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 Pediatrics 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 paediatric 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 Department:
The Department of General Medicine is one of the largest departments at RCH. At any time, a total of 91 staff (Senior Medical, Junior Medical, Nursing, and Administrative) work in the Department. The Department of General Medicine has a range of sub-specialty interests in addition to General Paediatrics and is committed to the delivery of high-quality evidence-based care. There are 5 subspecialty units within it, Infectious Diseases, Vascular Anomalies/paediatric skin, Rheumatology, Refugee/Migrant Health and Clinical Pharmacology.
The Role:
A part time, long service leave cover (0.48 FTE; 16.80 hours per week) for the below three periods:
-18 March 2024 - 28 April 2024
- 3 June 2024 - 7 July 2024
- 15 July 2024 - 28 July 2024
The locum consultant role will provide care for the vascular anomalies and paediatric skin service including 3.5 weekly outpatient clinic (Vascular Anomalies / paediatric skin). The locum consultant will at times be called to give advice about inpatients with complex vascular anomalies.
0.4FTE: Outpatients – weekly clinic (Tues PM, Thurs PM, Fri AM, Fri PM)
0.08FTE: CST
To be successful, you will have:
- MBBS (or equivalent)
- FRACP - General Paediatrics (or equivalent)
- Specialist registration with AHPRA and eligibility for medical registration within Victoria
- Some experience in provision of care to patients with complex vascular anomalies, including the ability to manage ongoing patient treatments with oral agents used in vascular medicine including sirolimus, alpelisib and thalidomide.
Other information and how to apply:
To view the Position Description, please click
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
Applications close 14 March 2024
