Medical Registrar

About the role

Are you seeking a rewarding and diverse General Medicine Registrar role in a leading regional hospital? Join the Medical Services team at Latrobe Regional Health, where we value our employees by providing a safe and supportive workplace culture that enables you to thrive. 

Latrobe Regional Health is looking for General Medicine Registrar to join our growing team on a full time – Fixed term basis.

We are seeking a motivated and capable General Medicine Registrar to join our General Medicine team. In this role, you will provide high-quality inpatient medical care while working closely with Consultants, Junior Medical Officers, Interns, and multidisciplinary teams to achieve the best possible outcomes for patients and their families. This position offers a valuable opportunity to further develop your clinical expertise, contribute to teaching and supervision, and gain broad exposure to diverse and complex medical presentations within a regional referral hospital.

Working Together | We will respond to challenges together to create a safe, quality health service

The role of the General Medicine Registrar is to:

• Deliver comprehensive medical assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and ongoing management of patients admitted under the General Medicine service.
• Coordinate patient care and participate in multidisciplinary discharge planning to support safe, timely, and patient-centred transitions of care.
• Conduct daily patient reviews, maintain accurate clinical documentation, and ensure effective communication of clinical decisions and management plans.
• Escalate clinical concerns appropriately and work collaboratively with consultants to ensure safe, evidence-based patient care.
• Provide supervision, teaching, and support to Interns, Hospital Medical Officers, and medical students to foster learning and professional development.
• Contribute to quality improvement, patient safety initiatives, and compliance with clinical governance, accreditation, and organisational standards.

About you

Ideal candidates for this role will have:

• Medical practitioner with an MBBS (or equivalent), current General Registration with AHPRA, and registration with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.
• Minimum of three years' postgraduate clinical experience with demonstrated competence in the assessment and management of a broad range of medical conditions.
• Excellent clinical reasoning, decision-making, and organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise competing demands in a busy healthcare environment.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to build effective relationships with patients, families, and multidisciplinary teams.
• Committed to ongoing professional development, evidence-based practice, and the education and supervision of junior medical staff.
• Adaptable, collaborative, and dedicated to delivering safe, high-quality, person-centred care while supporting the strategic objectives and values of Latrobe Regional Health.

Latrobe Regional Health offers a range of benefits including:

• Salary packaging up to $9,000 per annum.
• Meals/Entertainment benefit up to $2,650 per annum.
• Encouragement for professional development and ongoing education.
• A range of social club activities, discounts and diverse workplace activities.
• Free access to our Staff Wellbeing Centre offering health education and wellbeing
• Access to discounted gym membership and fitness services through Fitness Passport Services.

Interested about this exciting opportunity, but want more information? We encourage you to contact Medical Workforce Unit email on MedicalWorkforceUnit@lrh.com.au for a confidential discussion.

Please click here for a copy of the Position Description

About us

Located in the picturesque region of Gippsland, Latrobe Regional Health (LRH) offers the perfect balance between career and lifestyle. Enjoy easy access to Melbourne, stunning beaches, majestic mountains, and serene lakes. With flexible working hours, you can make the most of what Gippsland has to offer.

LRH cares for a population of about 300,000 and is the regional provider of specialist services. Our catchment covers 42,000 square kilometres, from Phillip Island to Mallacoota in the far east of Victoria. LRH offers cardiac care, surgery, medical, renal, emergency care, aged care, women's and children's services, pharmacy, allied health and rehabilitation. Medical and radiation oncology are offered by the Gippsland Cancer Care Centre.

Now is an exciting time to join the LRH team, with the $223.5 million expansion completed in March 2024, offering improved maternity and paediatric facilities, larger intensive care unit, increased medical and surgical beds and additional operating theatres.

Diversity and inclusion

We embrace workforce diversity and actively encourage applications from across our community including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with linguistically diverse backgrounds, people of all genders and gender identities and people with disabilities. LRH's Aboriginal Hospital Liaison Officer is available to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent applicants and can be contacted via email: AboriginalHealthUnit@lrh.com.au 

How to apply

Join us in our mission to provide exceptional healthcare services to our community. Apply today and make a difference in the lives of our patients and their families. Please click the APPLY button to be directed to our Careers page for direct application. Applications should include a cover letter addressing the Key Selection Criteria and current resume.

Applications Close: 8th October 2026

Explore all the great things happening at LRH by visiting our Careers and Training page of our website www.lrh.com.au/Careers-and-Training/ and take the next step in your career journey.

Before commencement, the successful applicant will

Provide evidence of an original and valid National Police Record Check, an employee Working with Children Check, and a current season influenza vaccine (if applicable to work area), unless a valid medical exemption applies.