Developmental Paediatrician - Neonatal Neurodevelopment Clinic

Date: 24 Jun 2025

Location: 50 Flemington Rd, AU

Company: theroyalch

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, +0,000+ 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.

Developmental Paediatrician – Neonatal Medicine

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About the Role

This is a Permanent part-time position at 16 hours per fortnight within the Neonatal Medicine Department’s new neurodevelopment follow up clinic

You will be responsible for providing outpatient assessment of children who have neonatal/early life risk factors for adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes. Your assessments will focus on 2- and 5-year old children’s growth, health, and general development. Classification for this position will be based on the award.

What you’ll achieve:

Assess children for growth, general health, and development

Collaborate with other colleagues in the clinic (e.g., clinical neuropsychologists) to provide high quality care to patients and families.

Effectively communicate and cooperate with referring teams, general practitioners, community clinicians, and other external services as required.

Provide or facilitate appropriate onward referrals to hospital and/or community clinicians and services (e.g., National Disability Insurance Scheme) where therapy or further care is indicated.

Your skills and experience

Registered medical practitioner with specialist qualifications in Paediatrics

Experience in conducting medical and developmental assessment in an outpatient setting, including using structured assessment tools

Specialist experience in providing neurodevelopmental follow-up care to graduates of neonatal intensive or special care is highly desirable

If this sounds like you, click here to view the position description.

About the Department

The Department of Neonatal Medicine specialises in the management of newborn infants with surgical and complex medical conditions. We have in excess of 800 admissions per year. We recognise the importance of structured, targeted neurodevelopmental follow‐up and to this end have developed a dedicated multi‐disciplinary follow-up clinic. This clinic provides neurodevelopmental follow-up to patients with neonatal/early life risk factors for a particular focus on early childhood (e.g., 2 years of age) and early school age (e.g., 5 years of age).

What we offer:

Salary Packaging – Increase your take home pay!

Employee Assistance Program

Parkville location and close to public transport

Culture of continuous improvement

Other requirements:

Current National Criminal Record Check, or willing to obtain

Valid Working with Children Check

Compliance with RCHs “Staff Immunisation - Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases” procedure

Available on clinic day(s), either two mornings or one full day

Application process

To apply, you will need a resume and a tailored cover letter outlining your skills, experience, and suitability for the position in line with the requirements of the position description.

You must attach certified credentials and a completed “SMS Application for Appointment Form”

Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced.

For more information about this position please contact Dr Leah Hickey, Director, Neonatal Medicine, Ph:03 +345 5008 Email: leah.hickey@rch.org.au


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