Title: 2026 Paediatric Registrar
Requisition ID: 4374
Location: Eastern Health, VIC, AU, 3128
Job Posting Date: 23 Sept 2025
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2026 Paediatric Registrar
- Limited Term Full Time | 6 or 12 months (combined positions are 12 months contract)
- Rotate through Box Hill Hospital and Angliss Hospital
- Partner in care at a leading health service
You must additionally apply for this position via VPAT Victorian Paediatric Advanced Training web site http://www.vprat.org/
Eastern Health
Eastern Health is one of Melbourne’s largest public health services. We provide a range of emergency, surgical, medical and general healthcare services and have a proud history of serving a diverse community.
Our Healthier Together promise underpins our strategic plan – which is to serve the growing and changing needs of our community and to care about and develop our staff. We believe our people make the difference.
About the role
Paediatric Registrars at Eastern Health will rotate through Box Hill Hospital and Angliss Hospital. Paediatric Registrars are supported by friendly, enthusiastic paediatric consultants 24hours, 7 days a week. The busy units provide experiences including acute assessment, emergency paediatric medicine, inpatient general paediatrics, eating disorders, and neonatal medicine. There is ample opportunities for clinics in General Paediatrics, Eating Disorder Clinic, Neurology, Developmental Assessment, Allergy and Dermatology.
Box Hill Hospital is accredited by the RACP as a secondment hospital for basic trainees (rotated through the Victorian Basic Paediatric Training Consortium) and for Advanced training in General Paediatrics with perinatal component.
Angliss Hospital is accredited for Advanced training in General Paediatrics with perinatal component.
Trainee Positions
6 or 12 months (combined positions are 12 months contract)
- 2 x Eastern Health General Paeds 6months / Monash Newborn 6months
- 2 x Eastern Health General Paeds 6months / Eastern Health CYMHS 6months
- 8.5 x Eastern Health General Paediatrics
- 1 part time Eastern Health Senior Paediatric Registrar
Trainee Level
Preferably Advanced Trainee. Will consider Continuing Basic Trainee, Paediatric Emergency Medicine Trainee and Internal Medical Graduate with sufficient experience in neonatal care and emergency paediatrics.
Roster and on-call
Rotating roster 24/7 through paediatric ward, SCN, emergency department, outpatients.
Protected teaching time.
Wards
Box Hill Hospital:
- 16 paediatric beds (Paediatric Medicine, Eating Disorder, Paediatric Surgery, ENT, Orthopaedic, Plastic)
- 12 bed level 4 SCN (2700 deliveries per year)
- Very busy emergency Department
Angliss Hospital
- 8 paediatric beds (SSU/CDU)
- 8 bed level 3 SCN (2300 deliveries per year)
- Busy emergency department
Junior Staff
- 12 residents (7 at Box Hill, 5 at Angliss)
- 16 registrars: 13 registrars appointed by Eastern Health, 2 x Victorian Basic Paediatric Training Consortium Registrars, 1 Rotating Registrar from RCH. (VBPTC and rotating registrars not appointed through this process)
- 1 part-time senior Registrar
Senior Staff
- 20 senior medical staff
Clinics
All outpatient clinics have direct consultant supervision.
- General Paediatrics clinics
- Neurology Clinic
- Developmental Assessment Clinic
- Eating Disorder clinic
- Allergy Clinic
- Dermatology Clinic
Education and Teaching
- Protected weekly teaching session
- Additional educational session
- Case presentation
- Radiology meeting
- M&M;
Medical student and HMO teaching
About you
To be successful in this role you will possess:
- Current registration with AHPRA
- Highly developed interpersonal and leadership experience
- A strong commitment to high quality care
- The ability to work as part of a diverse team
- Excellent communication and organisational skills
Healthcare workers are strongly recommended to follow COVID vaccination recommendations provided in the Australian Immunisation handbook (based on ATAGI advice). Seasonal vaccination against influenza is a mandatory requirement of this role and an offer is conditional on this being up to date prior to employment.
What we offer
Eastern Health offers a variety of fantastic Employee Benefits, view the extensive range here!
- Mentor and Shadowing program
- Access to discovery days across our 50 sites
- Study and professional development leave
- Friendly & supportive teams
- Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
- Fitness Passport for work-life balance
- Employee Assistance program accessible for you and your loved ones
- Flexible working hours and excellent entitlements
- Salary packaging options and an employee benefits scheme
- Access to Private Health Insurance offers
- Digital upskilling, such as excel and Power-Bi training
- Cafes at all of our Hospitals
Next Steps
Apply online if you feel we are a good match, you have the skills and qualities to make a difference, and are eligible to work in Australia.
We review all applications when we receive them, and we notify unsuccessful candidates.
If you are shortlisted, we will be in touch to arrange an interview, and you must complete a National Police Check.
Good to know:
- We are an equal opportunity employer and actively promote equality for people of all races, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, and for people living with disability – within the communities we serve and our Eastern Health team.
- We provide a culturally safe and welcoming environment for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander employees.
- As a child-safe organisation, we ensure child safety and wellbeing is embedded in our everyday culture.
- Vaccination and screening for immunity to vaccine-preventable disease is a mandatory requirement of this role.
- Advertising may end before the closing date.
- We do not accept recruitment agency application
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Please
Contact Person: Tracy Waller
Contact Number: 9895 3469
Contact Email: docsgoeast@easternhealth.org.au
Job Posting End Date: 23/10/2025
Need help submitting your application?
Just contact the Hiring Manager in the advertisement or call the Talent Acquisition Team on (03) 9955 7555 (Option 1) | Medical Workforce Unit on (03) 9895 3469. [TA for Non Medical roles, MWU for Medical roles]
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📌 2026 Paediatric Registrar
🏢 Eastern Health
📍 Box Hill