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The Royal Children’s Hospital has a long and proud tradition as the leading tertiary paediatric teaching hospital in Queensland.
We currently employ over 110 Senior Medical Staff in a range of capacities from Specialists to Visiting Specialists as well as over 100 Junior Medical staff covering a range of paediatric sub-specialties.
The Royal Children’s Hospital provides attractive remuneration packages for medical practitioners. For more information, visit the Medical Officer remuneration packages page.
Current vacancies are listed in the medical careers section. However if you don’t see an advertised vacancy which suits your specialty, we invite you to share your paediatric experience with us by contacting:
Clinical staff profile
As at 19 October, 2006, the Children's Health Services District's profile of clinical staff includes:
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Medical superintendent |
1 |
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Deputy Medical superintendent |
1 |
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Full time specialists |
50 |
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Visiting medical specialists |
60 |
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Fellow positions |
variable |
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Paediatric registrars |
61 |
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Paediatric Senior House Officers |
17 |
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Registrars on rotation (surgical sub-specialties, anaesthetics and radiology) |
16 |
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Resident Medical Officers on rotation (Junior House Officers / Interns) |
10 |
Specialties and subspecialties
The CHSD offers a broad range of experience in specialties and sub-specialties including
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Our expansion in services
New senior medical positions
The CHSD will ensure that its workforce continues to evolve and maintains its reputation as the State’s leading centre for tertiary paediatric care. Since June 2004, new senior specialty Medical Officer positions have been created in the areas of:
| Anaesthetics | Gastroenterology | General Paediatrics | ||
| Emergency | Endocrinology | Orthopaedics | ||
| Medical Imaging | Neurology | Neurosurgery | ||
| Paediatric Intensive Care Unit | Oncology | Child development | ||
| Rehab/Cerebral Palsy | Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect |
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Our commitments for 2006 include new positions in
Paediatric training and clinical education
Paediatric training
All aspects of paediatric basic training can be completed at the Children's Health Services District. Advanced training may also be completed depending on the requirements of the Specialist Advisory Committees of the relevant colleges including the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and the specialty surgical colleges.
We have registrar training in paediatric general surgery and in other paediatric surgical sub-specialties who rotate to the Royal Children’s Hospital under special arrangements.
Education
The CHSD encourages continuous learning in formal and informal settings.
The range of education sessions held daily include:
Medical Education Unit
The Medical Education unit’s team:
ensures that medical training complies with Royal Australian College of Physician (RACP) requirements and that
candidates are supported to achieve to their full potential.
In fact, over the past decade the District’s FRACP candidates have enjoyed a pass rate significantly higher than those achieved at other Australian sites.
University Linkages
The Children's Health Services District’s extensive linkages with Brisbane’s universities for under- and post- graduate placements support high quality student education. The University of Queensland's (UQ) Herston Medical Library on campus provides a comprehensive reference source accessible via the internet for clinical practice and research.
Joint hospital-university appointment of key District staff with the UQ’s geographically close Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, support the provision of high class services. The Centre for Online Health, UQ has been a principal catalyst for the growth of telemedicine in the District.
Collaboration with the UQ's Medicine and Science Faculties has enhanced research development in the District. The Sir Albert Sakzewski Virus Research Centre routinely enters into National Health & Medical Research Council funding rounds, investigations, and research programs with the University of Queensland.
Clinicians' Knowledge Network (CKN)
CKN provides access to basic clinical reference material, bibliographic databases and full text journal articles. CKN is available from every desktop PC in the district.
Medical Students
RCH provides opportunities for medical students to perform clinical electives in various components of paediatric medicine. These placements may include general paediatrics, emergency medicine, paediatric specialities, paediatric surgery and speciality paediatric surgery. Additionally student placement in the neonatal unit at RBWH may also be arranged.
Queensland Medical students can apply direct to the Royal Children's Hospital for clinical electives positions. Interstate and overseas students however must arrange clinical electives through the University of Queensland.
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