The Neonatal and Paediatric intensive care service is an integral part of the Department of Paediatrics. It is the only Level 3 neonatal intensive care service and the only Paediatric intensive care service in the State. The Neonatal/Paediatric Retrieval Service is coordinated from the Royal Hobart Hospital.

The Role

• Provide paediatric and adolescent services to inpatients and outpatients at the Royal Hobart Hospital, and outreach locations
• Take part in the general paediatric on-call roster including weekends (approximately 1:5)
• Share the adolescent in-patient roster, during business hours only (approximately 1:3) – including adolescent eating disorders, adolescent mental health, and complex adolescents with behavioural and social concerns
• Supervision of trainees (Medical students, Residents, and Registrars) in all settings
• Participate in continuous quality improvement activities including service delivery, teaching and research

Essential qualifications

• Holds specialist registration; or
• Is a registered Medical Practitioner who is an International Medical Graduate (IMG) who is on the specialist pathway; or
• Is a registered Medical Practitioner who is an International Medical Graduate (IMG) who has a recognised overseas specialist qualification and is assessed as having sufficient experience in the speciality.
• Current Tasmanian Working with Children Registration
• Applicants should note the following criteria are desirable:
• Recognition as a Paediatric and Adolescent Medicine Specialist by the completion of the Fellow of the Royal Australian College of Physicians (FRACP) training or equivalent.

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Enquiries: Dr Melissa Lambeth, Head of Department, Paediatric Medicine at melissa.lambeth@ths.tas.gov.au

Job Ad Reference: 513827

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