Locum Paediatrician

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• Locum Paediatrician role
• Inpatient and Outpatient roles, including on-call
• Generous salary packaging benefits to increase your take-home pay

Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and state-wide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.

About the Department of Paediatrics

The Department of Paediatrics is part of the Medical and Cancer Services division. The Inpatient Paediatric Ward on 2 West is a 16-bed unit comprising medical and surgical patients with a diverse range of units involved. This includes but is not limited to; general paediatrics, endocrinology, epilepsy, eating disorders, general surgery, ENT, orthopaedics, plastics ophthalmology and maxillofacial surgery. 

The Emergency Department has a separate dedicated Paediatric Emergency area including its own waiting room, 6 cubicles, paediatric procedure room and nursing staff. Children under the age of 16 are managed in the paediatric ED.

General Paediatric clinics run throughout the week for external and internal referrals. There are separate Paediatric Diabetes clinics and a separate specialised paediatric Epilepsy Service.

About the role

General paediatrics is a broad-based multidisciplinary specialty, which provides expert diagnosis, treatment and care for infants, children and young people aged up to 18 years.

The Locum Paediatrician may be employed in inpatient (including on call) and outpatient roles.

A regular day will see you:

• Undertake clinical duties including inpatient work (on call for internal and external calls, daily ward round, working closely with inpatient clinical team, care of children admitted under Paediatric Medicine) and outpatient work (clinical consultation of referred patients, new and review with supervision of paediatric junior medical staff).
• Support, teaching and supervision of paediatric registrar team
• Teach medical students
• Participate in Unit meetings and activities.
• Demonstrate a commitment to working as a team member with peer medical, junior medical, nursing and other clinical staff to provide efficient, safe and quality care across the continuum.

About you

You will be someone who has excellent communication skills, with a strong commitment to excellence in patient care. You’ll bring energy and drive to your work, and have a keen interest in developing your skillset.

To be successful in this role, you'll bring with you:

• A commitment to Austin Health values.
• Working with Children Check.
• Demonstrated commitment to high quality patient care.
• Demonstrated commitment and ongoing activity in research and/or clinical audit activities.
• Involvement in teaching and training of medical, technical and nursing staff, including at undergraduate and post-graduate level.

Our benefits

• Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day.  Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:
• Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging benefits, for living expenses, meals and holiday accommodation
• A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounts on fitness memberships and health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program
• Mentoring and career development opportunities
• Onsite childcare, easy access via public transport, car parking and end of journey facilities for cyclists

Work with us!

We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures.

If you feel this role is right for you, we encourage your early application. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place prior to the closing date. This means we reserve the right to close a job ad prior to the advertised closing date.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: Catriona Fleming, Director of Paediatrics, Catriona.FLEMING@austin.org.au

Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the position description for further details.

Application closing date: Monday 3 November 2025