Consultant Paediatrician - Pathway to Good Health

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.

- 3.5 hours per week (Thursday am)

- 12 month fixed term appointment 5 August 2024 to 3 August 2025

The Role:

The Pathway to Good Health (PTGH) clinic is a multi-disciplinary assessment clinic for children aged up to 14 years, who have recently entered out-of-home care. It aims to conduct a broad assessment of health needs across all domains of health: physical, developmental, mental and psychosocial health, and provide a Health Management Plan for the GP and case manager to implement.

The Consultant paediatrician will join the team in a training/ capacity building role for 12 months, taking professional responsibility for the paediatric services delivery for a PTGH specialist clinic at Desk D for one session per week. Working alongside a psychologist and speech pathologist to jointly assess children in out of home care and provide a Health Management Plan. Direct supervision will be provided by the Clinical Lead paediatrician.

You will be responsible for:

Be responsible for clinical service delivery in a Pathway to Good Health clinic in line with departmental protocols

Contribute to the administration and finance management of this clinic, including timely and accurate data collection in conjunction with the department’s Associate Director, Clinical Services.

Contribute to medical student and junior medical staff teaching in the clinical setting

Contribute to the department’s research, educational and QI activities as appropriate

Final oversight and responsibility for timely release of a single Health Management Plan, co-authored with the other clinical team members.

You will have:

• Registration as a Medical Practitioner with the Medical Board of Australia.
• A higher qualification in paediatrics - FRACP or equivalent
• Training and experience in developmental-behavioural paediatrics/community child health

Desirable

• AHPRA recognition as a specialist in Community Child Health
• Experience working with children involved with Child Protection services and/or in out-of-home care
• Experience working within multi-disciplinary assessment teams

To view the position description please click here.

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 8 May 2024