Consultant Anaesthetist 12-Month Fixed-Term | Full-Time Grampians Health – Ballarat, Victoria (With intermittent outreach to Stawell & Horsham) Take the next step in your specialist career with a leading regional health service just 90 minutes from Melbourne. Grampians Health Ballarat is seeking an experienced Consultant Anaesthetist to join a supportive, high-performing department delivering high-quality perioperative care across a broad case mix. This role offers a balance of clinical challenge, lifestyle appeal, and the opportunity to contribute to training, research, and regional service development. About the Role As a Consultant Anaesthetist, you will provide high-quality anaesthetic and perioperative care to patients at Grampians Health Ballarat, with occasional outreach services to Stawell and Horsham. The position includes participation in the on-call roster and engagement in departmental teaching, training, and governance activities. Key Responsibilities Deliver specialist anaesthetic services at Ballarat, with intermittent outreach to Stawell and Horsham Provide care across the full spectrum of paediatric, adult, and obstetric patients Manage a diverse surgical workload; experience in thoracic and vascular anaesthesia is highly regarded Supervise and support Anaesthetic Registrars, HMOs, and Nursing staff Participate in departmental clinical research and quality improvement initiatives Contribute to ongoing review and development of clinical practice and service delivery Skills & Experience Fellowship of ANZCA (or overseas equivalent) with specialist registration or eligibility for specialist registration with AHPRA Medical degree registrable with AHPRA Experience providing anaesthetic services within a regional or mixed metropolitan/regional setting Broad clinical skills across general, paediatric, and obstetric anaesthesia; thoracic and vascular experience preferred * Excellent communication skills with the ability to build strong professional relationships across multidisciplinary teams
