2026 Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Job Description
- 2026 Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Fellow

**Req ID**:3708

**Posting Start Date**:15/05/2025

**Work Location**:The RMH Parkville (City campus) & The RMH Royal Park

The Royal Melbourne Hospital is one of Australia’s leading public healthcare providers. Join the team. Build a career. We are looking for a passionate and dedicated individual to join The Royal Melbourne Hospital.

**Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Fellow**

12-month Part Time Fixed Term position at 34.4 hours per fortnight commencing 2nd February 2026.

IBD Fellow Position Description

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The Royal Melbourne is one of Victoria’s largest hospitals providing a comprehensive range of health services including acute, sub-acute, general, and specialist medical services throughout inpatient and community-based facilities. We are also a proud part of the world-renowned Melbourne Biomedical Precinct, working in collaboration to advance research for continuous improvement of clinical care.

**Unit Description**:
The IBD unit is part of the gastroenterology department at RMH. It sees over 2000 IBD patients every year and is one of the largest in Australia. It has sub-specialty services of pregnancy and IBD, intestinal ultrasound and a transition service with The Royal Children’s Hospital. The gastroenterology department at RMH encompasses a multidisciplinary team providing expert clinical care to patients in all areas of gastroenterology. This includes but is not limited to inflammatory bowel diseases, malignancies, hepatology, and endoscopy services. The team works closely with nutritional services, and colorectal surgical services.

Inpatient services are delivered for patients admitted under a gastroenterology bed card and there are dedicated IBD rounds.

The IBD department is active in clinical research, with studies ranging from quality audits to investigator-initiated studies and large multisite externally funded clinical trials.

**About the Role**:
The Advanced Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) fellowship training program will expose fellows to rigorous outpatient and inpatient clinical training, intestinal ultrasound training as well as the opportunity to engage in basic, translational, and clinical research projects. The IBD fellowship is a one
- or two
- year program which allows fellows to interact with faculty mentors in both clinical and research capacities. Throughout the training the fellow will attend 2-3 IBD clinics a week, 1-2 endoscopic lists a weekend 1-2 intestinal ultrasound lists a week. They will undertake research in IBD and help with clinical trials. They will act as a liaison between registrars and consultants developing skills to become an IBD expert. Fellows will be expected to undertake a research project throughout their training and be strongly encouraged to submit their research to a national or international meeting and submit a manuscript for publication to a high-quality journal.

**About You**:

- Registration with the Medical Board of Australia (AHPRA) or eligible for registration with the Medical Board of Australia (for international Medical Graduates)
- MBBS or equivalent tertiary qualifications
- Ability to work in a team
- Well-developed communication and presentation skills.
- 2 years gastroenterology advanced training desirable

**Application Instructions**:

- Cover Letter
- Address to A/Prof britt Christensen
- Current Curriculum Vitae

**Interested?**

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