The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne – Parkville VIC

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The Royal Children's Hospital’s (RCH) Vision is “A world where all kids thrive”.

RCH is 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.

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 paediatrics 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 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.

The RCH is committed to the Child Safe Standards.

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact.

For further Information on RCH is availablehere.

Consultant Congenital Cardiac Surgeon

- Senior leadership opportunity
- Challenging and rewarding work environment

About the Role:

This is a Full time Consultant position within the Department of Cardiac Surgery at the Royal Children’s Hospital with honorary appointment at the Royal Melbourne Hospital.

You’ll perform the whole range of paediatric cardiac surgery procedures as primary operator,



participate in ward and intensive care management of our patients and be responsible for the collection of clinical data. Significant involvement in training of registrars/clinical fellows, research and management of subspecialty is expected. The role also includes management of adult cardiac surgery patients with primary congenital cardiac conditions through regular engagement at partner sites in line with relevant service agreements.

You will be technically competent in the skills of neonatal and infant paediatric cardiac surgery. Several years of experience as primary operator in paediatric cardiac surgery is required as well as training and experience adult congenital cardiac surgery.

Experience in paediatric cardiac transplantation and ventricular assist device is required and leadership / management experience would be valuable.

What you’ll achieve:

- Providing the highest quality clinical care to neonates, infants, children, and teenagers and adult patients with congenital heart disease
- Providing effective leadership in line with the Department’s, the Division’s and the Hospital’s strategic goals.
- Building and maintaining collaborative relationships with relevant stakeholders,



including surgical and medical cardiac and transplant teams across ANZ and internationally.
- Ethical decision making to assist in the achievements of organisational goals, comply with and utilise procedures, policies, regulations & standards of the Royal Children’s Hospital.
- Training and supervision of cardiac surgery registrars and Fellows

Participate in the on-call roster in adult partner hospital

Your skills and experience:

- The Candidate must be technically expert in the skills of neonatal and infant paediatric cardiac surgery. Several years of experience as first operator in paediatric cardiac surgery is required as well as experience in adult cardiac surgery, especially for congenital cardiac conditions.
- The Candidate will participate in clinical research or clinical trial.
- The Candidate will demonstrate ethical decision making in achievements of organisational goals. Comply with and utilize procedures, policies, regulations & standards of the Royal Children’s Hospital.
- The Candidate will be required to participate in the Cardiac Surgery weekly review and planning meeting, Combined Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery Conference, monthly Mortality & Morbidity Meeting, ICU daily access meeting, ECHO weekly meeting, research meetings, weekly grand rounds and daily ward rounds.

About The Cardiac Surgery Department:

The Cardiac Surgery Department at the RCH is the sole provider of care for paediatric cardiac surgery for Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Northern Territory. The Cardiac Surgery Department performs over 530 open heart su

📌 Consultant Cardiac Surgeon (Melbourne)
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