Intensive Care Consultant

The Hospital:

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 available here.

Intensive Care Consultant

• Commencing September 2025

• 1.0 EFT, Ongoing

The Royal Children’s Hospital seeks applications for an Intensive Care Consultant to join the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit.

The Hospital:

The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) provides specialist paediatric healthcare to the children of Victoria, Tasmania, southern NSW and parts of South Australia; and is the designated state-wide provider of services including paediatric trauma, rehabilitation and forensic medicine. As a national quaternary centre for complex cardiac surgery and organ transplantation, the RCH cares for the sickest children from around Australia. There are active clinical postgraduate programs and extensive research facilities within the hospital, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and the University of Melbourne available for the successful applicants. Further information about RCH is available at www.rch.org.au

The Role: Intensive Care Consultant

The Paediatric Intensive Care Unit at The Royal Children’s Hospital is a high-acuity quaternary ICU with combined cardiac and general unit. It also delivers statewide emergency care and leadership through the Paediatric Infant Perinatal Emergency Retrieval (PIPER) service, with paediatric retrieval staffed by PICU clinicians. We are seeking a dynamic and collaborative Paediatric Intensivist to join a team of 17 specialists providing the full spectrum of paediatric intensive care, including participation in the PIPER-Paediatrics roster.

The successful applicant(s) will demonstrate excellence in general and cardiac paediatric intensive care, with the ability to lead multidisciplinary team members in a complex quaternary ICU setting. They will contribute to interdepartmental collaboration, interdisciplinary education, and system development at both hospital and statewide levels. A key non-clinical focus will be supporting capability-building in regional and rural settings, and advancing Victoria’s paediatric emergency transport system through collaboration with PIPER and referring hospitals—improving clinical standards, guiding transfer decisions, and delivering structured outreach, education, and system-level initiatives.

Applicants must hold Fellowship of the College of Intensive Care Medicine (FCICM) and be eligible for medical registration in Victoria. Substantial experience in general paediatric intensive care, in particular the care of complex trauma and in neurocritical care, oncology and bone marrow transplant patients, and in newborn and paediatric transport, is essential. Dual paediatric and adult ICU experience is desirable. A demonstrated strong commitment to training, quality improvement, and research are highly regarded. Prior experience in simulation-based education, particularly in transport medicine, would be an advantage.

Other information and how to apply:

Applicants must apply online attaching certified credentials and a completed “Senior Medical Staff Application for Appointment Form”.

Note, interviews may be conducted before final advertisement closure.

For further information please see position description on the RCH website or contact A/Prof Tom Rozen, Director of PICU on (03) 9345 5224 or [email protected]

Why work at the RCH?

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact. We offer the opportunity to work in world-class facilities, surrounded by Royal Park and only a short tram trip from the heart of Melbourne city.

We also offer discounted staff parking, salary packaging, and an award-winning health and wellbeing program.

The RCH is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse background, all members of the LGBTQI community and people with disability.

It is a requirement of your employment that you be vaccinated against Influenza annually for Category A and B roles, in compliance with any public health orders in place at the relevant time, unless you have a medical exception in line with those public health orders, which has been accepted by The Royal Children’s Hospital. Applicants will be required to provide their Australian Government Immunisation History Statement, it is a requirement of the RCH to collect, record and hold vaccination information.

It is also a requirement of your employment that you comply with any direction given by The Royal Children’s Hospital that you be vaccinated against, or prove immunity to, any other disease, unless you have a relevant exemption