Registrar - Intensive Care (ICU) - 2027

About the role

Bayside Health is a public health service delivering high-quality care across every stage of life for close to 1.2 million people living in metropolitan Melbourne, the Mornington Peninsula, Koo Wee Rup, Bass Coast and Southern Gippsland. It operates more than 15 main sites, including hospitals, centres and clinics, with over 22,000 staff. The Alfred Department of Intensive Care is a 68‑bed unit treating approximately 4000 patients per year, providing Victorian state services for heart and lung transplantation (including paediatric), mechanical cardiac devices, ECMO, burns and hyperbaric medicine, adult trauma, HIV and bone marrow transplantation, and representing most surgical and medical subspecialties as a quaternary referral centre. The Alfred ICU is accredited for 2 core years of training by the College of Intensive Care Medicine and runs an extensive consultant‑led education program with protected weekly teaching sessions, weekly CICM exam training, journal club, simulation, bronchoscopy and echocardiography training. The education website is http://intensiveblog.com. This registrar role is based in the Alfred ICU (or on rotation to other CICM‑accredited sites) and is designed to provide the experience needed to progress toward specialist training programs such as CICM. Vacancies are available for 6/12 Wonthaggi and 6/12 Alfred ICU registrars, with positions commencing February 2027. CICM trainees or registrars applying for CICM admission for 2026 or 2027 are encouraged to apply. For further information, please contact Dr Rebecca Roach (R.Roach@alfred.org.au) or Dr Charlene Chua (Ch.Chua@alfred.org.au).

Responsibilities

• Co‑ordinating the day‑to‑day work of the Intensive Care Unit.
• Supervising more junior medical staff and managing their duties.

Requirements

• Be a CICM trainee or a registrar applying for CICM admission for 2026 or 2027.
• Meet the mandatory vaccination requirement for healthcare workers in Category A or B roles (influenza vaccination or an acceptable medical exemption) as stipulated by the Health Services Amendment (Mandatory Vaccination of Healthcare Workers) Act 2020.

Skills

The role involves developing both technical and non‑technical skills through the unit’s consultant‑led education program, which includes weekly teaching sessions, CICM exam training, journal club, simulation, bronchoscopy and echocardiography training.