Consultant Cardiac Surgeon

Royal Children's Hospital; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional development and special

Early Learning Centre childcare

Job summary

The Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne invites applications for a Full-Time Consultant Congenital Cardiac Surgeon in the Department of Cardiac Surgery. The role requires several years as the primary operator in paediatric cardiac surgery, with expertise in neonatal and infant cases and adult congenital procedures.

You will lead clinical care, supervise registrars, participate in multi-disciplinary meetings, and contribute to world-class patient outcomes while maintaining research activity

Qualifications

• Must be technically expert in neonatal and infant paediatric cardiac surgery.
• Several years of lead operator experience in paediatric cardiac surgery.
• Experience in adult congenital cardiac surgery.
• Willingness to participate in research or clinical trials.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality clinical care for paediatric and congenital heart patients.
• Lead and mentor registrars and fellows.
• Participate in weekly meetings and on-call roster.
• Collaborate with transplant teams and international colleagues.
• Ensure compliance with hospital procedures and policies.

Skills

Neonatal/infant paediatric cardiac

First operator in paediatric cardiac

Adult congenital cardiac surgery

Clinical research participation

Education

FRACS Membership or equivalent

Job description

Occupation: Medicine, nursing and midwifery

Reference: 15523

Consultant Congenital Cardiac Surgeon

• Senior leadership opportunity
• Challenging and rewarding work environment

About the Role

This is a Full-Time Consultant position within the Department of Cardiac Surgery at the Royal Children’s Hospital with honorary appointment at the Royal Melbourne Hospital.

You will be technically competent in the skills of neonatal and infant paediatric cardiac surgery. Several years of experience as primary operator in paediatric cardiac surgery is required as well as training and experience adult congenital cardiac surgery.

What you’ll achieve

• Providing the highest quality clinical care to neonates, infants, children, and teenagers and adult patients with congenital heart disease
• Providing effective leadership in line with the Department’s, the Division’s and the Hospital’s strategic goals.
• Building and maintaining collaborative relationships with relevant stakeholders, including surgical and medical cardiac and transplant teams across ANZ and internationally.
• Ethical decision making to assist in the achievements of organisational goals, comply with and utilise procedures, policies, regulations & standards of the Royal Children’s Hospital.
• Training and supervision of cardiac surgery registrars and Fellows
• Participate in the on-call roster in adult partner hospital

Your skills and experience

• The Candidate must be technically expert in the skills of neonatal and infant paediatric cardiac surgery. Several years of experience as first operator in paediatric cardiac surgery is required as well as experience in adult cardiac surgery, especially for congenital cardiac conditions.
• The Candidate will participate in clinical research or clinical trial.
• The Candidate will demonstrate ethical decision making in achievements of organisational goals. Comply with and utilize procedures, policies, regulations & standards of the Royal Children’s Hospital.
• The Candidate will be required to participate in the Cardiac Surgery weekly review and planning meeting, Combined Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery Conference, monthly Mortality & Morbidity Meeting, ICU daily access meeting, ECHO weekly meeting, research meetings, weekly grand rounds and daily ward rounds.

About The Cardiac Surgery Department

The Cardiac Surgery Department at the RCH is the sole provider of care for paediatric cardiac surgery for Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Northern Territory. The Cardiac Surgery Department performs over 530 open heart surgeries a year. It holds the Nationally Funded Centre for paediatric cardiac transplantation and this includes a large program for LVAD and ECMO.

As one of the leading paediatric cardiac surgery programs in the world, our care relies on and includes clinical and technical excellence, innovation, clinical and experimental research and teaching of younger generations of surgeons. In partnership with the Royal Melbourne Hospital, it treats patients with congenital heart disease beyond their transition to adult care.

What we offer

• Professional development and special events
• Early Learning Centre childcare

Other requirements

• The successful candidate must currently hold a consultant position in a paediatric cardiac surgery unit and hold a FRACS Membership or equivalent college recognised qualification.
• 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

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 offerthe opportunity towork in world-class facilities, surrounded by Royal Park and only a short tram trip from the heart of Melbourne city.

We also offer staff benefits such as 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,andoffers of employment are conditional on successful completion of background checks including reference checks.

For more information about this position please contact Christian Brizard, Director of Cardiac Surgery - [e-mail] or Phone [phone]

Are you ready to join our team?

Applications close Monday, 23rd of November 2026

Applications close Monday 23 November 2026 at 11.59pm