2024 Neonatal Fellow

About Monash Health 

Monash Health is Victoria’s largest public health service. We are proud to provide healthcare to one quarter of Melbourne’s population, across the entire lifespan from newborn and children, to adults, the elderly, their families and carers. More than 22,000 employees work at over 40 care locations across south-eastern Melbourne, including Monash Medical Centre, Monash Children’s Hospital, Moorabbin Hospital, Dandenong Hospital, Casey Hospital, Kingston Centre, Cranbourne Centre, Victorian Heart Hospital, Sandringham Hospital Maternity services and an extensive network of rehabilitation, aged care, community health and mental health facilities. 

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There are more than 1,900 Junior Medical staff positions at Monash Health in over 200 medical specialties, to help grow your career. We offer unparalleled opportunities in Victoria's largest & most clinically diverse teaching health service. 

About Monash Newborn Monash Newborn provides neonatal services to support over 9,000 births a year and is responsible for the provision of neonatal services for Monash Health within the Monash Children’s Hospital Clayton, Dandenong and Casey Hospitals & Sandringham Maternity services, functioning together as a single integrated service with a hierarchy of complexity. About 4,500 babies are born each year at Clayton to a selected high-risk maternity population, while lower risk mothers are managed at Dandenong and Casey Hospitals, which have about 2,500 births at each site each year respectively.

The neonatal nursery in Monash Children’s Hospital has a combined neonatal intensive care and special care capacity of 64 cots. Supported by a comprehensive range of paediatric specialty services at Monash Children’s, the neonatal service is able to provide the full range of medical and surgical care of the newborn with the exception only of ECMO and cardiac surgery. The volume and breadth of the service offers outstanding opportunities for clinical training and research.

About the Role
The Neonatal Fellow will work in the Neonatal Intensive Care (NICU) and Special Care Unit (SCN) of Monash Newborn and in the birthing suites and postnatal wards at Monash Medical Centre. They will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide safe and effective person centred care and may undertake training towards attaining Fellowship of the relevant college. The position is designed to provide the Fellow with an in-depth training in the management of a wide range of medical and surgical clinical issues in the newborn infant in a large complex multi-disciplinary health service environment while supported by Senior Medical Staff at all times.

The role includes:

• Undertake advanced Neonatal clinical procedures (in line with approved scope of practice);
• Participate in outpatient clinics
• Active follow up role for patients
• Patient assessment and management in consultation with the Neonatologist attending that area
• Patient care coordination including the liaison with visiting specialists and members of the paediatric surgical team, and the management of patients under the care of their team
• Attendance at high-risk deliveries
• Family member communication, feedback and liaison
• Provide leadership to the team of junior staff
• Promote the highest standards of care through supervision and teaching of Registrars
• Extensive interaction with the other health professionals, especially, the nursing and allied health staff
• Ensure effective communication between all members of the nursing and medical team
• Interaction with and teaching of Associate Registrars and Students
• Active participation in all aspects of the Academic Program of Monash Newborn including presentation at Joint Meetings and Grand Rounds
• Involvement with research is strongly encouraged and the experienced and enthusiastic support of the Senior Medical Staff will be given for the planning, conducting and reporting of their work
• Play an active part in quality improvement activities
• Contribute to the continuing development of Monash Newborn as a leading centre for neonatal care
• Self-management (including time management, accessing education and training and completing college requirements)
• Provide clinical leadership to the multidisciplinary treating team
• Demonstrate commitment towards key organisational initiatives
• Demonstrate compliance with all relevant Monash Health Policies and Procedures

Applicants must apply to both Monash Health directly and VPAT https://vpat.au.

About You:

• You will be keen to consolidate and progress your training and skills in the advanced care of the newborn infant and their families. 
• You will have the appropriate level of clinical knowledge and training to progress and thrive in the central, complex role of Neonatal Clinical Fellow/Senior Registrar in a busy neonatal intensive care unit.

What you need:

• A medical qualification (MBBS or equivalent) which is recognised for registration by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
• Advanced Trainee of the relevant Medical College in Neonatal Paediatrics
• At least 12 months of Level 3/Level 6 neonatal Intensive Care experience

What we offer: 

• Salary packaging 
• Onsite discounted staff parking 
• Discounted banking (BankVic) 
• Onsite Gym 
• Access to professional development courses and seminars 

Monash Health recognises the value of equal employment opportunity and is committed to patient safety and promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles. 

How to Apply 

Applicants must apply to both Monash Health directly and VPAT https://vpat.au.

Offers of employment can only be made once all required probity checks have been completed.  These include: 

• reference checks 
• a clear Police Check conducted within the last three months 
• a current Victorian Employee Working with Children’s Check (or proof of payment for same) 
• proof of immunisation 

Under the Victorian Public Health orders, all employees working within the Public Health system must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and are required to provide acceptable evidence of their vaccination status.  The current orders require evidence of three doses. 

All applicants to positions with Monash Health will need to upload acceptable evidence of full vaccination against COVID-19 as part of their application. Acceptable evidence is a copy of your Immunisation History Statement or your COVID-19 Digital Certificate, which can be accessed via MyGov.