Public Health Registrar (2 positions)

Job No: BI201820198
Location: Melbourne

PURPOSE

The Burnet Institute is offering a registrar training position in public health medicine as part of the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine (AFPHM) advanced training program.

Commencing in February 2019, funding is available to support two positions until January 2020.  Applicants considering part time training are welcome to apply. 

Advanced Training in Public Health Medicine provides trainees with experience in the practice of public health medicine in appropriately supervised and supported environments. Trainees acquire the knowledge, skills and attitudes of a public health physician by completing, with guidance from regional education coordinators, supervisors, and mentors, placement in a variety of public health activities.

The Burnet Institute will provide a highly innovative public health training program that will complement more traditional models of public health training occurring elsewhere in Australia.  The training program will ensure our trainees become future leaders in the field of public health.

This training will equip advanced trainees in a broad range of competencies required by all public health physicians and provide them with the opportunity to conduct project work and research that directly impacts the health of Australians and people in our region who have the greatest needs. Burnet staff work in a variety of settings, including clinics, laboratories, and community outreach in both Australia and some of the poorest countries in the Asia and Pacific regions.

Our public health practice encompasses translational and operational research, public health program design and implementation, policy development, and teaching and capacity development. Our staff includes Fellows of the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine, Fellows of Royal Australasian College of Physicians, as well as staff with considerable experience in the teaching and mentoring of students more broadly including direct supervision of post graduate degrees and running and teaching various post graduate courses such the Master of Public Health. As such, the Institute can provide a balanced range of effectively supervised and supported training opportunities to ensure that service and training needs are met.

The training program consists of four key rotations:

  1. Management of Complex Chronic Disease in a Community Setting
  2. Indigenous Health and Health Practice in Remote Communities
  3. Surveillance and Public Health Program Evaluation
  4. Public Health Research

The specific structure of the Trainees program will be modified depending on the trainee’s interests, current public health projects and the requirements of the AFPHM Advanced Training Program.

These positions are accredited training positions in Public Health Medicine as part of the AFPHM Advanced Training Program.  As such the trainee must comply with the learning requirements of the AFPHM as outlined in the Public Health Medicine Handbook 2019-20.

 

CRITERIA

The successful trainees will have the following qualifications and experience.

Essential:

  • Have general medical registration with the Medical Board of Australia
  • At least three years post graduate medical experience (which may include one year of full-time study toward a Master of Public Health (MPH)
  • MPH degree (or equivalent degree) that satisfies the AFPHM compulsory core discipline areas or current enrolment in a Master of Public Health course at the time of application
  • Interest in public health, infectious diseases, epidemiology
  • Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines
  • Attention to detail and understanding of the importance of producing quality data

Preferable:

  • Experience in working in community based settings
  • Experience in working with vulnerable and marginalised populations
  • Capacity to spend time in rural and regional Victoria and international locations
  • Report writing skills

Benefit from ongoing support, a monthly accrued day off (for full time staff) and attractive salary packaging working for this leading not-for-profit organisation. Remuneration will be commensurate with skills and experience. 

Burnet Institute is committed to providing our people with a supportive working environment. We value diversity and gender equity at the institute and provide flexible working arrangements for our staff. Burnet is participating in the Science in Australia Gender Equity (SAGE) Pilot of the Athena SWAN Charter in Australia.

 

APPLICATIONS

To apply for this position, please complete the details below and attach the following documents:

  • Statement addressing the selection criteria (as outlined above and in the attached position description)
  • Resume including the names and contact details of three referees

Applications close Friday 27th July 2018.

As part of our commitment to gender equity, we have included a question in the application process on gender. This will allow us to monitor and report on gender in relation to our recruitment process. This field is not compulsory.

Burnet is a child safe organisation. The successful applicant may be required to apply for a Working with Children check and/or criminal record check from the Australian Federal Police.

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