Trainee Position
- The Great Ocean Road Rotation: 24 months (two positions)
- Full-time
- Accredited for a total of 12 months General Paediatrics with perinatal component (University Hospital Geelong); 6 months General Paediatrics rural training (Warrnambool Base Hospital); and 6 months Developmental and Psychosocial training.
- Please note that commitment is for the full two year rotation and are only available as full-time positions
- General Paediatric Inpatient Senior Registrar
- Full time for 12 months or 6 months:
- Job share over 12 months (0.5 FTE each job-share partner)
- Accredited for up to 12 months General Paediatrics with perinatal component (University Hospital Geelong) for advanced training.
- These roles have a proportionally larger acute inpatient component (general paediatric ward and neonatal unit) but includes general paediatric outpatient clinic rostering.
- Please note that this role is not accredited for rural training.
- General Paediatric Outpatient Fellow: 6 months, 12 months or job-share 0.5FTE over 24 months
- This position can be job-shared over 12 months or over 24 months.
- 6 month or 12 month positions applied to by a single applicant are for full-time roles
- Accredited for 12 months General Paediatrics with perinatal component. This role has a proportionally larger outpatient clinical component but includes weekly acute inpatient clinical rostering (general paediatric and neonatal unit)
- Clinic rostering is across a number of different outpatient and community clinics within Barwon Health Children's Services including general paediatrics, immigrant and refugee health, Indigenous health, out-of-home care clinic and eating disorder clinics. Successful applicants for a 12-month position have the opportunity to undertake rotations with different emphases in 6 month blocks (subject to allocation amongst successful applications)
- Please note that this role is not accredited for rural training and are not prospectively accredited for Developmental and Psychosocial training
- General Paediatric Senior Fellow: 12 months
- Fulltime
- Accredited for a total of 6 months General Paediatrics with perinatal component (based at University Hospital Geelong) and 6 months Developmental and Psychosocial training (across a number of different outpatient and community clinics within Barwon Health Children's Services).
- Both components are completed concurrently and therefore best suited for a 12 month applicant (For both sets of 6 months accredited time; a 6 month placement would only provide 3 months of Developmental and Psychosocial training)
- This role is more senior in the cohort of our registrars and preference would be given to a trainee in their second or third year (or later) of Advanced Training
- Please note that this position is not accredited for rural training.
- Paediatric Emergency (Acute Care) Fellow: 6 months
- Accredited for a total of 6 months Acute Care with the RACP General Paediatrics ATC
- Based in the new Paediatric Emergency Department at University Hospital Geelong and directly supported by a number of PEM physicians and paediatric-FACEMs
- Trainees in this post are rostered to attend education with the general peadiatric unit including our weekly unit grand round and fortnightly SIMS, in addition to paediatric emergency department-specific education
- PhD-General Paediatric Fellow position
- Barwon Health Geelong offers an advanced trainee completing their RACP paediatric training the opportunity to undertake a PhD as part of the Barwon Health and Deakin University Clinician Scientist Pathway.
- https://www.barwonhealth.org.au/research/for-researchers/clinician-scientist-pathway
- The PhD will be undertaken through the Deakin University and should synergise with the applicant's clinical role
- To support the PhD candidature the successful candidate will be appointed to a part-time (0.5 FTE) clinical advanced training position in Barwon Health Children's Services (one of the General Paediatric Outpatient Fellow roles) - for a period of up to 4 years.
- The position could be accredited for General Paediatrics with a Perinatal Component with the General Paediatrics ATC (subject to current College requirements)
- The candidate will also be supported financially with a small baseline stipend (taxable)
- Trainees interested in more information about this opportunity are strongly advised to be in contact prior to the match for further information about available projects. Please initially contact isaac.marshall@barwonhealth.org.au and kieran.pinto@barwonhealth.org.au
- If you are interested in this position please indicate this in your VPAT preferences (i.e. you need to preference this separately to other positions at Barwon Health listed in the VPAT jobs)
Trainee Level
- Advanced Trainee (post FRACP exams) required for Great Ocean Road rotation and General Paediatric Senior Fellow, as well as for potential PhD candidates, and highly desirable (but not essential) for all other positions.
Contact
- Dr Isaac Marshall: isaac.marshall@barwonhealth.org.au
- Dr. Kieran Pinto: kieran.pinto@barwonhealth.org.au
Roster and on-call
- Varies with position. Please contact for further information.
Wards
- 24 paediatric beds
- 13 bed level 5 SCN (2,600 deliveries per year)
- Very busy Emergency Department (18,000 paediatric presentations/year)
- ICU staff includes two paediatric intensivists: routinely care for up to 2 admissions at any time
Junior Staff
- 7 Residents including two paediatric trainees (one as part of Extended Rural Scheme)
- 5 rotating registrars (paediatric)
- 4 General Paediatric Outpatient Fellows
- 2 General Paediatric Senior Fellows (part inpatient, part community)
- 1 Senior Community Child Health Fellow
Senior Staff
- 24 consultant paediatricians based in Geelong
- Two consultants on service for acute services each week
- Two paediatric consultants amongst ED consultant medical staff
- Two paediatric intensivists amongst ICU consultant medical staff
- Three dual-trained general paediatricians/neonatologists
- Three staff paediatricians with PhDs and ongoing clinical research engagement
Clinics and Community Child Health
- All outpatients have direct consultant supervision
- Weekly General Paediatric clinics
- Twice weekly multidisciplinary Diabetes clinics
- Weekly Immigrant/Refugee Health clinic
- Weekly Indigenous Health (Wathaurong) clinic
- Weekly Hearing Impairment and First Seizure clinic
- Weekly Newborn Complex Care clinic
- Weekly Out-of-Home Care clinic
- Diverse range of Community Child Health clinics through Barwon Health North (First 1000 Days; Out of Home Care; Preschool Development; Autism Assessment)
Education and Teaching
- Extensive: including fortnightly in situ (ward-based) SIM training, weekly blocked teaching afternoon, weekly academic presentations, monthly Safety and Quality meetings and access to RCH CCCH program (for community fellows)
- Trainees are strongly encouraged to complete a research project while placed with us, utilising resources at the ready including the Child Health Research Unit at Barwon Health (CHeRUB) and Barwon Infant Study. Three of the paediatric consultants hold PhDs and one is Director of Research at Deakin Univeristy and co-chairs the Children’s Inpatient Research Collaboration of Australia and New Zealand (CIRCAN). There is a particular emphasis on quality improvement projects within the unit, lead by a designated paediatrician with extensive research experience.
Pay
- As per award
Accommodation
- Accommodation will need to be sourced privately for these positions