Cardiology Accredited Registrar (Advanced Trainee)
Full-time Temporary with a Possibility of Permanency
Closes: 03 August 2025
Classification: Registrar 1-4
Salary: $112,917 - $141,084 plus superannuation
Position No: 10708 - 02LSZ
Directorate: Canberra Health Services
Advertised (Gazettal date): 07 July 2025
Contact Officer: Dr Alfred Wong on
Alfred.Wong@act.gov.au
What can we offer you:
- City living without the traffic – click here to see why you should live in Canberra.
- Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
- Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
- 11.5% Superannuation
- Reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates (subject to review and approval).
To find out more on what a career at CHS can give you, the benefits of working with us and why Canberra is Australia's happiest city click here: Benefits of working with us - Canberra Health Services
About the role:
Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person-centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding regions. More information can be found on the CHS website.
Medical Staff in the Canberra Health Services enjoy excellent conditions, and our Enterprise Agreement is available at: ACTPS Medical Practitioners Enterprise Agreement 2021-2022
IMPORTANT NOTE:
- Recruitment for this position(s) will be undertaken through the NSW/ACT Training Network joint selection process.
- Applications for this position MUST be submitted online to BOTH the Post Graduate Medical Council of Victoria (www.pmcv.com.au) and ACT Health career website (www.health.act.gov.au/careers)
- Candidates without clinical examination who wish to apply for this position must register for pAT (pre–Advanced Training) with RACP (www.racp.edu.au)
The Department of Cardiology is well-established with 11 consultant medical staff and three Advanced Trainees in Cardiology. There are two cardiac catheter laboratories which undertake a total of 700 coronary interventional procedures annually. The unit provides a 24/7 service for primary PCI for acute ST elevation myocardial infarction for the region. The coronary care unit is a 15-bed unit with an additional three short stay beds for the chest pain evaluation unit (CPEU). The coronary care unit has 2000 acute and elective admissions and the CPEU 1000 patient assessments annually. The cardiology outpatient service provides up to 4500 episodes of care annually with increasing demand each year. There is a close working relationship with our busy cardiothoracic surgical unit. Clinical cardiac electrophysiology services commenced in April 2019 with complex ablation procedures, an arrhythmia clinic, cardiac device clinics. Cardiac CT program commenced in 2017 in collaboration with the Department of Radiology. The department is supported by dedicated heart function and pulmonary hypertension clinics designed to provide ready access to phone advice, education on self-management, avoid recurrent presentations and to assist with reducing length of hospitalisation by early bridging to outpatient care or closer to home care program.
As the Cardiology Registrar you will provide effective supervised day to day clinical management of both ambulatory and admitted patients, whist fulfilling the RACP requirements for Cardiology training and completing the assessments required at the carious stages of training as per the Advanced Training in Cardiology – Adult Medicine training program curriculum. All the new training requirements from 2022 will be accommodated within Canberra Health Services.
The successful candidate will undergo extensive training in clinical cardiology which includes management of patients in coronary care and chest pain evaluation unit, emergency department day unit and general cardiology ward. Outpatient cardiology clinics including heard function clinic, pulmonary hypertension, cardio obstetrics, general cardiology consultation and preadmission clinic. The candidate will also undergo training in invasive cardiology as well as non-invasive cardiology with basic and advanced echocardiography, stress testing, EP, device implantation as well as Cardiac CT.
The candidate will be required to participate in the afterhours on call cardiology roster 1:4 whilst in the Canberra Hospital. There is a rotational component to this position to North Canberra Hospital for a period of three months.
For more information regarding the position details click here for the Position Description
Note: Applications are sought for an Advanced Trainee in cardiology at Canberra Hospital commencing February 2026. To be eligible for this position you must be PGY 4 + by February 2026
Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:
- Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
- Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy
For more information on this position and how to apply “click here”
Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website.
Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together
Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our community
Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind
CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.
The new state-of-the-art Building 5 is now officially open at Canberra Hospital. This 44,000sqm, nine-storey facility, the largest healthcare infrastructure project in the Territory's history, delivers cutting-edge acute clinical services. Building 5 seamlessly integrates with existing campus buildings, ensuring smooth public access, patient transportation, and efficient logistics.
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