2026 Paediatric Registrar

**Date**:14 May 2025

**Location**: 50 Flemington Rd, AU

**Company**:theroyalch

**The Hospital**:
The Royal Children’s Hospital’s (RCH) Vision is “A world where all kids thrive”.

RCH is a cornerstone member of the Melbourne Children’s Campus, partnering with Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics and The Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation.

RCH has cared for the children and young people of Victoria for more than 150 years since it was founded in 1870. A full range of paediatrics and adolescent health services are provided plus tertiary and quaternary care for the most critically ill and medically complex patients in Victoria, Tasmania, southern NSW and other states around Australia and overseas. The Hospital has more than 6,000 staff, a budget of $850M, 12 wards and 350 beds. Annually, the RCH has 300,000+ Specialist Clinic appointments, 90,000+ Emergency Department presentations and 20,000 elective surgeries.

The RCH is committed to the Child Safe Standards.

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact.

For further Information on RCH is available here.

**Paediatric Training**

The Victorian Basic Paediatric Training Consortium (VBPTC) oversees basic paediatric training across the Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) and Monash Children’s Hospital (MCH), and a total of eighteen outer metropolitan, regional and rural adjunct training program sites. Trainees will be exposed to a full range of clinical services provided in the care of children and their families.

In order to become a Basic Paediatric Trainee (BPT) with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP), trainees must first secure an accredited position. Trainees can potentially enter BPT as either a:

- Junior Resident Medical Officer (JRMO);
- Senior Resident Medical officer (SRMO); or
- Registrar

In the Registrar year, recruitment for entry into basic paediatric training occurs through the RCH in coordination with the VBPTC. This includes trainees from interstate or New Zealand who are already basic trainees but wish to continue their basic training in Victoria.

**The Positions**

Successful applicants will be employed either by RCH or one of the VBPTC hospitals, and may work on rotation in positions at RCH or other accredited adjunct training locations on secondment. The secondment sites on the registrar roster include Austin Hospital; Ballarat Base Hospital; Box Hill Hospital; Casey Hospital; Frankston Hospital; University Hospital Geelong; The Northern Hospital; Joan Kirner Women’s & Children’s Hospital; Sunshine Hospital Paediatric Emergency Department; and Monash Children’s Hospital.

**Eligibility**
- demonstrate at least 24 months of paediatric experience, including at least 6 months of neonatal intensive care (note: no more than 12 months of neonatology will be considered in the 24 months of experience required); and
- be eligible for GENERAL medical registration in Australia by February 2026.
- For further details regarding General registration, please refer to the Medical Board of Australia.

**Application Process**
- Three (3) written references via the Online Reference Nomination Form;
- Online Application Form; and
- Application through the RCH Careers Portal (including upload of current curriculum vitae).

**Parts 1 and 2**:
Please refer to the Medical Workforce Unit website for further details regarding the Application Process, including instructions.

Curriculum vitae (CV) requirements:

- Maximum length 4 pages
- No photo/headshot

**Key Dates**

**Item**

**Date**

Applications Open
- Reference Nomination Form
- Online Application FormRCH Careers Portal Application Form19th May 2025

Information Night

27th May 2025

Applications Close
- Reference Nomination Form (nominations must be received by this date, but referee reports can continue to be received up until 19th June)
- Online Application FormRCH Careers Portal Application Form8th June 2025

Final date for receipt of Referee Reports

19th June 2025

Interviews to be held

From 7th - 31st July 2025

Late August 2025

**Further information**
- Victorian Basic Paediatric Training Consortia (VBPTC) - Getting into the program
- VBPTC Application Guide 2026 - please see VBPTC website

If this sounds like you, click **here** to view the position description.

**What we offer**:

- Salary Packaging - Increase your take home pay
- Early Learning Centre childcare
- Parkville location and close to public transport

**Other requirements**:

- Current National Criminal Record Check, or willing to obtain
- Valid Working with Children Check
- Compliance with RCHs “Staff Immunisation - Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases” procedure

**Why work at the RCH?**

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact. We offer the opportunity to work in world-class facilit