Consultant Paediatrician- Adolescent Medicine and Gender Service

**Date**:14 Jul 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
- Adolescent Medicine and Gender Service**
- Excellent employee benefits including salary packaging
- Challenging and rewarding work environment
- Friendly and supportive team environment
- 2 x Weekly outpatient clinics plus 1x fortnightly outpatient clinic
- Must be available Wednesday, Thursday and alternative Fridays due to room allocation
- Sabbatical leave cover position from **11/09/2025 -11/03/202**

**About the Role**:
This is a part time fixed term position 35 hours a fortnight with the Department of Adolescent Medicine providing general Adolescent Medicine, Eating Disorder and Gender Service outpatient clinics plus inclusion on the on call roster.

You will be responsible for providing high quality evidence-based care to young people and their families in both an inpatient and outpatient setting while providing leadership and training to junior medical staff, nursing and allied health staff. You will take 1 weekly Adolescent Medicine outpatient clinic, 1 weekly Gender Service outpatient clinic plus a fortnightly Gender Service outpatient clinic.

You will be allocated first on call to the ward service roster and be required to provide second on call support for the Adolescent Medicine Fellows.

**The required days for this role are Wednesday, Thursday and alternative Fridays as it is dependent on room availability. Applicants who cannot commit to the required workday will not be considered.**

Classification for this position will range from SMS Year 2 - Year 9.

**What you’ll achieve**:

- Medical and psychosocial assessments and manage the care of adolescents and their families presenting to the General Adolescent Medicine outpatient clinics.
- Maintain accurate and up to date patient medical information and records via documentation within the electronic medical record including diagnosis and treatment plans, complications, co-morbidities, procedures conducted and other reports.
- Manage inpatients admitted under Adolescent Medicine while on ward service, including providing ‘second on call’ supervision when the Adolescent Medicine Fellows are on ward service.
- Foster the development of adolescent medicine as a career path for medical students and paediatric trainees

**Your skills and experience**:

- Current registration as a Medical Practitioner with AHPRA.
- MBBS or equivalent.
- Fellowship qualifications with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) or equivalent.
- Provider number with Medicare and ABN to bill for clinical activity.

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

**About the Department**:
The Department of Adolescent Medicine, The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne, is a multidisciplinary specialty department providing inpatient and outpatient care to adolescents experiencing both physical and mental health concerns. Sub-speciality teams within the Department of Adolescent Medicine include the Eating Disorders Service, specialising in treating adolescents with anorexia nervosa and other restrictive eating disorders, the Gender Service who assist children and adolescents experiencing gender dysphoria, The Transition Support Service providing care in transition from paediatric to adult health providers, the Young People’s Health Service who provide primary health care for marginalised and at risk youth and the Chronic Illness Peer support (ChIPS) team who facilitate peer support, leadership and participation among adolescent and young adults aged 12-25 living with a chronic illness. Inpatient Adolescent Medicine includes the care of adolescents requiring admission to the RCH for medical conditions with psychosocial complexity, somatisation disorders and medically unstable patients with restrictive type eating disord