STATEWIDE Paediatric Training Program Recruitment Campaign - ADVANCED Training 2026

Paediatric training in Tasmania offers a wealth of paediatric specialty and sub-specialty experiences, working with a large supportive and expanding team and opportunities to explore the beautiful state of Lutruwita through work-life balance. 

The General Paediatric Advanced Training program offers accredited positions in Hobart, as well as rural accredited locations in Launceston and Burnie.  Positions are accredited for both core General Paediatrics and rural General Paediatrics with a perinatal component.  The Community Paediatric and Paediatric Rehabilitation Medicine rotations are also accredited for developmental/ psychosocial training.  ‘Stream’ positions are available to offer trainees a guaranteed 3-year position in which time they complete all advanced training requirements. Accredited sub-speciality advanced training positions are available in Community Child Health, Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine and Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine.

The Royal Hobart Hospital (RHH) is the major paediatric and neonatal referral service, as well as the major university teaching hospital for Tasmania. The RHH has a 32 bed paediatric and adolescent wards, including 4 short-stay unit and 4 high dependency unit. It also has a 12 bed Neonatal and Paediatric ICU (NPICU) and is co-located with a 16 bed Special Care Nursery.  The units are staffed 24 hours a day by registrars and residents with in-house consultant cover during working hours and on call overnight.  There is a very large outpatient service.  The Department of Paediatrics is managed by a team of Staff and VMO Specialists in Neonatology, Neonatal and Paediatric Emergency Transport, Paediatric Intensive Care, Paediatric Endocrinology, Neurology, Oncology, Rehabilitation Medicine, Community Paediatrics, Paediatric Surgery, Child Psychiatry, Emergency Medicine and General Paediatrics.

Launceston General Hospital (LGH) includes a 34 bed General Paediatric ward including short-stay unit, 12 bed Level-2 neonatal nursery and Paediatric outpatients. The unit is staffed 24 hours a day by registrars and HMO staff, with consultant oversight on site during working hours, and on call overnight. The unit is accredited by the RACP for Advanced Training for General Paediatrics with a Perinatal Component, Community/ Developmental Paediatrics and rural rotations.  

North-west regional hospital (NWRH) in Burnie includes a 12 bed General Paediatric ward and a 8 bed neonatal intensive care with 2 special care nursery beds. There is an active outpatient department with excellent clinic exposure during your rotation. The unit is staffed 24 hours a day by registrars and HMO staff, with consultant oversight.

Education and research is actively encouraged and supported through links with the University of Tasmania and the Menzies Research Institute.  Support for advanced training research projects is available including through a joint program with UTAS (https://www.utas.edu.au/courses/chm/courses/54w-bachelor-of-health-public-health-professional-honours). There is also opportunity for trainees to expand their professional portfolio by contributing to department meetings including morbidity and mortality, the local RACP Clinical Exam preparation and formal education programs.

The wellbeing of trainees is a top priority for the paediatric department.  The Tasmanian paediatric training program aims to provide individualised training pathways to best meet a trainee’s needs, including considering part-time and job-sharing opportunities. Each trainee is provided with college supervisors and the departmental supported mentorship.  Tasmanian boasts an active Doctors in Training network and each hospital has their own Resident’s Society for both professional support and social opportunities.

Paediatrics in Tasmania offers a truly extraordinary range of experience for trainees with excellent consultant support.  With the implementation of the new EBA providing competitive wages and paid education time, there is no better time to work in Tasmania.    

Positions available:

• 6 x General Paediatrics AT positions
  1. 2 x 3-year stream position
  2. 2 x General Paediatric Registrar AT
  3. 1 x General Paediatric Senior Registrar AT
  4. 1 x Paediatric Rehabilitation Medicine AT
• 1 x Adolescent Medicine AT (accredited)
• 3 x Community and Child Health AT (accredited)
• 4 x Neonatal and Paediatric Intensive Care AT
  1. 2 x NPICU AT/Senior Registrar
  2. 2 x Transport Registrar

We welcome applications from trainees for multiple positions (all in one application – just indicate your interest)

For basic training positions please see separate advertisement

General Paediatrics