Alfred Health
Alfred Health is a leader in health care delivery, improvement, research and education. We are the main provider of health services to people living in the inner southeast suburbs of Melbourne, from ambulatory, to inpatient and home and community-based services.
The South East Collaborative for Advanced Training In General and Acute Care Medicine
The South East Collaborative is a regional network of health services that acts as a singular conjoint recruiting body for trainees continuing or entering into GACM advanced training in 2026. The GACM SE Collaborative comprises Alfred Health, Monash Health, Eastern Health, Peninsula Health and other hospitals affiliated with these health services.
Candidates who are successfully recruited to the SE Collaborative (as an employee at one of the aforementioned health services) can expect to have a 36-month training program that gives you access to a variety of rotations in accredited roles across the collaborative with the core aim of delivering a diverse and balanced mix of learning experience that sets up your consultant career and fulfils RACP AT requirements. For trainees commencing APT for the first time in 2026, please familiarise yourself with the new product SEC is offering: 36 month training plans to complete GACM fellowship. Details can be found on our website.
Please follow this link to the South East Collaboration web site for more details about our training opportunities and site contacts.
All rotations in the collaborative meet the CORE training requirements of the RACP PREP Advanced Training curriculum in General and Acute Care Medicine.
Flexible Training
Flexible and part-time training opportunities are available in our program and the collaborative as a whole. We have a range of roster structures for part-time training that we can discuss with successful applicants. Please indicate your interest in part-time training in your application cover letter.
Regional Training
We collaborate with regional training partners and will be offering regional rotations matched with some of highly popular metro rotations. All trainees seeking regional training through SEC are prioritised for rotation allocations.
Application Advice
1. Trainees who have commenced training in the South East Collaboration and want to continue in 2026.
Current trainees will be invited by your health service SEC Co-Ordinator to respond to an expression of interest to continue in the collaborative in 2026. Please reach out to your local coordinator for details.
Current SEC trainees can expect an outcome from your EOI during the week of 22 June 2025.
EOIs from current SEC trainees for whom GACM APT is not the first priority for 2026- please keep your local SEC Co-Ordinator informed of the outcome of your sub-specialty application so we can support your on-going training if required.
2. Trainees (external to the SEC) who have already commenced Advanced training who would like to be considered for a position in the South East Collaboration in 2026
This includes current dual trainees seeking to complete General and Acute Care Medicine Fellowship.
Please apply on-line to the health service in the collaborative that is your first preference. Please download and complete the cover letter template and upload with your on-line application.
Recommend you apply prior to 21st June, although later applications will be accepted.
Offers: will commence on Wednesday 4th July.
3. New Trainees
Applications from new APTs are invited once you have the clinical examination results and have met the eligibility criteria to commence APT by February 2026.
Please download and complete the cover letter template and upload with your on-line application to your preferred health service for year 1 of training. Please familiarise yourself with the new product SEC is offering in 2026 to new trainees: 36-month training plans. Details can be found on our website.
Interviews will be undertaken for applicants for whom GACM APT is first priority in 2026 with a panel from the SE collaboration during July and early August.
Applications from trainees for whom GACM APT is not the first priority for 2026- please keep your local SEC Co-Ordinator informed of the outcome of your sub-specialty application so your interview can be planned accordingly.
Applications for NEW trainees close: Friday 25th July 2025. Later applications will be accepted if there are remaining vacancies.
First round offers: Tuesday 19th August 2025
Second Round offers: Tuesday 2nd September 2025
Further enquiries regarding training with the SEC:
Dr Nicole Hancock, Director of General and Acute Care Medicine Advance Training, Alfred Health.
[email protected] Phone 0400 347 170
A/Prof Harry Gibbs, Director, General Medicine, Alfred Health
Alfred Health is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce that reflects the community we serve. Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are encouraged.
Website: www.alfredhealth.org.au
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