AddressThe Hospital:
The Royal Children’s Hospital’s (RCH) Vision is “A world where all kids thrive”.
RCH is a cornerstone member of the Melbourne Children’s Campus, partnering with Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics and The Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation.
RCH has cared for the children and young people of Victoria for more than 150 years since it was founded in 1870. A full range of paediatrics and adolescent health services are provided plus tertiary and quaternary care for the most critically ill and medically complex patients in Victoria, Tasmania, southern NSW and other states around Australia and overseas. The Hospital has more than 6,000 staff, a budget of $850M, 12 wards and 350 beds. Annually, the RCH has 300,000+ Specialist Clinic appointments, 90,000+ Emergency Department presentations and 20,000 elective surgeries.
RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact.
For further Information on RCH is available here.
The Position:
We are seeking two senior paediatric trainees to join the Complex Care Hub as fellows for 2025.
The Complex Care Hub supports families of children with medical complexity by the providing timely clinical advice, care coordintion and multidisciplinary support to allow care to be delivered at home when possible. The fellows will work closely with medical staff both within Complex Care Hub and across a range of hospital departments and support the clinical nurse consultants to provide this care. In this role the fellow is integral to the intake and needs assessment of these complex patients and families and will have the oportunity to work in specialist clinics providing care for children with neurodisability, tracheostomies, cleft and craniofacial conditions, hearing impairment and developmental and behavioural conditions. The fellows work closely with the hospital in the home program and cover weekends for this service.
There is 1.6 FTE available, ideally we would appoint two fellows at 0.8 FTE.
The position is accredited by RACP for 6 months of Developmental/psychosocial training for General Paediatrics and subspeciality training and for non core training in community child health.
Please click here to view the position description for this role.
Applications will need to be made via www.vprat.org to participate in the shortlisting and initial interview process. This portal will open on 28/6/2024.
For further information, please contact **********@rch.org.au or 0393 456 ***.
Please note that the successful applicant must undergo a police and working with children check. In addition, all International Medical Graduate applicants will need to meet the AHPRA English Language requirements, in order to be successful in this position.
Why work at the RCH?
RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact. We offer the opportunity to work in world-class facilities, surrounded by Royal Park and only a short tram trip from the heart of Melbourne city.
We also offer discounted staff parking, salary packaging, and an award-winning health and wellbeing program.
The RCH is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse background, all members of the LGBTQI community and people with disability.
It is a requirement of your employment that you be fully vaccinated against Covid-19, and Influenza annually for Category A and B roles, in compliance with any public health orders in place at the relevant time, unless you have a medical exception in line with those public health orders, which has been accepted by The Royal Children’s Hospital. Applicants will be required to provide their Australian Government Immunisation History Statement, it is a requirement of the RCH to collect, record and hold vaccination information.
It is also a requirement of your employment that you comply with any direction given by The Royal Children’s Hospital that you be vaccinated against, or prove immunity to, any other disease, unless you have a relevant exemption
Are you ready to join our team?
Apply online by clicking on the “Apply” button
