Queensland Children’s Hospital

Training Positions

Core Training: 1
Non-core: 0

Current Trainee/s

Jessica McGrath

Patient Services per Standard Week

• Average inpatients: 0-5 per week
• Average consults: 10-15 per week
• Clinics: 5 clinics per week
• Specialised clinics:
  • Lupus clinic monthly
  • Rapid access – weekly
  • Procedural – General anaesthetic joint injection list fortnightly
  • Outreach – Nil
  • Biologics clinic – weekly
  • Autoinflammatory – monthly
  • Uveitis – monthly
  • Transition – monthly
  • Adolescent / young adult rheumatology (via Mater) – weekly (meets college criteria for adult clinics)

Requirements for On Call / Afterhours (including weekends)

Weekend phone oncall approx. 1 in 4; 8am-5pm only. No evening / night oncall

Education Activities

Educational meetings:

• Weekly educational sessions: 1
• Weekly Grand Rounds: 1
• Journal club: 1
• Radiology meetings: 1
• Multidisciplinary team meetings: 1

Teaching Responsibilities

• Medical students
• Resident (rotating position)
• Assist with RACP Divisional Written & Clinical Examination preparation

Research Interests of Unit

Autoinflammatory, uveitis, JIA, patient experience / engagement, global health

Head of Unit

Dr Ben Whitehead
ben.whitehead@health.qld.gov.au

Staff

• Staff specialists:
  • Dr Rebecca James
  • Dr Megan Cann
• Visiting Medical Officers  -Nil
• Rheumatology Nurse
  • Ms Gabrielle McFarlane
  • Ms Danyelle O’Brien
• Allied health
  • Ishani Perera (specialist physiotherapist)
  • Also occupational therapy, social work support shared with other teams

Comments

Statewide paediatric rheumatology service which also covers much of northern NSW and northern territory
Opportunity for inpatient, outpatient, day unit and procedural paediatric and adolescent rheumatology
Recruitment

Flexible Training

Job sharing: possible
Part-time: possible