Address Job Description
Location: North West Region | Bendigo
Job type: Not provided
Organisation: Bendigo Health
Salary: Salary not specified
Occupation: Medical and Nursing, Medical
Reference: 15533
Work in an environment that offers:
A supportive environment for career progression and development
An opportunity to work with a leading regional health service
Excellent clinical exposure across a range of specialties
The Position
Position Title: Public Health Registrar Classification: HM25 – HM30; Relevant to year of experience Hours per fortnight: 86 Employment Status: Fixed term full time till 29/6/2025 Other requirements: COVID-19 Vaccination
Role Description
The Public Health Registrar works within the Loddon-Mallee Public Health Unit and provides subject matter expertise and technical support across all functions of the unit including communicable disease prevention and control, prevention and population health, Public Health strategy and planning, and epidemiology and surveillance.
Reporting to the Public Health Physician, this position is suitable for individuals intending to or currently undertaking advanced training in Public Health Medicine through the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine within the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. You will acquire the knowledge, skills and aptitudes of a Public Health physician by completing, with guidance from regional education coordinators, supervisors, and mentors, placements in a variety of Public Health activities.
This dynamic role will contribute to the span of PHU activities as determined by ongoing business planning. Previous focus areas have included supporting the Public Health response to flooding in the Loddon Mallee, delivery of a population health catchment plan and coordinating response activities to communicable disease incidents and outbreaks (e.g. Japanese encephalitis). This exciting role will contribute to delivery of a resilient and sustainable place-based Public Health response.
Bendigo Health
Our 700 bed state of the art hospital was built in 2017. We are a leader in regional health care, combining outstanding services with a strong education, training and personal development culture. We have all of the latest technologies allowing our 5000 staff to deliver Excellent Care to Every Person, Every Time. Remuneration is in accordance with Victorian Public Health Enterprise Agreements and generous salary packaging arrangements are offered to all staff. Bendigo Health offer:
Flexible Working Arrangements
Salary Packaging
Financial relocation support available for eligible applicants
Reimbursements for the cost of obtaining any required pre-employment checks (Police Check, WWCC and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check)
Staff health and wellbeing programs
Access to recommended immunisations
Smoke free environment
If successful for a position at Bendigo Health you must provide evidence of your full immunisation record as part of the on boarding process.
The Team
The Community and Public Health Services Division has a primary focus on improving the health outcomes of the communities in our region. With a range of local and regional programs supporting place-based health promotion, prevention, care and support, they work collaboratively with other Divisions and regional partnerships and networks to support quality outcomes. The Division has a strong leadership role in the Loddon Mallee Region and is committed to ensuring processes are in place to deliver on our Division.
The Loddon Mallee Public Health Unit
The Loddon-Mallee Public Health Unit (LMPHU) works to keep our regional community healthy, safe and well. We use local knowledge, community-based relationships and direct engagement to effectively tailor and deliver Public Health initiatives and respond to incidents and issues within the Loddon-Mallee region.
First established in 2020 to manage local cases and outbreaks of COVID-19, LMPHU now has a wider range of responsibility for the prevention and control of communicable and non-communicable diseases and health threats. LMPHU works in partnership with primary, acute and community health services, state government agencies, local governments and local communities to promote health and wellbeing, and tackle inequalities in health, for all those living in the Loddon-Mallee region.
Bendigo Region
Bendigo is one of Victoria’s fastest growing regional cities making it a great city to live and work in. Bendigo provides services for the region’s population of over 300,000 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.
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.
