St Vincent's Hospital Health Melbourne
St. Vincent's Health is an 843-bed health service. It provides acute medical and surgical services, alongside adult intensive care and coronary care units, aged care, rehabilitation, allied health, mental health, palliative care and residential care, as well as a range of community and outreach services.
St Vincent's Hospital is a major teaching, research and tertiary referral centre situated on the doorstep of Melbourne's central business district.
St. Vincent's aims for excellence in: patient care, teaching, training and research. Education is one of the three core businesses of St. Vincent's Health, along with patient care and research. Many senior staff play an active role in teaching and training, with a number of senior medical staff holding professorial appointments with the University of Melbourne.
St Vincent's Health offers a very strong record of commitment to clinical training and leadership with educational facilities that include a Simulation Centre, which is available for use for education and training.
Research plays a vital role throughout St. Vincent's Health, and the organisation supports many innovative projects and trials. The St. Vincent's Institute of Medical Research focuses on research in bone cell biology, cancer and heart disease. The extent of research work undertaken at St. Vincent's displays the outstanding commitment and achievement of individuals and research teams.
With the current extensive redevelopment being undertaken at St Vincent’s hospital, Fitzroy currently, it is certainly an excellent facility to undertake all aspects of basic physician training.
Barwon Health Geelong
Formed in 1998, Barwon Health is one of the largest and most comprehensive regional health services in Australia. With more than eight thousand staff, we are one of Australia’s largest regional employers and the largest employer in Geelong. Barwon Health provides services for everyone who needs care, regardless of their financial status or the location of their usual residence. As a regional health service, Barwon Health provide leadership and tertiary referral services across the Barwon South West region. The local community comprises of the residents of the City of Greater Geelong, Colac Otway Shire, Golden Plains Shire, Borough of Queenscliff and Surf Coast Shire.
Barwon Health provides services from the University Hospital Geelong Precinct in central Geelong, the McKellar Centre Precinct in North Geelong and other locations including the Sunrise Centre. With the exception of neurosurgery and transplantation, virtually all other specialties are available through University Hospital Geelong. We provide community health services from Anglesea, Belmont, Corio, Newcomb, and Torquay and dental services from Belmont, Corio and Newcomb. Our newest site is Barwon Health North in Norlane, providing child and family health services, renal dialysis, medical imaging, and an urgent care service. Mental health, drugs and alcohol services are provided at the Swanston Centre at University Hospital Geelong.
Barwon Health:
- Provides acute care (medicine, surgery, women’s health, paediatrics, emergency and specialist clinics), mental health, alcohol and other drugs services, primary care, community health, rehabilitation, geriatric medicine, palliative care and hospital in the home.
- Is one of four public radiation oncology providers in Victoria.
- Has a public/private partnership with Epworth Health Care to deliver surgery, renal dialysis and day oncology services at Epworth Geelong.
- Provides health promotion programs that aim to improve the health and wellbeing of the population.
As a major teaching hospital, we have relationships with Deakin University, LaTrobe University, the Gordon Institute and other tertiary education providers including the University of Melbourne and Monash University. We provide teaching and training for health professionals across all disciplines, at all career stages. We are committed to the concept of ‘grow our own’; resulting in a range of initiatives that invest in leadership and development. Our people are committed to continuously improving their skills to provide best care. We collaborate, lead, generate and facilitate research. We seek to embed research in routine clinical care to create a learning healthcare system. The Barwon Health Foundation is our key partner in philanthropic endeavours.
Central Gippsland Health Service (CGHS) Sale
CGHS is the major provider of health and aged care services in the Wellington Shire, serving the immediate population of Central Gippsland and wider community in East Gippsland in terms of more specialised services such as perinatal services, critical care, Respiratory & Sleep Medicine, CCU, Dialysis, Acute care Medicine, Geriatrics and surgery.
The health service has acute campuses at Sale, Maffra and Heyfield; community and home support services are provided throughout the Shire of Wellington (with the exception of Yarram and District) with centres in Maffra, Sale, Heyfield, Rosedale and Loch Sport; and residential aged care services at Sale, Maffra and Heyfield.
Sale Hospital is the largest hospital campus within Central Gippsland Health. It has a 24-hour emergency department, operating theatres, Critical Care Unit, Level 3 neonatal and level 4 maternity services, paediatrics, dialysis, oncology, and general medical and surgical wards.
Central Gippsland health supports Basic physician trainees and from this year also staring Advance training in General Medicine which is already approved by RACP.
South West Healthcare (SWH) Warrnambool Base Hospital
SWH, Warrnambool Campus is a modern, well-equipped general hospital servicing a catchment area of approximately 110,000. It provides a wide range of services, including acute, rehabilitation, and aged care together with an extensive range of primary and community health services.
BPT trainee positions are intended to provide responsibility and a broad range of medical experience whilst working as part of an overall medical team. They will liaise closely with the local Physicians and are expected to participate in the training program provided. Physician ward rounds occur daily, Division of Medicine Clinical meetings weekly and consultant support is readily available when required. Clinical teaching is supported by a well-resourced library available twenty-four hours a day.
Werribee Mercy Hospital
Werribee Mercy Hospital is a general hospital providing comprehensive care in the south Western region of Melbourne. The hospital provides emergency, surgical, medical, intensive care, sub-acute, mental health, palliative, maternity and newborn care, and on-site renal dialysis. Construction of a new emergency department is underway. Medical training on site involves teaching ward rounds, weekly formal lunchtime presentations, weekly journal club, and long and short case tutorials as preparation for the clinical exam.
Western District Health Service (WDHS) Hamilton Base Hospital
Located in Victoria’s Western District, WDHS serves the Southern Grampians Shire, with a population of 16,100 and covering an area of 6,652 square kilometres. Hamilton is the main retail centre, supported by nine surrounding townships of Balmoral, Branxholme, Byaduk, Cavendish, Coleraine, Dunkeld, Glenthompson, Penshurst and Tarrington. WDHS also serves the communities of Merino and Digby in the Glenelg Shire.
Western District Health Service (Hamilton Base Hospital) is a referral centre primarily servicing the Southern Grampians/Glenelg Shires with 75 acute patient beds.
Rotations to Hamilton are a genuine general medicine experience. Basic and advanced trainees benefit from a wide range of medical presentations. There are unique learning opportunities regarding medical practice in a regional setting, including the rewarding engagement with the local community. Medical training includes daily ward round teaching and weekly Grand Round presentations. Trainees are also provided the opportunity to partake in subspeciality outpatient clinics in oncology, neurology and respiratory medicine.