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Royal Children's Hospital - General Medicine

Trainee Positions

  • 11 x General Medicine Senior Registrar positions (SSU / EML / OPD) - these positions work in Short Stay Unit / Evening Medical Lead / Outpatient clinics - these are part time roles (please see Streams listed below)
    • 6 or 12 months - please clearly indicate in your cover letter what length of contract +/- which 6 month period you are seeking
    • These roles provide clinical care of acute general paediatric conditions, an after-hours leadership role across the hospital, and delivery of clinical care in the outpatient setting
    • Allocations for specific roles will be made after all roles are appointed (see streams below).  You will have the opportunity to preference SSU / EML shifts and/or outpatient clinics.   
    • Access to the following clinics may be available depending on days the clinics run and rostering pressures:  General Medicine; Upper Airways; Dermatology; Continence; Chronic Fatigue; Allergy.
    • An online evening forum (date TBA) will be held to address any questions about the combination of shifts and clinics offered in these roles.  If you wish to attend this information session, please email Louise Amalfi (details below in Contacts section)
    • General Medicine Senior Registrar position streams:
      1. Weekday Evening Medical Lead and Short Stay Unit shifts - 2 x 0.4 EFT positions available
        • The roles comprise of a weekly SSU shift and a weekly Evening Medical Lead shift
      2. Combination weekday Short Stay Unit and Outpatient clinics - 3 x 0.4 EFT positions available
        • The roles comprise of a weekly SSU shift and 2 outpatient clinics per week
      3. Combination Evening Medical Lead and Outpatient clinics - 4 x 0.4 EFT positions available
        • 2 roles comprise of a weekly EML shift and 2 outpatient clinics per week
        • 2 roles comprise of alternate Friday EML shift and 3 outpatient clinics per week
      4. Outpatient clinics - 2 x 0.4 EFT positions available
        • These roles comprise of 4 x outpatient clinics per week

 

  • General Medicine Fellows - multiple positions across 12 months x 1 FTE, second 6 months x 1.5FTE
    • Full time or part-time positions available
    • 1 x 12 month position full-time
    • 2 x 6 month positions part-time in second 6 months (comprising 1.5 FTE across the 2 positions - 0.8 FTE or 0.7 FTE - lower fractions considered, please discuss prior to application)
    • These positions combine both General Medicine Fellow and Night Medical Lead responsibilities.  They offer an advanced trainee experience and training in General Medicine, as well as the opportunity to mentor and lead junior staff in a leadership role in the Night Medical Lead role, which has a whole-of-hospital scope.
    • These positions are the ideal bridge between a Fellow and Consultant role, with ample opportunity to step up in a very well supported team environment.

 

  • General Medicine Fellow (ACEM) - 2 positions across 1.0 FTE
    • 2 x 6 month full time roles available (1 x 1st 6 months; 1 x 2nd 6 months)
    • This role provides experience in paediatric General Medicine and is an excellent opportunity for an ACEM trainee completing the joint program in Paediatric Emergency to develop Gen Med skills and experience.
    • This role combines the General Medicine Fellow ACEM roles as well as Night Medical Lead responsibilities which has a whole hospital scope.

 

  • Pharmacology / General Medicine Fellow - 1 position - 1.0 FTE (full-time)
    • 1 x 12 month position
    • This position combines both Clinical Pharmacology, General Medicine and Night Medical Lead responsibilities.  It offers an advanced trainee experience and training in General Medicine, as well as the opportunity to mentor and lead junior staff in a leadership role in the Night Medical Lead role, which has a whole-of-hospital scope.
    • Depending on seniority and experience, there is the opportunity for the Fellow to work as a junior consultant in a supervised capacity.

 

  • Vascular Anomalies and Paediatric Dermatology Registrar position - 1 position
    • ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​The Registrar provides clinical care in the outpatient setting in a supervised capacity in Vascular Anomalies, Paediatric Skin and Dermatology clinics.
    • The role comprises of 5 weekly outpatient clinics.

 

Trainee Levels

  • Registrars:  HM25 - HM30:  Advanced Trainee (post FRACP exams)
  • Fellows:  HM27 - HM30:  Advanced Trainee Year 3+ (newly qualified RACP Fellows very welcome to apply)

Contact

Registrar positions:   

Administrative queries:   Louise Amalfi    louise.amalfi@rch.org.au    (03) 9345 5579

Clinical queries:    Dr Anthea Rhodes   anthea.rhodes@rch.org.au

Fellow positions - General Medicine: 

Administrative queries:   Louise Amalfi    louise.amalfi@rch.org.au    (03) 9345 5579

Clinical queries:  Dr Sarah McNab   Sarah.mcnab@rch.org.au

Roster and on-call

  • General Medicine Senior Registrar and Vascular Anomalies and Dermatology Paediatric Registrar roles
    • Participate in the weekend SSU and EML roster (approx. 1 in 5).  Weekend rostered shifts are in addition to the weekday contracted hours.
    • Also participate in the Junior Medical Staff weekend on-call roster
  • General Medicine Fellows and General Medicine Fellow (ACEM) roles
    • 43 hours per week for full-time; part-time hours pro-rata
    • Night Medical Lead shifts run from Wednesday to Sunday 21:00 - 09:00 (5 nights in a block), and these positions will be required to work approx 1 week in 6 as night-shifts.  There are 3 days off post-nights.

Senior Staff

  • 25 x inpatient consultants across 4 General Medicine teams
  • 15 x Consultant Subspecialty Paediatricians, including Rheumatology and Infectious Diseases
  • 24 x Outpatient Consultant Paediatricians working across subspecialty clinics
  • 1 x weekly ward SSU consultant
  • 1 x consultant supervisor after-hours medical leads

Clinics

  • General Medicine Senior Registrars:
    • General Medicine
    • Upper Airways
    • Dermatology
    • Continence
    • Chronic Fatigue
    • Allergy
  • General Medicine Fellows: 
    • weekly General Medicine clinic with own patient cohort
  • Pharmacology / General Medicine Fellow
    • 2 x weekly clinics

Education and Teaching

  • Weekly departmental General Medicine meeting
  • Weekly RCH Grand Rounds
  • Weekly General Medicine Journal Club
  • SSU and EML handovers daily - for Senior Registrars
  • Patient review meetings twice weekly - for HITH Fellows
  • Morbidity and Mortality meetings
  • Research opportunities and advanced training project opportunities

Pay

  • As per award 

Accessibility

  • RCH is located in the central suburb of Parkville, with easy transport links via bus, train, and trams.  There is paid parking available on-site.

    General Medicine at Royal Children's Hospital is one of the largest department at RCH.  It comprises approximately 100 staff across senior and junior medical staff, nursing and allied health staff.  It is comprised of General Paediatric Medicine as well as a number of subspecialty units including Clinical Pharmacology, Rheumatology and Immigrant Health.  The department delivers clinical care in both the inpatient setting and the outpatient setting, running approximately 400 clinics every month across general paediatircs and our subspecialty areas.

     

    For Senior Registrars, options are available in the Evening Medical Lead and Short Stay Unit roles.  In addition, there are various clinics available for those looking to gain experience in General Medical and Subspecialty areas.  These outpatient clinics are consultant supervised, and an invaluable training experience.  The Senior Registrar roles are  accredited for core training with the RACP General Paediatrics, if the registrar does at least one general paediatric clinic per week.  Otherwise the role is accredited for non-core training for RACP General Paediatrics, with pending reaccreditation for 2024.

    For Fellows, the roles offer advanced trainees the opportunity to step into a senior role, providing inpatient and outpatient work, with significant autonomy, portfolio work, and the opportunity to mentor and lead junior staff - all while being well supported and supervised clinically.  These roles work closely with nursing, allied health, medical and non-clinical staff and provide advanced trainees with experience and training in both acute and chronic care for patients medical and developmental conditions.  The Fellow roles are accredited for core General Paediatrics training with the RACP.