Austin Health is a major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research, operating across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and serving Victoria statewide. Founded in 1882, it is one of Victoria's most respected healthcare institutions.
The health service delivers specialist tertiary care across medical and surgical disciplines. Its specialist clinic services are among the largest in Victoria, supporting more than 54 medical and surgical units, including three statewide services. Areas of focus include cancer care, transplantation, infectious diseases, obesity, sleep medicine, intensive care medicine and neurology.
Beyond clinical care, Austin Health runs health professional education programmes across the health service and research programmes spanning many areas of its work. The organisation describes itself as a place to begin a research career.
Austin Health characterises its workforce as highly engaged, diverse and collaborative, with an emphasis on exceptional care, discovery and learning. Further information is available at https://austin.org.au/.
