Fellow - Intensive Care (ICU) ECMO - 2027

Bayside Health

Bayside Health is a public health service delivering high-quality care across every stage of life for close to 1.2 million people living in metropolitan Melbourne, the Mornington Peninsula, Koo Wee Rup, Bass Coast and Southern Gippsland. We have more than 15 main sites, including hospitals, centres and clinics that provide comprehensive care from welcoming newborns to supporting older people and a full range of services in between. More than 22,000 dedicated staff are focused on providing exceptional, equitable, and locally connected care through shared expertise, compassion, and a commitment to continuous growth. Education and training are central to staff development as we encourage all employees to strive and thrive. Bayside Health was formed following the merger of Alfred Health, Bass Coast Health, Gippsland Southern Health Service, Kooweerup Regional Health Service and Peninsula Health on 1 January 2026.

The Alfred Hospital Intensive Care Unit is a state of the art 68 bed unit that treats approximately 4000 patients per year. The Alfred ICU provides Victorian state services for heart and lung transplantation (including paediatric lung transplant), advanced heart failure and mechanical circulatory support including extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and impella, burns and hyperbaric medicine. The Alfred is one of two centres providing state services for trauma, HIV and bone marrow transplantation. In addition to the state services above The Alfred Hospital is a quaternary referral centre for a wide range of complex medical and surgical subspecialties. 

The ECMO fellow role is an advanced training position within the ICU designed to develop expertise in the provision of extracorporeal life support (ECLS) for critically ill patients. It will include exposure and supervised hands on experience in all aspects of ECLS care including selection of suitable patients for ECLS (VV, VA and ECPR), ECMO cannulation and initiation of support, as well as maintenance of patients on ECMO and other mechanical circulatory support devices eg VAD, Impella.

The ECMO fellow will be involved in the pre-hospital ECPR service and the state based ECMO retrieval service.

The position requires involvement in:

• ECMO education & training; including ECMO simulation jointly with the ECMO education team
• ECMO governance; coordination of clinical case review meetings, updating guidelines and data collection
• ECMO quality improvement; leading selected initiatives 
• ECMO research 

The weighting of the involvement can be individualised allowing for comprehensive involvement in the ECMO service.

The ECMO fellow will be required to meet a small fraction of general ICU clinical duties. 

Candidates applying for the role will have completed their transition year (TY) and be eligible for FCICM or equivalent intensive care fellowship.

Ideally candidates will have demonstrated interest and experience in ECLS. Strong communication, teamwork and organisational skills are highly desirable. 

The Alfred education website is available at http://intensiveblog.com. 

The position is for 12 month duration and commences in August 2027.  

Shortlisted applicants will be asked to prepare a 5 minute presentation as part of their interview.

For further information, please contact: Dr Mark Savage; [email protected]  

Applications close: Friday, 29th May 2026

We embrace diversity and strive to have a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We actively encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, and people of all genders, sexualities, and cultural backgrounds.

If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process, or require an alternative format to any of the application materials, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with the contact person listed on this ad.

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