Advisor - Allocations & Rostering

The 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.

The RCH is committed to the Child Safe Standards. 

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.

Advisor - Allocations & Rostering

About the Role

This is a full-time, fixed-term position within the Medical Workforce Unit – please note, applications at 0.8-1.0 FTE will be considered.

You will be responsible for supporting the allocation, rostering and day-to-day coordination and management of JMS trainees across multiple specialist training pathways at RCH and across secondment site partners, initially focusing on the transition of individual clinical units to the RosterOn electronic platform.

 What you’ll achieve:

• Assist clinical units in the review and development of JRMO, SRMO and/or Registrar rosters across multiple specialist training pathways, ensuring accuracy, completeness and compliance with formatting and publishing requirements. 
• Translate roster patterns to roster builds within the RosterOn platform.
• Provide administration staff within clinical units with education and training in use of the RosterOn platform, including roster allocations, roster maintenance/amendments, leave management and payroll approvals.
• Provide support to the Team Leader, Allocations and Rostering on roster allocations, roster builds and RosterOn system management specific to JMS within the basic paediatric training program.

Classification for this position will range from AO41 – AO55 classification codes (base salary $83,658 to $102,653 per annum, plus superannuation)

Your skills and experience:

• Tertiary qualifications in a related field and/or relevant industry experience
• Demonstrated experience in working as a workforce or rostering coordinator within a hospital or healthcare setting
• Demonstrated proficiency in various information technology platforms and systems, including RosterOn and Microsoft Office
• Sound written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to work both autonomously and as part of a broader administrative team
• Demonstrated ability to build partnerships with internal and external stakeholders 
• Previous experience working within a large, tertiary healthcare setting

If this sounds like you, click here to view the position description.

About the Medical Workforce Unit

The Medical Workforce Unit oversees the centralised recruitment, onboarding and coordination of junior medical staff (JMS)/paediatric trainees, working both on-site at RCH and rotating through various external Victorian secondment sites.

What we offer:

• Salary Packaging – Increase your take home pay!

• Employee Assistance Program

Other requirements:

• Current National Criminal Record Check, or willing to obtain
• Valid Working with Children Check
• Compliance with RCHs “Staff Immunisation - Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases” procedure

Application process

To apply, you will need a resume and a tailored cover letter outlining your skills, experience, and suitability for the position in line with the requirements of the position description.

Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately, we encourage you to apply promptly!

For more information about this position please contact Sharon Downie, Director – Medical Workforce (Strategy & Operations), Ph: 03 9365 6049, Email: sharon.downie@rch.org.au

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 22 July 2024