2026 Paediatric Community Registrar

3 weeks ago


Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Northern Health Full time
Career Opportunities: 2026 Paediatric Community Registrar (51179)

Requisition ID51179-Posted -Fixed Term Period (I)-Fixed Term Full Time (FT)

Reference Number:51179: 2026 Paediatric Community Registrar
Employment Type:Fixed Term Full Time (FT)
Location:Northern Health (All Campuses)

About Northern Health:

As an organisation we have a clear focus on how we service and partner with our community, including our strategy of helping the community stay well when at home. Our reputation of community minded, inclusive and progressive is matched to none.

Northern Health is located in the rapidly growing northern suburbs with projected growth the biggest in the state. With a booming, culturally rich and diverse community, and less than an hour's drive from the CBD, Melbourne's North is fastbecoming the place to be

The Role: 2026 Paediatric Community Registrar - Craigieburn and Kilmore

Come and join the Paediatric team at Northern Health, and gain fantastic exposure to Community Paediatric medicine in Melbourne's rapidly growing northern growth corridor. Northern Health provides healthcare to a population of over 580,000 people and in the Paediatric Department we care for general paediatric medical and neonatal patients.

The inpatient service includes:

  • A very busy Paediatric Emergency Department that sees approximately 25,000 Paediatric patients per year with designated Paediatric emergency medicine consultant supervision. The Paediatric ED is accredited for PEM training and for acute training under RACP Advanced General Paediatric stream
  • A Neonatal Unit with 21 cots, which provides high dependency neonatal care with a level five capability. There is always a neonatologist covering, and we manage TPN, chest drainage and ROP screening. There are more than 3,600 infants born annually by the obstetric service
  • A Children's Unit containing 22 beds (which includes two Paediatric Short Stay Unit beds) and caters for paediatric medical and paediatric surgical patients. Prior to COVID, there were 2 paediatric HDU beds located in the adult ICU

The outpatient service includes:

  • General and behavioural/developmental clinics across multiple campuses include Northern Health Epping, Craigieburn Health Service and Kilmore District Hospital, with outreach clinics in Wallan. Sub-speciality paediatric outpatient service, including paediatric allergy, respiratory, sleep, neurology and child and adolescent psychiatry.

Northern Health is committed to medical education & training through the Teaching, Training & Research Precinct - a joint venture with The University of Melbourne, La Trobe University and the Victorian and Commonwealth Governments.

This is an exciting opportunity to have 4 Paediatric Community Fellows to work in an outreach service to the outer Northern suburbs of Melbourne. Clinics will be based predominantly at Kilmore District Health Service, in outreach clinics with Nexus Health and Mitchell Shire MCHN to surrounding peripheral sites as well as Craigieburn Health Service.

The Community Fellow position is an Advanced Paediatric Training position. The trainee will care for a wide variety of culturally and linguistically diverse communities, with a high proportion of socio-economically disadvantaged families. The community fellow will participate in consultant supervised clinics including the Northern Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinic (NASDAC).

The trainee will also be a part of the weekly education sessions held by the Centre for Community and Child Health (CCCH) at RCH on a Wednesday afternoon, and be given rostered non-clinical time.

This position is accredited under the Advanced Training Committee in General Paediatrics and Community Paediatrics for up to 6 months of Community/Developmental medicine.

The successful applicants will partake in clinics such as:

  • Northern Autism Spectrum Disorder Assessment Clinics (NASDAC)
    - a multidisciplinary service (in conjunction with speech therapists, occupational therapists and psychologists) for ADOS assessments
  • Multi-Disciplinary Assessment Clinics (MDAC)
    - a multidisciplinary service (in conjunction with speech therapists, occupational therapists and psychologists) for general developmental assessments
  • Community Out of Home care Clinics
  • Developmental & Behavioural clinics
  • General Paediatric Clinics

Trainees will be provided both onsite supervision as well as sufficient remote supervision for independent clinical practice. Significant non-clinical time is rostered to allow for education and training, as well weekly opportunity to join the Royal Children's Hospital Community and Child Health (CCCH) Education program.

Applicants should be suitably qualified to perform at the level of a senior paediatric registrar. The applicant should have, at a minimum, completed Basic Training through the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, successfully completed the FRACP written and clinical examination (or equivalent). Excellent communication skills are essential. Preference will be given to applicants who are second or third year advanced trainees in general paediatrics, and those with a particular interest in working with culturally and linguistically diverse communities. Applicants must be currently registered with AHPRA and hold medical indemnity insurance

To be successful in this role you will have:

  • Medical registration with the Medical Board of Australia under the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
  • Current National Police and Working with Children History Check
  • Enrolled as an Advanced Paediatric training through RACP under either General Paediatric or Community Paediatric SAC

For further details, please refer to the Position Description or contact:Dr David Tran, Director of Women's and Children's viaDavid.Tran2@nh.org.au

Applications close 3 July 2025

Why work at the Northern Health?

We offer a range of benefits to support and reward staff both personally and professionally, which includes:

  • Health and Wellbeing programs
  • Flexibility in the workplace and extra leave options and support
  • An inclusive and culturally safe space
  • State of the art facilities and campus partnerships
  • A commitment to ongoing professional development through our 'Learning Labs'
  • Access to salary packaging, EAP and our online library

F or a glimpse of life at NH, click here.

Work with us Northern Health is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce which reflects the community we serve. Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, as well as applicants who are LGBTIQA+, who have different abilities, or are from culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds are encouraged.

All employees of Northern Health must comply with the health service's Staff Health / Workforce Immunisation procedure (as amended from time to time) together with any relevant State Government and Departmental directives. This requires all employees to be vaccinated for various diseases such as but not limited to influenza.

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