Consultant Cardiac Surgeon

The Royal Children's Hospital; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 420,000 - 640,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional development and special

Early Learning Centre childcare

Job summary

The Royal Children’s Hospital in Parkville, Melbourne, seeks a Consultant Congenital Cardiac Surgeon to lead paediatric cardiac procedures as primary operator and to contribute to training, research and service development. The role involves collaboration with partner sites and ongoing clinical governance, with an honorary appointment at the Royal Melbourne Hospital.

You will require several years of primary operator experience in paediatric cardiac surgery, expertise in neonatal/infant

Qualifications

• Neonatal and infant paediatric cardiac surgery expertise with years as first operator.
• Experience in adult congenital cardiac surgery.
• Willingness to participate in clinical research or trials.
• Demonstrates ethical decision making and compliance with hospital policies.

Responsibilities

• Provide highest quality clinical care to neonates, children and adults with congenital heart disease.
• Provide effective leadership aligned with department and hospital goals.
• Build collaborative relationships with surgical and transplant teams across ANZ and internationally.
• Exercise ethical decision making and comply with procedures, policies and standards.
• Train and supervise cardiac surgery registrars and Fellows.
• Participate in on-call roster at the adult partner hospital.

Skills

Neonatal/Infant cardiac surgery

First operator in paediatric cardiac

Adult congenital cardiac surgery

Clinical research participation

Education

FRACS Membership

Job description

The Hospital

The Royal Children’s Hospital’s (RCH) Vision is “A world where all kids thrive”.

The Hospital

The Royal Children’s Hospital’s (RCH) Vision is “A world where all kids thrive”.

RCH is a cornerstone member of the Melbourne Children’s Campus, partnering with Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics and The Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation.

RCH has cared for the children and young people of Victoria for more than 150 years since it was founded in 1870. A full range of paediatrics and adolescent health services are provided plus tertiary and quaternary care for the most critically ill and medically complex patients in Victoria, Tasmania, southern NSW and other states around Australia and overseas. The Hospital has more than 6,000 staff, a budget of $850M, 12 wards and 350 beds. Annually, the RCH has 300,000+ Specialist Clinic appointments, 90,000+ Emergency Department presentations and 20,000 elective surgeries.

The RCH is committed to the Child Safe Standards .

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact.

For further Information on RCH is available here .

Consultant Congenital Cardiac Surgeon

• Parkville location
• 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 perform the whole range of paediatric cardiac surgery procedures as primary operator, participate in ward and intensive care management of our patients and be responsible for the collection of clinical data. Significant involvement in training of registrars/clinical fellows, research and management of subspecialty is expected. The role also includes management of adult cardiac surgery patients with primary congenital cardiac conditions through regular engagement at partner sites in line with relevant service agreements. 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. Experience in paediatric cardiac transplantation and ventricular assist device is required and leadership / management experience would be valuable.

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 offer the opportunity to work 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 your 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, and offers of employment are conditional on successful completion of background checks including reference checks.

Applications close Monday, 23rd of November 2026