2025 Paediatric Intensive Care Unit Registrar

Paediatric Intensive Care Unit Registrar – Monash Children’s Hospital 

• Monash Health is Victoria’s largest public health service 
• Support academic, research, education, training & supervision 
• The only health service ranked in LinkedIn Australia’s 2022 Top Companies List 

Embark on a rewarding career and be part of a team where your dedication makes a difference in people’s lives.

About the Role:

Exciting job opportunities in Australia's newest Paediatric ICU for experienced doctors in training (Anaesthesia, PICU, Adult ICU, Paediatric Emergency Medicine, Paediatrics). Work with a group of dedicated PICU consultants, an enthusiastic team of nurses and committed allied health professionals who believe in supporting each other, in being kind and in providing the very best care to the children and families in PICU. Participate in the Monash PICU teaching program, the annual Monash Paediatric BASIC course, daily teaching ward rounds, practical and procedural skills training including airway, lines and ultrasound as well as in PICU research projects.

The new and growing Monash Children’s Hospital Paediatric ICU is offering exciting opportunities for experienced doctors in training. Being a Monash PICU registrar is a challenging and highly rewarding role. We welcome applications from experienced advanced trainees from a range of acute specialities, including but not limited to:

• PICU
• Anaesthesia
• Adult ICU
• Paediatric Emergency Medicine*
• Paediatrics

*PEM candidates interested in a joint PICU Registrar-Paediatric ED Fellow Year, please contact Dr Adam West, Monash Paediatric ED for that particular rotation.

Positions are offered as fixed term appointments of either a 6 or 12 month duration commencing in February and August 2025.  Applicants must hold current registration with AHPRA. Please submit your application through the Monash electronic applications system (eRecruit).

If you would like more information before submitting your application, please contact A/Prof Felix Oberender, PICU Director, at ***************@monashhealth.org or call Ms Sorcha Johnson, PICU Administrative Assistant, on 03 8572 3***.

About Monash PICU

The Monash PICU is the newest of Australia’s tertiary Paediatric ICUs. It is embedded in the state-of-the-art Monash Children’s Hospital in Melbourne. The unit is one of only two Paediatric Intensive Care Units in Victoria and provides a broad range of general paediatric, subspecialty paediatric and paediatric surgical Intensive Care.

The Monash PICU is led by a group of dedicated PICU consultants, an enthusiastic team of nurses and committed allied health professionals. We believe in supporting each other, in being kind and in providing the very best care to the children and families in our unit.

The Monash PICU is accredited for training by the College of Intensive Care Medicine of Australia and New Zealand (CICM). We provide a structured teaching program, access to the annual Monash Paediatric BASIC course, daily teaching ward rounds, practical and procedural skills training including airway, lines and ultrasound as well as opportunities to participate in PICU research projects.

About You 

The Why matters to you – you want to know what your work means beyond the moment. You are kind and you enjoy being part of a team that values diversity and ideas. You like multi-tasking and working to high standards. You are always supportive and grateful for support but also well able and keen to take the initiative.

What you Need:

To ensure your success in this role you will bring the following demonstrated skills, experience and knowledge:

• Registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
• Appropriate health professional tertiary qualifications
• Working with Children's Certificate
• Membership with RACS and ASOHNS 

Mandatory requirements of the role:

• Current Drivers Licence 
• All candidates will require Australian working rights. 

In return

You will be welcomed into a vibrant, friendly and supportive team. We will take time and care onboarding you to the role. We will take joy in seeing you succeed and grow.

You will join Victoria’s largest health service with:

• Salary packaging 
• Onsite discounted staff parking 
• Discounted banking (BankVic) 
• Onsite Gym 
• Access to professional development courses and seminars 

Monash Health is a great place to work

To learn more about our organisation visit monashhealth.org.  

To see first-hand what our colleagues think about working here, take a look at the following short videos: monashhealth.org/careers.

Monash Health is Victoria’s largest and most comprehensive health service. For more than 170 years, Monash Health and its predecessors have provided safe, high-quality healthcare for people at every life stage. With 25,500 employees, we provide care to south-eastern metropolitan Melbourne and rural Victoria from over 40 locations, via telehealth, within local communities and in people’s homes.

We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity.  We are committed to patient safety, promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace and to Child Safe Standards. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and our five iCare values.

About Monash Doctors Workforce

There are more than 1,900 Junior Medical staff positions at Monash Health in over 200 medical specialties, to help grow your career. We offer unparalleled opportunities in Victoria's largest & most clinically diverse teaching health service.

How to Apply

Applications are accepted via the Monash Health online Mercury System (e-recruit).  

For information including how to apply and probity check requirements, refer to attached ‘Application Guide’ located under Position Documents

Applications will be screened upon receipt and selection activity may commence prior to the closing date. 

Respectfully, applications from Recruitment Agencies will not be accepted.

Offers of employment can only be made once all required probity checks have been completed.  These include:

• reference checks 
• a clear Police Check conducted within the last three months 
• a current Victorian Employee Working with Children’s Check (or proof of payment for same) 
• proof of immunisation. 

Under the Victorian Public Health orders, all employees working within the Public Health system must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and are required to provide acceptable evidence of their vaccination status.  The current orders require evidence of three doses. All applicants to positions with Monash Health will need to upload acceptable evidence of full vaccination against COVID-19 as part of their application.  Acceptable evidence is a copy of your Immunisation History Statement or your COVID-19 Digital Certificate, which can be accessed via MyGov.