Ultrasound Consultant 2026

• Fixed term position available
• Up to 10.5 hours per week - Thursday AM and Friday AM and PM. 
• 3 month fixed term 16/3/2026 - 14/6/2026
• Parkville location, with multiple public transport options available.
• Classification and Salary scale dependent on experience; you will be appointed in accordance to the AMA Victoria – Victorian Public Health Sector Medical Specialists Enterprise Agreement 2022-2026.

The Royal Women’s Hospital is one of Australia’s oldest and most distinguished tertiary hospitals dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of women and newborns, offering specialised services within maternity, neonatal and women’s health.  Our goal is to be the best place to work, learn and contribute, and to provide exceptional experiences for our patients and consumers.

About The Pauline Gandel Womens Imaging Centre

The Women’s is a major teaching hospital with strong affiliations to the University of Melbourne, with research and education integral to its role. The Women’s serves an annual cohort of 80,000 patients, delivering more than 7,000 babies. The Women’s is the tertiary referral centre for high risk obstetric patients in Melbourne and further afield in the state of Victoria and Australia-wide. Additionally The Women’s provides leading care in women’s health including, among other services, abortion and contraception; assisted reproduction and women's emergency care

The Pauline Gandel Womens Imaging Centre comprises the Department of Radiology and the Department of Obstetric and Gynaecological Ultrasound. The Centre oversees the provision of high-level complex, primary through quaternary care to both inpatients and outpatients (women, fetuses and newborns). There are strong relationships between the Centre and imaging services across the precinct, and with other centres for women’s and neonates’ health. Our consultants have access to continuing professional development through attendance at a diverse range of obstetric and gynaecological multidisciplinary meetings and educational seminars.

Ultrasounds performed at the Women’s include scans performed at all stages of pregnancy on high risk and vulnerable women. We have a dedicated service provision for fetal anomalies, fetal echocardiograms, multiple pregnancy and early pregnancy complications. We provide gynaecological ultrasound for a broad range of clinical indications, and dedicated assessment of deep infiltrating endometriosis. In addition we work closely with the teams looking after these women.

The Unit is accredited with RANZCOG for subspecialty training in Obstetric & Gynaecological Ultrasound (COGU). Additionally we train accredited Maternal Fetal Medicine (MFM) and RANZCOG Fellowship trainees, in addition to providing training for the ASUM DDU (Diploma of Diagnostic Imaging) in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 

About the role

This tertiary obstetric and gynaecological ultrasound position requires:

• Experience providing high quality outpatient and in-patient clinical ultrasound services including a tertiary and quaternary ultrasound service.  
• Clinical experience with fetal anomalies as part of a multidisciplinary unit  
• Clinical experience with ultrasound for deep infiltrating endometriosis  
• Participation in the provision of emergency on call Ultrasound services to the Royal Women’s   
• Provision of oversight and leadership of medical care for Women requiring care provision at the Royal Women Hospital.
• Participation in training of FRANZCOG, DDU, COGU and MFM trainees.    
• Accountability for all care delivered by junior medical staff with delegated responsibility during periods of duty  
•  To promote and maintain exemplary standards of clinical practice to ensure the provision of high quality services to patients.

About you

• Significant experience in obstetrics and gynaecology and hold FRANZCOG or equivalent.
• Subspecialty qualification in COGU or MFM. It is preferable that candidates additionally hold the DDU certification.
• Professional and clinical leadership and participation.
• Experience providing supervision to staff or students.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including written and verbal skills.
• Capacity to foster good relationships with a Positive "can do" attitude.

Our benefits

At the Women’s you will enjoy a culture that is collaborative, supportive and passionate about learning. We have a strong sense of purpose, and engage in meaningful work every day. We offer our people a range of rewarding benefits, including:

• $11,660 in salary packaging benefits, for living expenses, meals and holiday accommodation
• A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted financial, lifestyle and health options, and a comprehensive wellbeing program
• Public transport options at our doorstep and end of journey facilities for cyclists
• Mentoring, learning and career development opportunities

Inclusion and belonging

The Women’s celebrates, values and supports a diverse and inclusive environment which reflects our vibrant community. We encourage applications from anyone identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. We also welcome anyone who identifies as LGBTQIA+, physically, linguistically, culturally and/or gender diverse, and people of any age to apply for our roles. We are committed to gender equity principles, and our people have an awareness of and sensitive approach to violence against women and family violence matters. We are proudly Breastfeeding Association accredited.

Join us!

If you feel this role is right for you we warmly invite you to apply, and encourage your early application. All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check, a Working with Children Check and three COVID-19 vaccinations, and may include a range of additional vaccinations including influenza, as required by the Department of Health. If you need assistance or require any reasonable adjustments to fully participate in the application or interview process, you are welcome to reach out to the contact person listed.

For any enquiries, please contact Dr Debbie Nisbet, Clinical Director – Ultrasound Services  debbie.nisbet@thewomens.org.au or the Medical Workforce Unit, medical.recruitment@thewomens.org.au