Casual Consultant

**Date**:11 Aug 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.

**Consultant Paediatrician**

**About the Role**

This is a casual position within the Department of General Medicine.

You will be responsible for.

**_ Clinical Services - Inpatients_**
- Participation in the inpatient clinical activities of the Department, including ward service and participation in the after-hours on-call roster
- Responsibility for management of inpatients admitted under the General Medicine team while on ward service, including provision of contemporary comprehensive specialist services for optimal patient outcomes
- Lead ward round discussions with fellows, registrars, residents, medical students and nursing staff regarding admitted patients, encouraging active participation in care and clinical decision making
- Work in partnership with other medical, nursing and allied health professionals to provide best practice care for paediatric patients in a multidisciplinary setting
- Liaison with parents/carers re procedures and plans regarding medical care

**_Clinical Services - Outpatients_**
- Delivery of an outpatient clinic

**_Non-Clinical_**
- Timely and accurate completion of patient related documentation, including EMR encounters, outpatient documentation, oversight of expedient discharge summary completion, and any other required documentation relevant to enhancing continuity of care

Classification for this position will range from HN16-HN59

**Your skills and experience**:
**Essential**:

- MBBS (or equivalent)
- FRACP - General Paediatrics (or equivalent)
- Specialist Registration with AHPRA and eligibility for medical registration within Victoria

**Desirable**:

- Previous experience delivering inpatient care at a tertiary hospital

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

**About General Medicine**

The Department of General Medicine is one of the largest departments at RCH. At any time, a total of 108 staff (Senior Medical, Junior Medical, Nursing, and Administrative) work in the Department. The Department of General Medicine has a range of sub-specialty interests in addition to General Paediatrics and is committed to the delivery of high-quality evidence-based care. There are 3 subspecialty units within it, including Rheumatology, Refugee/Migrant Health and Clinical Pharmacology. All units report to the Director of General Medicine.

**What we offer**:

- Staff Wellbeing Hub
- Staff immunisation

**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

**Application process - for SMS only**

To apply, you will need a resume and a tailored cover letter outlining your skills, experience, and suitability for the position in line with the requirements of the position description.

You must attach certified credentials and a completed “SMS Application for Appointment Form”

**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 that you be vaccinated against Influenza annually for Category A and B roles, in compliance with any public health orders in place at the relevant time, unless you have a medical exception in line with those public health orders, which has been accepted by The Royal Children’s Hospital. Applicants will be required to provide their Australian Government Immunisation History Statement,