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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) 
  • 4 rosters include 6 months of Psychiatry
  • 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"

 

1. Psychiatry (Banksia) / Psychiatry (Banksia) / Oncology 1 / Specialty Nights-Relief-AL

(12 months with AL weeks of 4th Nov, 11th Nov, 18th Nov, 9th Dec, 16th Dec)

 

2. Specialty Nights-Relief-AL / Oncology / Adolescent Health / Rehabilitation

(12 months with AL weeks of 4th Mar, 11th Mar, 1st Apr, 8th Apr, 15th Apr)

 

3. Gastroenterology / Specialty Nights-Relief-AL / Haem-Onc (Monash Children's) / Northern Hospital

(12 months with AL weeks of 6th May, 10th Jun, 17th Jun, 24th Jun, 1st Jul)

 

4. Specialty Nights-Relief-AL / Adolescent Health / Psychiatry (C&L/DNP) / Psychiatry (C&L/DNP)

(12 months with AL weeks of 1st Apr, 8th Apr, 15th Apr, 22nd Apr, 29th Apr)

 

5. Austin Hospital / Austin Hospital /  Specialty Nights-Relief-AL / Oncology

(12 months with AL weeks of 5th Aug, 12th Aug, 19th Aug, 26th Aug)

 

6.  Specialty Nights-Relief-AL / Cardiology / Psychiatry (Banksia) / Psychiatry (Banksia) 

(12 months with AL weeks of 18th Mar, 25th Mar, 15th Apr, 22nd Apr, 29th Apr)

 

7.  Specialty Nights-Relief-AL / Rehabilitation / Neurodevelopment and Disability / Geelong   

(12 months with AL weeks of 5th Feb, 12th Feb, 11th Apr, 18th Apr, 25th Apr)

 

8. PICU / PICU / Respiratory / Specialty Nights-Relief-AL

(12 months with AL weeks of 23 Dec, 30 Dec, 20th Jan, 27th Jan)

 

9.  Specialty Nights-Relief-AL (3 months commencing after AL) / Gastroenterology (10 weeks) / Adolescent Health / Neurodevelopment and Disability

(12 months with AL weeks of 5th Feb, 12th Feb, 19th Feb, 26th Feb, 4th Mar)

 

10.  Neonatal Unit / Oncology / Specialty Nights-Relief-AL / Gastroenterology

(12 months with AL weeks of 30th Sep, 7th Oct, 14th Oct, 21st Oct, 28th Oct)

 

11.  Oncology / Neurodevelopment and Disability / Rehabilitation / Specialty Nights-Relief-AL 

(12 months with AL weeks of 9th Dec, 16th Dec, 13th Jan, 20th Jan, 27th Jan)

 

12.  Oncology (11 weeks) & specialty after hours (2 weeks) / Specialty Nights-Relief-AL / PICU / PICU

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

 

13.  SSU / Specialty Nights-Relief-AL / Neurology & Metabolics / Neonatal Unit

(12 months with AL weeks of 20th May, 27th May, 1st Jul, 8th Jul, 15th Jul)

 

14.  Adolescent Health (10 weeks) / Specialty Nights-Relief-AL / Austin Hospital / Austin Hospital

(12 months with AL weeks of 10th Jun, 17th Jun, 24th Jun, 1 Jul, 8 Jul)

 

15. Psychiatry (C&L/DNP) / Psychiatry (C&L/DNP) / Specialty Nights-Relief-AL / Haem-Onc (Monash Children's)

(12 months with AL weeks of 26th Aug, 2nd Sep, 9th Sep, 21st Oct, 28th Oct)

 

16.  Adolescent Health / Adolescent Health / Specialty Nights-Relief-AL / Oncology

(12 months with AL weeks of 5th Aug, 12th Aug, 19th Aug, 26th Aug, 2nd Sep)

 

17.  Rehabilitation / Specialty NIghts-Relief-AL / Neurology & Metabolics / Adolescent Health

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

 

18.  Specialty Nights-Relief-AL / Respiratory

(6 months - second half of year only - with AL weeks of 16th Sep, 23rd Sep, 30th Sep)

 

19.  Oncology / Specialty Nights-Relief-AL 

(6 months - second half of year only - with AL weeks of 4th Nov, 11th Nov, 18th Nov)

 

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
  • JMS Registrar Coordinator:  tracy.waller@rch.org.au  (03) 9345 5144

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.