About Northern Health:

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 is located in the rapidly growing northern suburbs with projected growth the biggest in the state. With a booming, culturally rich and diverse community, and less than an hour’s drive from the CBD, Melbourne’s North is fast becoming the place to be!

The Role: Paediatric Community Registrars – 2025.

Come and join the Paediatric team at Northern Health, and gain fantastic exposure to Community Paediatric medicine in one of Melbourne’s rapidly growing northern growth corridor. 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.

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.

Paediatric Community Registrar positions:

This is an exciting opportunity to have Paediatric Community Registrars to work in an outreach service to the outer Northern suburbs of Melbourne commencing August 2025. Registrars will be assigned to either Craigieburn Community Health or Kilmore District Health Service as their main hospital, with outreach clinics in Nexus Health and Mitchell Shire MCHN to surrounding peripheral sites.

The successful applicants will partake in clinics such as:

Northern Autism Spectrum Disorder Assessment Clinics (NASDAC)
- a multidisciplinary service (in conjunction with speech therapists, occupational therapists and psychologists) for ADOS assessments
Multi-Disciplinary Assessment Clinics (MDAC)
- a multidisciplinary service (in conjunction with speech therapists, occupational therapists and psychologists) for general developmental assessments
Community Out of Home care Clinics
Developmental & Behavioural clinics
General Paediatric Clinics
There will also be opportunities to visit local Special Developmental Schools

Trainees will be provided both onsite supervision as well as sufficient remote supervision for independent clinical practice. Significant non-clinical time is rostered to allow for education and training, as well weekly opportunity to join the Royal Children’s Hospital Community and Child Health (CCCH) Education program.

Applicants should be suitably qualified to perform at the level of a senior paediatric registrar. The applicant should have, at a minimum, completed Basic Training through the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, successfully completed the FRACP written and clinical examination (or equivalent). Excellent communication skills are essential. Preference will be given to applicants who are second or third year advanced trainees in general paediatrics, and those with a particular interest in working with culturally and linguistically diverse communities. Applicants must be currently registered with AHPRA and hold medical indemnity insurance

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 as an Advanced Paediatric training through RACP under either General Paediatric or Community Paediatric SAC
The Staff Immunisation Questionnaire must be completed by all new employees as part of the mandatory on-boarding process. New employees are not permitted to undertake any activity that requires patient contact prior to clearance by the Staff Immunisation Nurses; this also includes evidence of having the Flu vaccination on a yearly basis. New employees with contra-indications to vaccinations or who decline vaccination are required to attend a face to face consultation with the Immunisation Nurses for appropriate documentation of their contraindications or declination. This must be completed PRIOR to commencing any work with Northern Health.

For further details, please refer to the Position Description or alternatively contact:

A/Prof Wei Qi Fan - Head of Neonatal Unit via WeiQi.Fan@nh.org.au

Dr Rami Subhi - Head of Paediatric Unit via Rami.Subhi3@nh.org.au

Applications close 3 July 2025

Why work at the Northern Health?

We offer a range of benefits to support and reward staff both personally and professionally, which includes:

Health and Wellbeing programs
Flexibility in the workplace and extra leave options and support
An inclusive and culturally safe space
State of the art facilities and campus partnerships
A commitment to ongoing professional development through our ‘Learning Labs’
Access to salary packaging, EAP and our online library

Work with us! Northern Health is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce which reflects the community we serve. Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, as well as applicants who are LGBTIQA+, who have different abilities, or are from culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds are encouraged.

All employees of Northern Health must comply with the health service’s Staff Health / Workforce Immunisation procedure (as amended from time to time) together with any relevant State Government and Departmental directives. This requires all employees to be vaccinated for various diseases such as but not limited to influenza.

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