Positions within VPAT are recruiting in a collaborative manner to decrease the number of individual applications registrars need to complete in order to be considered by multiple sites / jobs within Victoria.
Candidates will receive a maximum of one job offer through this process.
- The following job types are currently recruited via this process
- General Paediatrics - Registrars and Senior Registrars
- Neonatology - Neonatal Medical Officers
- Community Child Health - Registrars (sometimes called Fellows) and Senior Registrars (also called Senior Fellows)
- Some subspecialist registrar/fellow positions - e.g. Rehabilitation, Immigrant Health, Victorian Forensic Paediatric Medicine, Indigenous Health
However, positions for most subspecialty units (eg Cardiology, Gastroenterology etc) are not included on this site and you will need to look out for job ads from Monash Children's and Royal Children's hospitals.
Please note that this is a recruitment program. It is NOT an advanced training network and we are not trying to match to candidates' specific training needs. We are allocating based on competitiveness for particular positions, much like occurs when you apply to an individual position. The site/hospital you are applying to must also rank you high enough for us to allocate you to that role.
Information
Please go to our application portal where you can find information on the positions, sites, and application process.
Contact
- A central email is available for queries or issues. This is actively monitored during the main application period (June - August), but is infrequently monitored during other months of the year. The central email is:
- Outside of active-monitoring times - please contact individual sites directly
Neonatology
- Neonatal medical officer is the combined title for positions at trainee registrar, unaccreditated registrar or unaccredited senior resident medical officer level, as these roles all work within the one roster.
- These roles are suitable for General Paediatric advanced trainees, Neonatal advanced trainees (usually in their 1st year of advanced training), Continuing paediatric basic trainees, international medical graduates in their first year of Australian hospital tertiary neonatal experience, unaccredited registrars, and senior resident medical officers.
- Pay and conditions will be in line with your current EBA pathway.
- Neonatal Fellows / Senior Registrars roles are suitable for advanced trainees working towards Fellowship in Neonatology with the RACP.
- A minimum of 12 months tertiary neonatal experience is required.
- These roles have additional responsibilities and some independence in procedural skills, ability to supervise more junior medical staff, and contribution to education and research are all vital to success in these roles.
- Fellow roles are not currently recruited via VPAT
Advanced Training in General Paediatrics
- Advanced training in General Paediatrics through the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) has changed their curriculum for trainees entering in 2027. Please check the RACP pages for the time-based and/or curriculum requirements.
- All trainees must still meet competencies in General Paediatrics, Perinatal Care, Developmental/Psychosocial training, and Rural Paediatrics.
- Trainees must complete an Advanced Training Project / Research Project