AddressAbout Monash Gastroenterology
Monash Gastroenterology is Victoria's largest gastroenterology unit. We care for 3000 inpatients per year, provide 13,000 endoscopic procedures and see 18,000 outpatients per annum across a range of speciality clinics including IBD, general gastroenterology, hepatobiliary, endoscopy, liver, decompensated liver, NASH, liver cancer. In addition, we offer intestinal ultrasound, fibroscan, and infusion services.
We provide services at Clayton, Dandenong and Casey, with two ward teams (Clayton and Dandenong), three endoscopy units (Clayton, Dandenong and Casey), five outpatient sites, and a 24 hour registrar led, but consultant driven GI bleeding service for Clayton and Dandenong. The team currently comprises thirty-six gastroenterologists, 7 accredited registrars, 3 clinical fellows, 6 junior medical staff, and a large clinical trials unit providing regulatory support, GCP, and research nurse support for commercial drug trials and both clinical and laboratory investigator initiated research.
About the Role
The role will involve:
Hepatology Strategy: Developing and implementing hepatology strategic direction in conjunction with the head of unit, and within the Monash Health Strategic framework.
Ambulatory care: Coordinating hepatology ambulatory clinics to ensure access targets are met and quality outcomes achieved, inconcert with the Director of Clinical Operations and head of unit.
Endoscopy: Overseeing the variceal banding program, supervision of training, liaison with interventional radiology
Training: RACP supervision of Advanced trainees in gastroenterology, supervision of an advanced hepatology fellow, and involvement in JMS supervision and training
Research; Defining and directing research strategy, liaision with clinical trials team, participation in clinical trial governance, recruitment and delivery, and development of new research streams and collaborations.
Quality and Audit; coordinating and supervising annual audits of ambulatory and inpatient hepatological care including HCC surveillance, inpatient and ambulatory cirrhosis care
Required qualifications include: MBBS (or equivalent) FRACP, Current Specialist AHPRA registration, CCCTRGE accreditation, good communication skills and the ability to work in multidisciplinary teams.
Additional Information
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.
credentialing and Scope of Practice application and approval via cGov
A request to conduct probity checks does not guarantee that an offer of employment will be made.
As part of our selection process, you may be invited by email to participate in an on-camera video interview.
To comply with Victorian Public Health directions, all employees working in the Public Health system must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and are required to provide acceptable evidence of their vaccination status. To support your application, and to be compliant with any public health orders in place at the time of, and during, your employment, you will be required to upload evidence of full vaccination against COVID-19.
Acceptable evidence is a copy of a Government Official Immunisation History Statement or Digital Certificate showing all vaccination dates. It is a requirement of Monash Health to collect, record and hold vaccination information.
Offers of employment will only be made to candidates who can provide acceptable evidence that they meet full vaccination status.
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