A one stop guide to General Paediatric registrar positions in Victoria

Bayside Health - Peninsula University Hospital

Trainee Positions

Senior Registrar / Fellow - General Paediatrics - 6 or 12 months

   - This role is a leadership role for a senior paediatric trainee.  The role provides an opportunity to develop and support engagement, morale, education and welfare for the junior paediatric medical staff.

   - The Senior Registrar will focus on addressing key local challenges and priorities which may include some of the following:

   - coordinate support for registrar and HMO group, orientation, unit education, registrar portfolio supervision

   - assist with coordinating quality and safety portfolio, improvement project opportunities, guidelines development opportunities

   - leadership role on ward rounds

   - providing a bridge between clinical director, senior clinical leads, supervisors and wider trainee workforce to improve communication, engagement and morale

   - advocate for the registrar group and provide timely feedback on matters to the department head

General Paediatric Registrar positions - 6 or 12 moths

    -  Accredited for General Paediatrics (with perinatal component)

Combined General Paediatrics / Community Registrar positions - 12 months only

    -  May be offered in either order; 6 months in each position

Community Paediatrics Registrar positions - 6 or 12 months

 

Part time / job-share opportunities available

Trainee Level

  • Advanced trainees preferred for all positions.

  • Will consider continuing basic trainees, paediatric emergency medicine trainees, and international medical graduates with sufficient experience in neonatal care and emergency paediatrics.

  • Must be a Paediatric Advanced Trainee for Senior Registrar position.

Contact

  • Dr Lisa Barrow  (03) 9784 8329
  • Kim - PA for Paediatrics  (03) 9784 8329

Roster and on-call

  • Registrars participate in a 7-day rotating roster including children's ward, SCN, WHU, and ED.  The registrar also works across a variety of clinics.
  • Community Fellow will also be required to work across the above areas and participates in weekend and on-call

Wards

  • 12 paediatric beds (~2600 admissions per annum)

  • 12 bed level 4 SCN (~2500 births per annum)

  • Busy paediatric emergency department

Junior Staff

  • 9 HMOs
  • 11 Registrars
  • 3 Community Fellows

Senior Staff

  • 28 senior consultant paediatricians including general paediatricians, developmental paediatricians, and visiting subspecialists

Clinics 

  • Wide range of outpatient clinics including:

    - General Paediatrics

    - Behavioural and Developmental

    - Neurology

    - Respiratory

    - Gynaecology

    - Continence

    - Diabetes

    - Dermatology

Education and Teaching

Paediatric Registrars are required to attend 5 hours protected teaching every Wednesday morning

Community Registrars are required to attend CCCH teaching Wednesday afternoons

Monthly M&M teaching

Xray meetings

Opportunities to complete NeoResus

Pay

  • As per award 

Accessibility

    Peninsula University Hospital (formally Frankston Hospital) was recently completed in early 2026 and provides excellent, new facilities for the adolescent, paediatric and neonatal population on the Mornington Peninsula.

    Our newly expanded paediatric department provides samples supervision and opportunities for paediatric trainees.  With a bust SCN and paediatric ward, registrars will gain experience in a wide range of general paediatrics, including exposure to sub-specialties in outpatients as well as attending deliveries and newborn resuscitation.  

    Peninsula University Hospital offers rotations in General Paediatrics with a perinatal component and Community Paediatrics providing exposure to behavioural and developmental paediatrics.  We are accredited for Basic and Advanced Training.