General Paediatrician

Requisition No: 4940
- Executive Division: Operations
- Division: Womens & Childrens Services
- Program: Paediatrics
- Department: Paediatric Medicine
- Enterprise Agreement: Medical Specialists (Victorian Public Health Secto
- Job Function: Medical
- Project:

- **Location**: Bacchus Marsh & Sunshine Hospital
- **Employment Type**:Ongoing, Part Time
- **Salary**:HN59 Specialist Year 9

**About the role**

This is a 0.6 FTE (44 hours per fortnight) ongoing clinical appointment. The recruitment process will also be used to fill several fixed-term positions ranging from 3 to 6 months in duration (at 0.2 - 0.6 FTE) throughout 2026. The successful applicant(s) will work across Western Health sites, including one day per week at the Bacchus Marsh (BM) campus and two days per week at the Sunshine Joan Kirner Women’s and Children’s (JKWC) campus. The expected commencement date is mid-November 2025.

Participation in the on-call roster is required for both General Paediatrics at JKWC and term neonates in the Level 2-3 Special Care Nursery at BM. Weekend on-call frequency is approximately 1:9 at JKWC and 1:8 at BM. Family-friendly accommodation is provided for on-call periods at Bacchus Marsh.

Western Health’s consultant clinics provide care for a broad range of complex general and developmental paediatric patients. Consultant paediatricians have regular clinics and also supervise registrars and HMOs in outpatient settings. The team benefits from support by several sub-specialty consultants, creating a unique generalist environment where a wide variety of conditions can be managed directly, often avoiding the need for referral.

**Key responsibilities**:

- Provide clinical care and support to paediatric inpatients and outpatients
- Supervise and mentor junior medical staff, including registrars and HMOs
- Completion of the RACP Supervisor Modules is required
- Participate in regular on-call rosters across both JKWC and BM campuses
- Engage in peer review and clinical discussions within a supportive team environment
- Contribute to quality improvement, clinical safety, and audit activities
- Support or coordinate the statewide Advanced Training recruitment program (VPAT), as part of Clinical Support Time
- Foster a collaborative, family-centred approach to patient care

**About you**:

- Have recognised qualifications as a General Paediatrician with experience in managing patients across general, neonatal, developmental, and behavioural paediatric medicine.
- Have recent acute inpatient experience, ideally at Consultant level.
- Contribute to a positive organisational culture and role model professionalism with respect to patient dignity and compassion, effective communication, and ethical clinical care. Ability to contribute positively to a healthcare team is essential.
- Actively participate in teaching and supervision of Junior Medical Staff and Medical Students.
- Ensure appropriate and timely documentation of patient care in progress notes and correspondence.

Position Description

**About Western Health**

Western Health is one of the largest healthcare providers in Victoria, caring for a vibrant, diverse and rapidly growing community of one million people in Melbourne’s western suburbs.

With more than 13,000 staff, Western Health delivers 800,000+ occasions of care every year, providing high-quality, person-centred care across every life stage.

We provide a combination of hospital, community-based, at-home and in-reach services to aged, adult and paediatric patients and newborn babies. Specialties include

oncology, renal, mental health, women’s health and maternity, chronic diseases, geriatrics and cardiology.

We have remarkable strengths in chronic disease, complex care and developing innovative and sustainable healthcare solutions. Our experience at the coalface of healthcare delivery for some of Australia’s most culturally and socioeconomically diverse and vulnerable populations provides us with unique insights into the most pressing health challenges.

Western Health operates four acute public hospitals: Sunshine Hospital (including Joan Kirner Women’s and Children’s), Footscray Hospital, Williamstown Hospital and Bacchus Marsh Hospital. We also operate Sunbury Community Hospital, Sunshine Mental Health and Wellbeing Centre, Melton Health and Community Services, Bacchus Marsh Community Health Centre, Caroline Springs Community Health Centre and Grant Lodge Residential Aged Care in Bacchus Marsh. Western Health also provides the primary healthcare service at the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre, a women’s prison located in Ravenhall.

**Why join us?**

**Compensation and benefits**
- Competitive salary packages aligned with market standards.
- Health and wellbeing programs, including flexible work arrangements.
- Scholarships and grants to support your continuous learning journey.

**Learning and development opportunities**
- Access the Western Health Learning Academy (WHA) for personalised learning pathways