the diverse communities we serve. We value and celebrate people of all genders, sexual orientations, cultural backgrounds, faiths, abilities, family structures, and identities, and encourage applications from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, culturally and linguistically diverse communities, and members of the LGBTIQA+ community.
Child safety
We are strongly committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. Click here for further information on the Victorian Government’s Child Safe Standards
Additional information
If you need adjustments to participate in the recruitment process, please contact us at
[email protected]
All appointments are subject to:
- Satisfactory Police Record Check
- Immunisation Status Clearance
- Working with Children Check (if applicable)
To apply, you will need a resume and a tailored cover letter outlining your skills, experience, and suitability for the position in line with the requirements of the position description. Please note: We do not accept resumes via email.
Application closing date: 07 June 2026
Internal applicants:
If you are currently employed at Barwon Health, please ensure you sign in via the employee login on the external careers page or access the careers cage through One Point (intranet) before applying.
Shortlisting may commence prior to the closing date - early applications are encouraged.
Barwon Health does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies. Candidates must apply directly through the official recruitment portal.
