Infectious Diseases Consultant

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

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Job summary

The Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne seeks an experienced Paediatric Infectious Diseases physician to lead clinical care, education, and antimicrobial stewardship across the Melbourne Children’s Campus. You will supervise junior staff, participate in research and guideline development, and contribute to high-quality patient outcomes.

Applicants must be FRACP or equivalent, registered with AHPRA, and have specialist Infectious Diseases training.

Qualifications

• 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/APRHA.
• Demonstrated expertise in managing complex paediatric infectious diseases.

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary on-call contact for Infectious Diseases consultations.
• Lead daily inpatient rounds with the multidisciplinary team.
• Supervise Fellows, Registrars, junior staff and medical students.
• Ensure accurate documentation of assessments and management plans.
• Oversee outpatient referrals and antimicrobial stewardship activities.
• Contribute to guidelines, policies and quality improvement initiatives.

Skills

Infectious Diseases

Pediatrics care

Teaching & supervision

Clinical governance

Education

FRACP or equivalent

Registered with AHPRA

Specialist training in Infectious Diseases

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 .

Role purpose

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.

To learn more about the role, please view the position description here .

Essential

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.

Desirable

• 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 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 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, and offers of employment are conditional on successful completion of background checks including reference checks.

Are you ready to join our team?

Applications close Monday, 16th of November 2026