2022 Neonatal Registar/Registrar
Fixed Term/Full Time Positions
6 or 12 months (Commencing 7th February 2022 or 8th August 2022)
The Women’s is Australia’s leading independent specialist hospital for women dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of women of all ages and cultures, and newborn babies. The Women’s is a major teaching hospital with strong affiliations to the University of Melbourne, with research and education integral to its role.
Registrars and HMOs work as part of a multidisciplinary team within the Neonatal Intensive and Special Care Nursery. The HMOs/Registrars, supported by neonatal fellows and consultants, also attends high risk birth and provide input for patients on the postnatal ward and babies born at the Royal Women’s Hospital who return for assessment to the Women’s Emergency Department. While working alongside trainees from the Victorian Paediatric Training Program, positions at the RWH are non-accredited for basic paediatric training unless trainees are on secondment from the Paediatric Training Program. Positions taken by RACP advanced paediatric trainees are accredited (after approval by the DPE) as the RWH is an accredited training site.
Each registrar/HMO will have a consultant neonatologist nominated to be his/her mentor/educational supervisor during their employment. Neonatal Fellows are on site 24 hours per day to provide support and clinical assistance.
There is a close working relationship with the Obstetric Department and the paediatric subspecialties based at the Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH).
This position offers an active education program with a focus on clinical education and research; participation in quality audits and research is encouraged and supported. Please note that basic training will only be acknowledge and accredited by the RACP for positions obtained centrally through application and interview with the Victorian Paediatric Training Program. These posts, whilst providing the same clinical exposure, teaching and learning, mentoring and supervision for all staff, cannot be used towards accredited neonatal training as per RACP basic paediatric training program. Advanced paediatric trainees can apply for positions posted here; after review and approval by a RACP Director of Physician Education (DPE) the time as a registrar at the RWH will be accredited for advanced paediatric training.
About You
These positions in neonatal paediatrics are suitable for doctors (aspiring paediatricians, obstetricians, anaesthetists or emergency trainees) with previous neonatal experience, however this is not essential. The level of experience and training status will determine if successful candidates are appointed at the HMO or Registrar Level. This position offers an active education program with a focus on research and participation in research is encouraged and supported; those appointed at the level of registrar are strongly encouraged to engage in an audit or research project in accordance with their position description.
The Classification and Salary scale will be dependent on experience and you will be appointed and in accordance to the AMA Victoria – Victorian Public Health Sector – Doctors in Training Enterprise Agreement 2018-2021.
For further enquiries on these positions, please contact the Medical Workforce Unit **********
Short listed applicants will be contacted by email and invited to attend an Interview which is yet to be determined - further updates will be posted when information comes to hand.
Our offering
When you join the Women’s you unite with talented people who share your purpose and unwavering determination to advance health outcomes for all women. You will find a workplace that is collaborative, progressive and passionate about learning and working together in multi-disciplinary teams to ensure you find the exceptional in your everyday.
Our staff benefits program includes salary packaging, on-site car parking and childcare (subject to availability), alongside a range of discounted financial, lifestyle and well being benefits provided by our staff benefit partners. To learn more, please visit: www.thewomens.org.au/careers/why-work-at-the-womens/staff-benefits/
We are proudly White Ribbon and Breastfeeding Association accredited. The Women’s is committed to gender equity principles and our people have an awareness of and sensitive approach to violence against women/family violence matters.
The Women’s is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and social inclusion. We welcome applications from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, including those from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islanders, people with lived experience of disability and people who identify as LGBTI.
To apply
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**All employment with the Women’s is subject to and conditional upon a satisfactory clearance of Working with Children Check and Police Check.
