As an organisation we have a clear focus on how we service and partner with our community, including our strategy of helping the community stay well when at home. Our reputation of community minded, inclusive and progressive is matched to none.

Northern Health are seeking applications from motivated and suitably experienced Paediatric Registrar to join the Paediatric team.

Northern Health is the major provider of acute, maternity, sub-acute, mental health, specialist, community and home-based services in Melbourne's rapidly growing outer north.

Services are provided through our six main campuses:

Northern Hospital Epping, Broadmeadows Hospital, Bundoora Centre, Craigieburn and Mernda Community Hospitals Centres and Kilmore District Hospital. In addition, Mental Health Services are provided at Epping, Broadmeadows, Jacana, Preston, Mill Park, Mernda and Coburg.

About the Role:

Come and join the Paediatric team at Northern Health and gain fantastic exposure to Paediatric medicine in one of Melbourne's rapidly growing northern growth corridors. Northern Health provides healthcare to a population of over 580,000 people and in the Paediatric Department we care for general paediatric medical and neonatal patients.

The service includes:

- A very busy Paediatric Emergency Department that sees approximately 25,000 Paediatric patients per year with designated Paediatric emergency medicine consultant supervision. The Paediatric ED is accredited for PEM training and for acute training under RACP Advanced General Paediatric stream
- A Neonatal Unit with twenty-one cots, which provides high dependency neonatal care with a level five capability. There is always a neonatologist covering, and we manage TPN, chest drainage and ROP screening. There are more than 3,600 infants born annually by the obstetric service
- A Children's Unit containing twenty-two beds and caters for paediatric medical and paediatric surgical patients. There are plans on establishing a Paediatric HDU in the Children's ward.





Northern Health is committed to medical education & training through the Teaching, Training & Research Precinct - a joint venture with The University of Melbourne, La Trobe University and the Victorian and Commonwealth Governments.

There are general Paediatric consultants and consultant neonatologists that provide daily ward rounds and supervision. Visiting specialists provide outpatient services in respiratory medicine, neurology, genetics, allergy and rheumatology. The paediatric unit is an excellent setting to learn General Paediatrics and Neonatal Medicine. Registrars are involved in admitting patients from ED, attending high-risk newborn deliveries and reviewing infants on the post-natal ward with close supervision and support. The registrars have opportunities to attend daily consultant led outpatient clinics. The unit has regular dedicated rostered paediatric and neonatal teaching sessions for registrars and HMOs as well as a weekly paediatric unit clinical meeting.

Northern Health is an RACP accredited secondment site for Basic Paediatric Training and a training site for Advanced Paediatric Training (General Paediatrics with Perinatal component).

Northern Health Paediatric Registrar jobs that will be available include:

- 6 or 12 months General Paediatric rotations- Covering Paediatric Ward, Neonatal ward and Paediatric outpatient clinics
- 6- or 12-months Paediatric Community rotations- Based at either Craigieburn Community Hospital, Kilmore District Hospital or Mernda Community Hospital
- 6- or 12-months Paediatric ED rotations.

To be successful in this role you will have:

- Medical registration with the Medical Board of Australia under the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
- Current National Police and Working with Children History Check
- Enrolled into Paediatric Training through RACP as either a Continuing basic trainee or Advanced Paediatric trainee.

Please note: Part time arrangements will also be considered.

Dr David Tran Director of Women's and Children's via ***********@nh.org.au

Dr Rami Subhi - Head of Paediatric Unit via ***********@nh.org.au

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