Registrar - Geriatric Medicine Advanced Trainee 2026

Work in an environment that offers:

• Support for career progression and development
• An opportunity to work with a leading regional health service
• A strong attitude to teaching and learning

The Position 

Job Reference: 3244

Position Title: Registrar - Geriatric Medicine Advanced Trainee 2026
Classification: HM25 - HM30
Salary per hour (exc. super): As per award
Hours per fortnight: 86
Employment Status: Full Time Fixed Term (12 or 24 months commencing from February 2026)

Closing date: 20/01/2026

Bendigo Health is excited to offer a Geriatric Medicine Advanced Trainee (Registrar) position for 2026–2027, open to both RACP-accredited and suitably experienced non-accredited applicants. This role provides a dynamic and supportive learning environment for doctors seeking to develop expertise in geriatric medicine across a variety of clinical settings.

Registrars will rotate through a range of terms, including the Geriatric Evaluation and Management (GEM) Unit, Orthogeriatrics and Surgical Liaison, Acute Geriatric Medicine (incorporating Psychiatry and General Medicine consults), Geriatric Medicine in the Emergency Department, and Community Geriatric Medicine (GEM@Home). Term allocations are tailored to each registrar’s individual training needs while balancing service requirements.

Trainees will actively participate in weekly geriatric clinics, which may include General Geriatric Medicine, CDAMS, Telehealth services, Falls and Balance, Continence, or the Movement Disorder Clinic. Registrars are also expected to supervise and support junior medical staff, fostering teaching, leadership, and supervisory skills.

The program supports ongoing professional development through participation in fortnightly Victorian Geriatric Medicine Training Program sessions, Northern Alliance in-house education, and Bendigo Health registrar training activities. For RACP-accredited trainees, a structured three-year training pathway is available, offering 1–2 years at Bendigo Health in combination with a year at Austin Health.

This is an excellent opportunity to grow as a clinician in a collaborative regional health service while gaining broad and diverse experience in geriatric medicine.

Working with Bendigo Health

Bendigo Health are a leader in regional health care, combining outstanding services with a strong education, training and personal development culture.

Created by our community in the 1850s, we have a long, proud history of delivering excellent care to our community.

Our organisation is diverse, welcoming and committed to delivering our vision of Excellent Care. Every Person, Every Time.

Bendigo Health has around 5000 staff and a catchment area covering a quarter of the size of Victoria. The three main campuses of Bendigo Health are in Bendigo, with many services extended to regional settings including areas such as Mildura, Echuca, Swan Hill, Kyneton and Castlemaine.

We offer a fantastic range of benefits for our staff, including: 

• Staff health and wellbeing programs
• Career development and education opportunities
• Generous salary packaging opportunities, to increase your take-home pay each fortnight
• Flexible Working Arrangements
• Use of staff gym and pool and access to other fitness facilities through fitness passport program

If successful for a position at Bendigo Health you must provide evidence of your full immunisation record as part of the on boarding process.

Bendigo Region

Bendigo is one of Victoria’s largest regional cities making it a great city to live and work in. Bendigo provides services for the region’s population of over 320,000 and so the city offers excellent schools, shopping and cultural precincts, sporting facilities and various tertiary facilities. We can offer generous flexible working arrangements - giving you more time to enjoy the fantastic restaurants, beautiful parks, walking trails and wineries within our region.

Interested?

We’d love to hear from you!  Please ensure that you attach a cover letter and an up-to-date copy of your resume.  

Need more information?  Please contact jmorecruitment@bendigohealth.org.au for a confidential discussion.  

Diversity and Inclusion

Bendigo Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We embrace diversity and social inclusion and encourage people from a diverse cultural background, people with disabilities and or Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people to apply.

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