Plastic Surgeon

State Government of Victoria, Australia; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 200,000 - 260,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Wellness programs

Onsite childcare

Mentoring and career development

Job summary

Austin Health in Melbourne is seeking a senior Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon to provide high-level surgical services within an approved scope of practice. You will lead clinical teams, participate in teaching and research, and contribute to a consultative Plastic service across campuses.

Hours total 20.6 per week with ongoing, fractional appointments. The role requires FRACS (Plastics) and AHPRA registration, and you may be on-call after hours. Applications close date provided in ad.

Qualifications

• Fellowship in Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery (FRACS) or equivalent.
• Registration as a Medical Practitioner with AHPRA.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-level surgical services within approved scope of clinical practice.
• Cover after-hours on-call as required and participate in teaching and training.
• Lead, mentor and collaborate with peer clinicians and junior staff.

Skills

Teamwork

Teaching & research

Patient care

Education

FRACS (Plastics)

AHPRA medical practitioner registration

Job description

Occupation: Medicine, nursing and midwifery

Location: Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs

Reference: 5900

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• 20.6 hours per week

Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and statewide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.

The Austin Plastics department is comprised of over 20 surgeons and junior medical staff including: clinical Fellows; 2 accredited Registrars; 2 non-accredited Registrars; and Residents across 2 campuses.

A consultative Plastics service is provided to other Units across all campuses. In addition, outpatient clinics provide new, review, post-operative and post-fracture assessment and management to some 16,000 patients per annum.

About the role

The Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons are expected to provide high level surgical services within their approved scope of clinical practice. As all Surgeons are expected to be able to provide routine surgical services and cover “on call” after hours, a minimum mandatory level of expertise and set of skills is necessary.

This is a senior Medical Position and carries with it the professional responsibilities of clinical leadership, teaching and training as well as some administrative requirements.

• Hours per week: Total of 20.6 hour per week available across a range of operating and outpatient sessions
• Employment status:Ongoing, Fractional Roles
• Additional notes: Hours may be split over multiple applicants based on availability.

About you

To be successful in this role you’ll bring with you:

• Medical Practitioner registration with AHPRA and hold a Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS (Plastics)), or equivalent
• Appropriate training and experience applicable to the field of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
• Commitment to high-quality patient care
• Commitment to working as a team member with peer medical, junior medical, nursing and other clinical staff to provide efficient, safe and quality care across the continuum, and
• Commitment to teaching, training and research

Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:

• Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging, for living expenses, meals, and holiday accommodation.
• A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted fitness memberships and special offers on health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program.
• Onsite childcare at Austin Hospital, easy access via public transport and car parking options.
• Mentoring and career development opportunities.

Work with us!

We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working with Children Check. Austin Health is a child safe organisation, committed to upholding the rights, safety, and wellbeing of children and young people in line with Child Safe Standards.If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager:Mr Derek Neoh, Director Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery at [e-mail]

Applications close Wednesday 16 September 2026 at 11.59pm