Paediatric Cardiology General Fellow (Aug. 2025)The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) is located within the Melbourne Biomedical Precinct, with more than 45 world-class biomedical organisations and more than 50,000 of the brightest minds working together to make the Precinct number one in the Asia Pacific region for health, education, research, and training.
Within this, RCH is also 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.
Each organisation contributes to a paediatric academic health centre which is greater than the sum of its parts.
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 paediatric 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 RCH is the only provider of heart transplant services and CAR T-cell therapy for paediatrics in Australia.
RCH is an effective advocate for patients and their families with a particular focus on vulnerable children and increasingly, mental health in young people.
The hospital also supports many health promotion and prevention programs.
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.
Applications are now open for the position of Cardiology Paediatric General Fellow to commence from August 2025.
This position will be available for a 12-month term at full time.
The Cardiology Department at The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) provides a diagnostic and treatment service for patients referred with actual, or suspected, heart disease.
The service comprises outpatient facilities, inpatient provision, a comprehensive range of non-invasive investigational facilities, cardiac catheterisation and angiography with a range of interventional cardiology procedures.
Our goal is to ensure that all infants and children born with heart defects, or acquiring heart disease during childhood, have access to effective diagnostic and treatment facilities and are given the best possible chance of enjoying a full and healthy life.
RCH is committed to 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.
The RCH is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce.
We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds, all members of the LGBTQI community and people with disability. All applicants please be aware that in line with the Chief Health Officer's Directions, all hospital employees must have received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccination, or be able to provide evidence that they have a vaccination appointment booked in.
Applicants will be required to provide their Australian Government COVID-19 vaccination Certificate, it is a requirement of the RCH to collect, record and hold vaccination information.
Are you ready to join our team? Apply online by clicking on the "Apply now" button.
Applications close Friday, 31 January 2025.
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