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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.
For more information, please visit www.monashhealth.org
About Monash Doctors
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 Specialist Medical Officer will work in the Neonatal Intensive Care and Special Care Unit 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 role includes
Patient assessment and management in consultation with the Neonatal Fellow and 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 with the appropriate support
Family member communication, feedback and liaison
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 experienced and enthusiastic support will be given for the planning, conducting and reporting of your work
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 Procedure
Applicants must apply to both Monash Health directly and VPAT https://vpat.au.
General Paediatric and Neonatal Advanced trainees can apply for this position; the time spent in this post at Monash is accredited for paediatric advanced training despite the change of job title to Medical Officer.
What you need:
Registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
Appropriate health professional tertiary qualifications
Working with Children's Certificate
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 via the link below and VPAT https://vpat.au.
For a confidential discussion and to explore the opportunity further, please call:
Tony Lewis Neonatal Paediatrician, Monash Newborn 8572 3656 **********@monashhealth.org
