Job Description
2026 Anaesthetics - Provisional Fellow
Req ID: 3144
Posting Start Date: 09/04/2025
Work Location: The RMH Parkville (City campus) & The RMH Royal Park
The Royal Melbourne Hospital is one of Australia’s leading public healthcare providers. Join the team. Build a career. We are looking for a passionate and dedicated individual to join The Royal Melbourne Hospital.
Job Description:

UNIT DESCRIPTION:

The Division of Surgery, Perioperative, Trauma and Surgical Oncology Services encompasses a broad range of clinical services that supports both elective and emergency demand. The division consists of general and specialist surgery and includes Oncology Endocrinology, Hepatobiliary, Colorectal, Trauma & Transplant, Orthopaedic, Plastic, Head and Neck, Ear, Nose and Throat, Oral Maxillofacial, and Gastroenterology.
The Perioperative service comprises 16 operating theatres, 3 Day procedure theatres, Anaesthesia and Pain Management, Post Anaesthetic Care Unit, Day of Surgery Admission (DOSA) unit and Central Sterile Services Department. Approximately 25,000 cases are performed per annum with a combination of elective and emergency cases being performed.
The Department of Anaesthesia & Pain Management sees 18,000 adult patients per year. The service provides a 24-hour perioperative service encompassing preanaesthesia assessment, intraoperative anaesthesia and physiologic monitoring, anaesthesia for areas outside of the operating suite and an acute and chronic pain service. The service specialises in trauma medicine, neuro-anaesthesia, cardiac anaesthesia, trans-oesophageal echocardiography, malignant hyperpyrexia testing, and anaesthesia allergy testing.
A multi-disciplinary care coordination team provides evidence based best practice and continuous quality improvement. The Department is also committed to academic pursuits of clinical and laboratory research, training, and continuing education, to ensure that our knowledge, skills and abilities meet the requirements of our stakeholders in an environment of continuous change.

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If you would like more information about these positions, please contact Dr Paul Mezzavia paul.mezzavia@mh.org.au
Don’t delay. ! Recruitment is ongoing, with interviews commencing as soon as suitable candidates are received.
All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Record Check. Successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of an immunisation assessment prior to commencement.
The RMH stands in solidarity with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in work and care. We are proud to be a workplace that champions diversity, inclusion and equality for our staff and our community. Our goal is for our people to feel safe, included and supported so that they can be at their best every single day. We encourage talented people from all backgrounds, abilities, and identities to apply to our vacancies, and will consider adjustments to support such applications.

The Royal Melbourne Hospital Department of Anaesthesia & Pain Management is recruiting for Anaesthetic Provisional Fellows (ATY3) to commence 2nd February and 3rd August 2026. We offer general and specialty anaesthesia training programs, including:

• Cardiac/TOE: We are the second largest cardiothoracic service in Australia & can offer a tailored fellowship year in this area.
• Neuroanaesthesia: We undertake the largest amount of neuroanaesthesia in Australia & provide specialist fellowship training.
• Trauma: The hospital is a designated adult trauma service with a heli-pad & the department is an integral part of the trauma team, providing expertise in airway management, ventilation & resuscitation of the multi-trauma patient.
• Pain: We run an acute pain service with the Faculty of Pain Medicine accredited consultants & a chronic pain service with multidisciplinary clinics and interventional lists at our Royal Park Campus.
• MH/Allergy Testing: We provide the only malignant hyperthermia testing service in Melbourne with opportunities for those with an interest in genetic testing.
• Research Fellowship: The department is committed to the academic pursuits of clinical & laboratory research, with substantial ties to the University of Melbourne. A half research/half clinical fellowship is available.

The department of Anaesthesia is accredited for training and receives accredited trainees from the North Western rotational anaesthetic training scheme.
We also have a strong focus on Quality Assurance/Improvement with multiple projects in development and ongoing. Our department is coordinating the development of our Perioperative Medical Unit and prospective provisional fellows would have the opportunity to be actively involved in this project.