- Diverse general paediatric and special care nursery caseload with direct subspecialty liaison
- Team-oriented multidisciplinary department offering tertiary outreach backing and trainee teaching
- Relaxed regional lifestyle featuring short daily commutes, excellent schooling, and vibrant community living

Where you’ll be working
In this permanent role, you will join an established paediatric department within a major regional referral hospital providing comprehensive care to children, adolescents, and newborns. Working alongside consultant colleagues, registrars, and specialised nursing staff, you will oversee a busy inpatient unit, active outpatient clinics, and a Level 3 Special Care Nursery supporting high-risk deliveries. Neonatal medicine forms a substantial and rewarding component of the practice, supported by structured pathways with tertiary paediatric networks and neonatal retrieval teams. You will benefit from regular visiting tertiary subspecialty clinics, an experienced community allied health team for developmental medicine, and protected time to supervise trainees and contribute to clinical governance.

Where you’ll be living
Outside the hospital, this thriving regional city offers an enviable balance of country warmth and contemporary convenience, making it an ideal setting to raise a family. Finishing your shift means arriving home in minutes without the delays of metropolitan traffic, leaving ample time to enjoy extensive sporting clubs, parklands, and local cultural events. The community is well served by quality public and independent schooling options, diverse retail and dining precincts, and reliable regional airport links to capital cities. Surrounding national parks, scenic lookouts,



and recreational waterways provide abundant opportunities for outdoor adventures on your days off.

Salary
This permanent position provides a base salary ranging from $186,241 to $229,825 per annum, plus 12% superannuation. The comprehensive employment package includes generous private practice arrangements, a dedicated training, education and study leave (TESL) allowance, salary packaging benefits, and applicable on-call allowances. Inclusive of all allowances on top of the base rate, the estimated total remuneration package ranges between $285,000 and $415,000 per annum.

Requirements
Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of Physicians (FRACP) or equivalent.
SIMG Physicians with substantial comparability or eligibility for the AHPRA expedited registration pathway are encouraged to apply.

About us
Elective Recruitment is a leading medical recruitment agency specialising in permanent and fixed-term doctor jobs across Australia. We connect doctors with carefully selected career opportunities across Australia, helping medical professionals find roles that align with their career goals, lifestyle and long-term plans.

We work with paediatric services in metropolitan, regional and rural locations, giving padiatricians access to opportunities across a range of clinical environments.

Our focus is simple: create great careers, better lifestyles and lasting value for doctors and the health services we work with. With specialist knowledge of the Australian medical workforce and a consultative approach to recruitment, we’re here to help you find the right permanent or fixed-term medical job for where you want your career to go.

For access to Specialist Paediatrician jobs in Australia join our network today.

For a confidential discussion contact the Elective Recruitment Team at +61 2 9137 4300, or apply now!

📌 Consultant Paediatrician (New South Wales)
🏢 Elective Recruitment
📍 New South Wales