Information :: Victorian Paediatric Recruitment for Advance Training Portal

The following job types are currently recruited via this process
- General Paediatrics - Registrars and Senior Registrars
- Neonatology - Registrars and Fellows (Senior Registrars)
- Community Child Health - Registrars (Fellows) and Senior Registrars (Senior Fellows)

Positions for subspecialty units (eg Cardiology, Gastroenterology etc) are not included on this site

A central email is available for queries or issues. This is actively monitored during the main application period (June - August), but is infrequently monitored during other months of the year. The central email is:
- vpat.recruitment@gmail.com
Outside of active-monitoring times - please contact individual sites directly

A recent change has been made to the title for roles within the NICU's in Victoria. This change reflects the two-tiers of training roles within the units.
Specialist neonatal medical officers (SNMO) will be utilised for 2024 positions and is the combined title for positions at registrar or senior resident medical officer level, as these roles all work within the one roster. These roles are suitable for General Paediatric advanced trainees, Neonatal advanced trainees (usually in their 1st year of advanced training), Continuing paediatric basic trainees, international medical graduates in their first year of Australian hospital tertiary neonatal experience, unaccredited registrars, and senior resident medical officers.
Neonatal Fellows / Senior Registrars will have a title change for 2025 positions. They will become Neonatology Advanced Training Registrars. These roles are suitable for advanced trainees working towards Fellowship in Neonatology with the RACP, and a minimum of 12 months tertiary neonatal experience is required. These roles have additional responsibilities and some independence in procedural skills, ability to supervise more junior medical staff, and contribution to education and research are all vital to success in these roles.

Advanced training in General Paediatrics through the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) requires the following core requirements:
- General Paediatrics - 12 months
  - At least 6 months of this time must be General Paediatrics with a perinatal component
  - Completing a core General Paediatric term in a rural site concurrently completes the required Rural aspect for advanced training
- Developmental and Psychosocial / Community Paediatrics - 6 months
- Acute Training (Paediatric Emergency / NICU / PICU) - 6 months
Trainees must also complete a further 12 months of non-core training time
Trainees must complete an Advanced Training Project - please see RACP site for more details