About the Role
St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne is recruiting enthusiastic, collaborative trainees with excellent communication and clinical skills for our Advanced Trainee (AT) positions in 2026.
Recruited through the PMCV Centralised Match, ATs have three 4-month rotations based out of St Vincent’s Hospital campus in Fitzroy, St George’s Hospital campus in Kew and into the surrounding community. We take your training seriously and pride ourselves on our supervision, mentoring and individualised training to meet your needs.
Please note, those recruited to St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne through the PMCV Centralised Match will not have rotations to external / regional hospitals; the Regional Training Partnership appointment with South West Healthcare occurs through a separate application process.
All rotations are planned to ensure that our trainees get exposure to the wide range of services at St Vincent’s including Geriatric Evaluation and Management (GEM), Acute Care of the Elderly and Orthogeriatrics, specialty clinics (CDAMS, Continence, Falls & Balance, Older Persons Pain Management, Structural Heart Disease and Onco-Geriatrics), Residential In-Reach, GEM@Home and Psychogeriatrics. Other experiences, including Aged Care Assessment Service (ACAS), inpatient consultations and comprehensive geriatric assessments in environments such as the community and Emergency Department can also be built in to rotations if desired. All trainees have dedicated, protected teaching time.
Successful candidates will :
Classifications for this position will range from HM25 – HM30 ($129,048.40 -
177,622.12) as per the relevant Enterprise Bargaining Agreement.
What you will bring
Essential requirements
About the Department of Geriatric Medicine
The Department of Geriatric Medicine is a friendly, engaged and collaborative team which supports a variety of bed-based and community-based services in acute, subacute and community settings, including a wide range of clinics. We pride ourselves on excellent supervision and support of trainees with rotations tailored to our trainees’ training needs. Rotations are designed to ensure that we train well-rounded, adaptable Geriatricians that are able to work across the care spectrum. Our Geriatricians also rotate between roles to ensure that trainees get exposure to different styles of practice and supervision.
Current rotations
Working at St Vincent’s
St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is a leading teaching, research and tertiary health service. SVHM provides an extensive range of adult clinical services across our Fitzroy, Kew and Truganina sites.
We warmly encourage applications from talented people of all backgrounds, including those who identify as Aboriginal and / or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, LGBTQIA+, and people of all ages, cultures, and identities. Our mission is to create an environment that reflects and supports the rich diversity of the community we serve.
Together, we celebrate our values of Compassion, Justice, Integrity and Excellence, making SVHM a unique, safe and welcoming place to work.
What we can offer you
Pre-employment checks
How to Apply
To apply, click the ' Apply ' button. You will be prompted to create a Workday candidate profile and upload your current resume and cover letter, addressed to Dr Richard Kane.
All interested applicants should contact Dr Richard Kane and Dr Christine Mandrawa for a preliminary conversation to ensure that we can meet your training needs.
Applicants will need to apply to both St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne (via www.svha.org.au) and the Post Graduate Medical Council of Victoria Matching Service (PMCV).
All appointments will be made through PMCV’s centralised match.
Please visit Recruitment pathways for 2026 for more details noting :
Please let us know if you have any accessibility requirements and we will be able to adapt to these for you.
If you would like a copy of the Position Description, please contact jmsrecruitment@svha.org.au and include the JRnumber.
Advanced Trainee • Melbourne, VIC, AU