Trainee Positions
12 Registrar positions (2 consortium registrars)
- 6 months or 12 months - General Paediatrics and Perinatal medicine
- Year combination positions available
- 2 X Werribee General Paediatrics/Mercy Hospital for Women NICU (Acute)
- 2 X Werribee General Paediatrics/Werribee Community (Community Paediatrics)
- Part time positions, job-sharing will be considered
- All registrar positions are advanced training accredited
Trainee Level
- Preferably Advanced Trainee (post FRACP exams)
- Will also consider PEM Trainees, International Medical Graduates, and Continuing Basic Trainees
Contact
- A/Prof Kathy McMahon: Kathryn.mcmahon@mercy.com.au
- Dr Sarah Sattar: S.satter@mercy.com.au
Roster and on-call
- Registrars - 12 registrar rotating roster
- Includes: Paediatric Ward, Special Care Nursery, Hospital in the Home, Birth Suite and Outpatients
- Stand-by on call
Wards
- Paediatric Ward: 12 paediatric beds flexing up to 16
- Special Care Nursery: 16 bed level 4 SCN (4,000 deliveries per year)
- Busy expanding Emergency Department and new Paediatric emergency in 2026
- Hospital in the Home: 15 bed Paediatric and Neonatal HITH service
Junior Staff
- 12 Registrars
- 10 Residents
- 2 Interns
Senior Staff
- 19 senior medical staff with 2 on-site during business hours. On-call after 5pm.
Clinics
- All outpatients have direct consultant supervision
- Weekly clinics
- 5 General Paediatric Clinics
- 2 Telehealth clinic
- 4 Rapid Review clinics
- 3 all day Developmental/Behavioural multicultural clinics at School based Community Hubs (Community registrar)
- One urology clinic a fortnight
- Monthly clinics
- Out of Home Care clinic
- All day Refugee Health clinic
- HITH review clinics - 4 clinics a week
Education and Teaching
- Weekly 5 hour, phone-free registrar teaching including:
- Case presentations
- Journal clubs
- Visiting speakers
- Morbidity and Mortality Quality Improvement meetings
- Radiology meetings
- Simulation sessions
- Medical student and resident teaching
Pay
- As per award
Accommodation / Accessibility
- After night shift, there is a bedroom in the resident quarters that tired registrars may use
- Easy 30 minute drive from Melbourne CBD
- Hoppers Crossing train station is across the road from the hospital