2025 -paediatric Registrar and Cymhs Registrar

**Reference Number**:944**Category**:Medical**Department**:Respiratory, Paediatrics, NCASA, Dermatology & Rhe**_Are you a current Austin Health employee?_**- Full time, fixed term
Enterprise Agreement: Doctors in Training 2022 - 2026
$125,900.00 - $173,290.00 + salary packaging + super.
- Austin Health is a paediatric teaching hospital providing General Paediatrics and specialised service in the treatment of Eating Disorders, Diabetes, Mental Health, and Epilepsy. There are excellent opportunities for registrars to be involved in the longitudinal care of patients in the community. The Austin has a large Child and Adolescent mental health service with inpatient services, a mother-Baby unit, a large CAMHS outpatient service, and the Austin School. Registrars will have a wide exposure to mental health presentations through inpatients, outpatients, and consultations. The Austin also has a Paediatric Emergency Department staffed with Paediatric Emergency Physicians, Paediatric Registrars, and Emergency Registrars.**Trainee Positions**
- 7 full-time positions - 6 or 12 months - Austin Health General paediatrics/ Gen paediatrics with CYMHS - 12-month positions only (6 months each rotation) - 4 positions in total-
- These positions may be offered in either order for the rotations and are full-time positions only
These roles provide general paediatric medicine and child psychiatry through the CYMHS department as well as 6 months on the rotating General paediatric registrar roster.
These positions are accredited for 9 months of general paediatrics (without perinatal) and 3 months of developmental/psychosocial training
Austin Health General paediatric - 6- or 12-month position - 1 position available; full time preferred, but job share considered.
This role is accredited for General Paediatrics (without perinatal) for up to 9 months
Austin Health General paediatric / Mercy Hospital NICU - 12-month positions (6 months each rotation) - 2 positions in total, offered in either order.

**Trainee Level**- Preferably Advanced Trainee (post FRACP exams)
Continuing Basic Trainees and International Medical Graduates with paediatric experience will be considered

**Roster and on-call**- General Paediatrics Registrars - 7-week rotating roster through ward day, evening, and night shifts, outpatient clinics, and paediatric emergency shifts
Shifts for the General paediatric with CYMHS rotation include a fortnightly Sunday shift, a fortnightly Monday evening shift - all other shifts during this 6-month rotation are day shifts
All positions have rostered standby on call for night shifts in case of illness

**Wards**- 16 paediatric beds - medical and surgical patients
Medical areas include general paediatrics, endocrine, epilepsy, and eating disorders o Surgical areas include ENT, orthopaedics, plastics, ophthalmology and maxillofacial surgery
Large Child and Adolescent mental health service with inpatient units for children, adolescents and mother-baby unit
6 cubicle Paediatric Emergency Department - approx. 18,000 presentations per year

**Junior Staff**- 9 registrars; 7 working on a rotating roaster and 2 working in a combined CYMHS/paediatrics role
1 SRMO

**Senior Staff**- 5 General Paediatricians
2 Endocrinologists
1 Paediatric Neurologist

**Clinics**- 4 outpatient clinics weekly - General Paediatrics and Eating Disorders
Fortnightly diabetes clinics - Registrars attend an average of 2 clinics per week
CYMHS rotation includes mental health assessment clinics as part of a multidisciplinary team

**Education and Teaching**- Range of exposure to mental health presentations, eating disorders management, diabetes care, and tertiary level epilepsy services
Various timetabled teaching sessions and journal club each week

**Our benefits**
- Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:- Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging
A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounts on fitness memberships and health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program
Mentoring and career development opportunities
Onsite childcare, easy access via public transport, car parking and end of journey facilities for cyclists

**Work with us**-

**Claire.(Paediatric Secretary) 9496 3422**

**Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the **position description** for further details.**

**Application closing date: 19 December 2024