About Northern Health:

As an organisation we have a clear focus on how we service and partner with our community, including our strategy of helping the community stay well when at home. Our reputation of community minded, inclusive and progressive is matched to none.

Northern Health is located in the rapidly growing northern suburbs with projected growth the biggest in the state. With a booming, culturally rich and diverse community, and less than an hour’s drive from the CBD, Melbourne’s North is fast becoming the place to be!

The Role:

An exciting opportunity exists to join the team at Northern Health as unaccredited Heart Failure Cardiology Registrar.

This role involves working as a cardiology registrar to support the consultant and junior medical officers in providing care to inpatients and outpatients of the Cardiology Unit. There is an on-call component (approximately 1 in 7) supported by a consultant cardiologist, echocardiologist and interventionalist at all times.

The Northern Health Cardiology Department is one of the busiest departments in Victoria with a general cardiology inpatient unit, heart failure unit and chest pain evaluation unit, as well as a non-invasive diagnostic unit and two cardiac catheter laboratories. The unit has a strong focus and track record in cardiovascular research, with a dedicated cardiology research fellow, interventional fellow, heart failure fellow and electrophysiology fellow.

In the role there will be the opportunity to manage patients with emergency cardiovascular disorders, learn interpretation and performance of non-invasive investigations such as transthoracic echocardiography, and participate in invasive procedures such as coronary angiography and permanent pacing.

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Experience as a registrar and the ability to demonstrate sound knowledge in the management of patients with cardiovascular disorders.
• Proven ability to work up patients with cardiac disease and identify those presenting with potential life-threatening disorders such as ST elevation myocardial infarction, pulmonary embolus and aortic dissection such that early escalation to consultant level can occur.
• Demonstrated willingness to learn and ability to work in a team environment.

Next Steps . . .
If this opportunity sounds like the next step in your career, then we would love to hear from you.

Associate Professor Gautam Vaddadi
Head of Unit Heart Failure – Cardiology Northern Health
EA Email: Gautam.vaddadi@nh.org.au

Applications close Friday 27th September 2024
Why work at the Northern Health?


We offer a range of benefits to support and reward staff both personally and professionally, which includes:

• Health and Wellbeing programs, including our ‘Thrive’ program
• Flexibility in the workplace and extra leave options and support
• An inclusive and culturally safe space
• State of the art facilities and campus partnerships
• A commitment to ongoing professional development through our ‘Learning Labs’
• Access to salary packaging, EAP and our online library

Work with us! Northern Health is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce which reflects the community we serve. Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, as well as applicants who are LGBTIQ+, who have different abilities, or are from culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds are encouraged.

All employees of Northern Health must comply with the health service’s Staff Health / Workforce Immunisation procedure (as amended from time to time) together with any relevant State Government and Departmental directives. This requires all employees to be vaccinated for various diseases such as, but not limited to influenza and Covid-19.