2026 Junior Resident Medical Officer

**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 a network based at 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. In the JRMO year, recruitment for this will occur through the RCH and be coordinated by the VBPTC.

**The positions**

The Metropolitan Stream is predominantly based in inner and outer metropolitan Melbourne centres, integrated with some regional and rural rotations. You can view a sample roster here.

The Extended Rural Stream allows six trainees to complete 18 months of the requisite 36 months of Basic Training predominantly in either eastern, northern or western rural and regional Victoria, integrated with some metropolitan Melbourne rotations. This is especially encouraged for applicants who are interested in pursuing a long-term paediatric career in regional and rural Victoria.

The RCH and the VBPTC join with the Royal Australian College of Physicians (RACP) in recognising a core responsibility to grow the Indigenous physician workforce. RCH is committed to employing Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander doctor/s to enter the Basic Paediatric Physician Training Program at BPT1 (JRMO) level.

**Eligibility**

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

**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 facilities, surrounded by Royal Park and only a short tram trip from the heart of Melbourne city.

We also offer discounted staff parking, salary packaging, and an award-winning health and wellbeing program.

It is a requirement of your employment t