Infectious Diseases Consultant

Royal Children's Hospital; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 250,000 - 350,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discounted staff parking

Salary packaging

Health & wellbeing program

Job summary

The Royal Children’s Hospital Infectious Diseases Department seeks a highly qualified clinician to lead clinical care, antimicrobial stewardship, education, and research across the Melbourne Children’s Campus.

Join a multidisciplinary team to provide expert infectious diseases input, supervise trainees, participate in AMS activities, and contribute to evidence-based guidelines and quality improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• Registered medical practitioner with AHPRA.
• FRACP or equivalent.
• Specialist training in Infectious Diseases with recognition by RACP/APHRA as a Paediatric Infectious Diseases Physician.
• Demonstrated expertise in the clinical management of complex paediatric infectious diseases, including care of immunocompromised patients.
• Higher research degree (Masters, MPH, PhD) or progress toward one.
• Experience developing clinical guidelines, quality initiatives, or service improvement innovation.
• Clinical trial research experience

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary point of contact for Infectious Diseases consultations during on-call periods.
• Lead daily inpatient ward rounds with the multidisciplinary team, ensuring high-quality clinical decision making and shared learning.
• Provide supervision, mentoring, and clinical oversight for Fellows, Registrars, Junior Medical Staff and medical students.
• Oversee the accurate and timely documentation of assessments, ward rounds, management plans and outcomes in the medical record.
• Review and manage patients referred to Infectious Diseases outpatient clinics, ensuring continuity of care.
• Actively participate in Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) activities, including antimicrobial review, audit, feedback, and stewardship initiatives.
• Contribute to the development, review, and implementation of evidence-based clinical guidelines, policies, and care pathways.
• Represent the Infectious Diseases Department on hospital committees and governance structures.
• Support and lead quality improvement initiatives, service evaluation, and patient safety programs.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Teaching & supervision

Communication skills

Education

FRACP or equivalent

Specialist Infectious Diseases training

Masters/PhD or progress toward one

Job description

The RCH Infectious Diseases Department provides specialist expertise in the diagnosis, management, and prevention of infections in children, including those who are immunocompromised. It also oversees the delivery of the Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) service and contributes to quality improvement initiatives throughout the hospital. An exciting opportunity is available to join the ID Department and contributes to excellence in clinical care, antimicrobial stewardship, education, quality improvement, and research across the Melbourne Children’s Campus.

Key Accountabilities

Clinical & Quality and Safety:

• Act as the primary point of contact for Infectious Diseases consultations during on-call periods, providing expert, timely advice for all hospital departments.
• Lead daily inpatient ward rounds with the multidisciplinary team, ensuring high-quality clinical decision making, collaborative discussion, and shared learning.
• Provide supervision, mentoring, and clinical oversight for Fellows, Registrars, Junior Medical Staff and medical students assigned to the Infectious Diseases service.
• Oversee the accurate and timely documentation of assessments, ward rounds, management plans and clinical outcomes within the medical record.
• Review and manage patients referred to Infectious Diseases outpatient clinics, ensuring continuity and coordination of care.
• Actively participate in Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) activities, including antimicrobial review, audit, feedback, and stewardship initiatives.
• Contribute to the development, review, and implementation of evidence‑based clinical guidelines, policies, and care pathways.
• Represent the Infectious Diseases Department on relevant hospital committees, working groups and governance structures.
• Support, contribute to and, where relevant, lead departmental quality improvement initiatives, service evaluation, and patient safety programs.

Teaching & Education:

• Provide high-quality education in paediatric Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Stewardship to undergraduate and postgraduate medical trainees, nursing staff, and allied health teams.
• Deliver structured teaching and supervision to Infectious Diseases Fellows and Junior Medical Staff, including regular feedback and assessment.
• Supervise elective medical students, visiting clinicians, and international observers as required.

Research:

• Participate in and contribute to the ID Department’s strong academic and research culture through engagement in clinical, translational, implementation or epidemiological research.
• Maintain or develop an active research program aligned with departmental and Melbourne Children’s Campus strategic priorities.
• Support advanced training projects within Infectious Diseases and contribute to research capacity building across the department.

Qualificiations and Experience

• Registered medical practitioner with AHPRA.
• Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) or equivalent.
• Specialist training in Infectious Diseases with recognition by RACP/APHRA as a Paediatric Infectious Diseases Physician.
• Demonstrated expertise in the clinical management of complex paediatric infectious diseases, including care of immunocompromised patients.
• Higher research degree (Masters, MPH, PhD) or progress toward one.
• Experience developing clinical guidelines, quality initiatives, or service improvement innovation.
• Clinical trial research experience

Key Selection Criteria

• Demonstrated expertise in the clinical management of complex paediatric infectious diseases, including care of immunocompromised patients
• Strong clinical reasoning, diagnostic skills, and ability to manage complex patients.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team environment.
• Demonstrated commitment to teaching, supervision, and education.
• Capacity to be geographically located full-time on the Melbourne Children’s campus. Applicants who have existing or potential for additional appointments within RCH, MCRI or University of Melbourne campus will be considered favourably.

Other requirements

• Employees are required to undertake a National Criminal Record Check and a Working with Children Check prior to commencing employment
• Employees are required to maintain a valid Working with Children Check throughout their employment
• A current, full driver’s licence for the State of Victoria which is appropriate for the type of vehicle being driven, and comply with any restrictions on their licence (e.g. wearing glasses) while undertaking hospital duties
• Employees are required to maintain compliance with RCHs “Staff Immunisation - Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases” procedure.
• Commitment to RCH values – Curious, Courageous, Inclusive, Kind – and the RCH Compact.

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.

Applications close Monday, 16th of November 2026