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Royal Children's Hospital - Rotating Registrar Positions

Trainee Positions

  • There are 12 month and 6 month positions available
  • These positions have pre-set annual leave allocations in specific weeks
  • 2 rosters include 6 months of Paediatric Intensive Care (PICU) 
  • Some rosters include 6 months of Psychiatry which will meet D&P time requirements
  • Other rosters contain 3 monthly rotations to combinations of general medical and specialty medical units, Neonatal Intensive Care (NICU), and Paediatric Emergency (ED) 
  • There are also rotations to our secondment hospitals for General Paediatric terms and to Monash Children's Hospital
  • Most rosters contain a 3-month term of nights/annual leave/relief 

Candidates should only preference the specific rosters that they are prepared to work (ie you do not need to preference all rotating registrar rosters).  Rosters are listed per each 3 months.  On the preferencing page Nights-Relief-AL is listed as "Nights."  

If you are willing to work ANY of the below rosters, then you can preference as "RCH Rotating Reg - ANY"

This is the 2026 job list of Rotating Registrar positions as of 1st July 2025.  If you are interested in referencing a RCH rotating registrar position, please check back prior to applications closing, as it's possible more roster lines will be added.

 

1. Specialty Nights-Relief-AL / Rehabilitation / Adolescent Med / RCH NICU

(12 months with AL weeks of 16th Mar, 23rd Mar, 30th Mar, 6th Apr, 13th Apr)

Annual leave in Roster 1 can be taken as written above, or may be split between term 1 (as written above) and term 3 (maximum of 3 weeks in term 3)

Job-share is considered for Roster Line 1

 

2. Specialty Nights-Relief-AL / RCH NICU / Adolescent Med / Rehabilitation

(12 months with AL weeks of 9th Mar, 16th Mar, 23rd Mar, 30th Mar, 6th Apr)

Annual leave in Roster 2 can be taken as written above, or may be split between term 1 (as written above) and term 3 (maximum of 3 weeks in term 3)

Job-share is considered for Roster Line 2

 

3.  RCH NICU / Specialty Nights-Relief-AL / Rehabilitation / Adolescent Med

(12 months with AL weeks of 22nd Jun, 29th Jun, 6th Jul, 13th Jul, 20th Jul)

Annual leave in Roster 3 can be taken as written above, or may be split between term 2 (as written above) and term 4 (maximum of 3 weeks in term 4)

Job-share is considered for Roster Line 3

 

4. Rehabilitation / Specialty Nights-Relief-AL / Austin Hospital Gen Paeds / Austin Hospital Gen Paeds

(12 months with AL weeks of 25th May, 1st Jun, 8th Jun, 15th Jun, 22nd Jun)

Annual leave is to be taken as written above.

Roster 4 is not able to be job-shared

 

5. Austin Hospital Gen Paeds / Austin Hospital Gen Paeds /  Specialty Nights-Relief-AL / Gastroenterology

(12 months with AL weeks of 21st Sep, 28th Sep, 5th Oct, 12th Oct, 19th Oct)

Annual leave is to be taken as written above.

Roster 5 is not able to be job-shared

 

6.  PICU / PICU / Specialty Nights-Relief-AL / Oncology

(12 months with AL weeks of 12th Oct, 19th Oct, 26th Oct; plus 2 weeks annual leave to be taken during PICU, to be negotiated for dates)

Roster 6 is not able to be job-shared

 

7.  Psychiatry / Psychiatry / Specialty Nights-Relief-AL / Oncology

(12 months with AL weeks of 3rd Aug, 10th Aug, 17th Aug, and 14th Sep, 21st Sep)

Roster 7 is not able to be job-shared

 

8.  Specialty Nights-Relief-AL / Neurodevelopment and Disability / RCH NICU / Adolescent Med

(12 months with AL weeks of 2nd Mar, 9th Mar, 16th Mar, 23rd Mar, 30th Mar)

Annual leave in Roster 8 can be taken as written above, or may be split between term 1 (as written above) and term 4 (maximum of 2 weeks in term 4)

Roster 8 is not able to be job-shared

 

9.  Specialty Nights-Relief-AL / Gastroenterology (10 weeks) / Psychiatry / Psychiatry

(12 months with AL weeks of 16th Feb, 23rd Feb, 2nd Mar, 9th Mar, 16th Mar)

Roster 9 is not able to be job-shared

 

10.  Adolescent Med / Specialty Nights-Relief-AL / PICU / PICU

(12 months with AL weeks of 25th May, 1st Jun, 8th June; plus 2 weeks annual leave to be taken during PICU, to be negotiated for dates)

Roster 10 is not able to be job-shared

 

11. Please check back before applications close, as more roster lines may be added during the application period.

 

Trainee Level

  • Advanced Trainees or Continuing Basic Trainees
  • These positions are not suitable for applicants wishing to enter the Basic Training program.  Please contact JMS Registrar Coordinator if you wish to discuss basic training options

Contact

  • Dr Philippa Bolton:  philippa.bolton@rch.org.au
  • Medical Workforce:   mwu.recruitment@rch.org.au

Roster and on-call

  • Dependent on rotation
  • Daytime rosters for specialty medicine, psychiatry, and general medical teams, however some additional requirements for covering after-hours, weekends, and on-calls will be required, including 2 - 3 weeks of evening cover during some specialty rotations
  • PICU, PIPER, NICU, ED rosters will have expectations of rotation shifts (day, evening, nights)
  • Annual Leave is in designated weeks of each roster - please review this carefully when choosing your roster preferences

Wards

  • These positions rotate through a variety of positions at both RCH and outer metropolitan hospitals.
  • 12 wards (approximately 350 inpatient beds) comprising intensive care, NICU, surgical, medical, short stay, and mental health beds

Education and Teaching

  • Unit specific teaching (journal clubs, M&M etc)
  • RCH Grand rounds weekly
  • Weekly Fellow, Registrar, and JRMO teaching
  • Regular skills station opportunities and training courses

Pay

  • As per award 

 

    Royal Children's Hospital is one of two tertiary paediatric hospitals in Victoria.  It is Victoria's oldest paediatric tertiary and quaternary centre, located in the centre of Melbourne.  It is located within the Melbourne Biomedical Precinct and has strong ties with Murdoch Children's Research Institute and the University of Melbourne.

    The RCH cares for the most critically ill and medically complex paediatric patients in Victoria and provides support to many health services around Australia.  We also play a role in a significant number of state-wide services including trauma, transplantation, paediatric and infant retrieval, palliative care, rehabilitation and forensic medicine.  Inpatient and outpatient care for surgical, specialty and general medicine services is supported by 6000+ staff.

    The RCH provides fully accredited paediatric training across all level and aims to support and educate trainees with regular protected teaching time, wellbeing activities, and providing exposure to a wide array of clinical services and experiences.  We are committed to workplace inclusion, and we value people bring diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences to our organisation.