2025 Advanced Trainee/Fellow in Anaesthesia

at  The Royal Childrens Hospital

Date: 14 Mar 2024
Location: 50 Flemington Rd, AU
Company: theroyalch
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 Pediatrics 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 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 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 available here.
Advanced Trainee/Fellow in Paediatric Anaesthesia: 6-month or 12-month post
The Department of Paediatric Anaesthesia and Pain Management at the Royal Children’s Hospital has an annual turnover of 20,000 general anaesthetics, 2000 acute pain consultations and 200 chronic pain management consultations. The Department is staffed by 27 full time, 10 sessional specialist paediatric anaesthetists, 12 advanced trainees/fellows in paediatric anaesthesia and 9 anaesthesia registrars. There are 35 anaesthesia technologists who assist the anaesthetists.
Six-month positions: these positions are suitable for those wishing to consolidate their paediatric anaesthesia skills and ultimately work in a general hospital environment where healthy children undergo surgery and anaesthesia. These positions may also be suitable for anaesthetists who need more specialised paediatric experience before pursuing a career as a specialist paediatric anaesthetist. Six-month positions start on either 5/02/25 or 5/08/25.
Twelve-month positions: these positions are suitable for those anaesthetists intending to become specialist paediatric anaesthetists. Four of these positions involve a three-month rotation to neonatal intensive care and two positions involve a six-month term in paediatric intensive care. The starting time for the twelve month position is 5/02/25 but consideration will be given for a start on 5/08/25.

The Advanced Paediatric Anaesthesia Training Program includes:

• General paediatric anaesthesia
• Paediatric anaesthesia sub-specialties:eg Craniofacial surgery, neurosurgery, urological surgery, major orthopaedic surgery, cardiac surgery, and cardiac, liver and renal transplantation
• Acute pain management (ward rounds and out of hours cover)

An active anaesthesia teaching program is provided for all advanced trainees which includes:

• 4-hour tutorial every second week designed for advanced trainees (on a 6 month cycle)general departmental education meeting for ½ hour per week

• Advanced trainees will be expected to participate in the out of hours roster.
  Applicants must have passed their ANZCA final examination or equivalent by June 2024.
  Consideration will be given to anaesthetists who are post ANZCA fellowship, provided they can demonstrate a commitment and suitable plan for a career in paediatric anaesthesia.
  Candidates applying from outside the ANZCA system will be expected to have a minimum of similar training (ie 4 years of accredited full-time anaesthetic training and completion of basic paediatric anaesthesia training).
  Assessment for this position will include personal CV and references as well as the planned application of the paediatric anaesthesia training to the individual’s career path.
  Please note that the successful applicant must undergo a police and working with children check. In addition, all International Medical Graduate applicants will need to refer to the AHPRA website to ensure they have passed the necessary English language test https://www.ahpra.gov.au/Registration/Registration-Standards/English-language-skills.aspx
  For a detailed position description, please click here.
  Requests for further information should be emailed to cathi.taylor@rch.org.au.

Please refer the Job description for details