Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist

Position Details
Reference Number 64012
Position Title Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist (Ultrasound experience) - Sandringham Hospital
Employment Type Part Time Ongoing
Entity Monash Health
Department Womens & Newborn
Location Sandringham Hospital
Position Summary

• Work for the largest public health service in Victoria
• Develop and delivery an innovative model of care
• Enjoy working in a supportive, dynamic, evolving environment

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, Sandringham Hospital, Kingston Centre, Cranbourne Centre, and an extensive network of rehabilitation, aged care, community health and mental health facilities. For more information, please visit
About Monash Doctors
There are more than 1,500 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 Health Women’s and Newborn
Monash Women’s Maternity Service is part of Monash Health. It is the largest maternity service in the State of Victoria, providing care to nearly 12000 births each year across four hospitals (Clayton, Dandenong, Casey and Sandringham) as an integrated, seamless service. As expected for such a large service, Monash Women’s provides maternity care for normal, healthy women and also for women with complex and sub-speciality needs. Casey, Dandenong and Sandringham Hospital provide a full suite of Level 4-5 maternity services (as per Victorian Maternity services Framework), including outpatient pregnancy care clinics, inpatient services and a domiciliary postnatal service. It is at Monash Medical Centre that subspecialty care in Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Fetal medicine are provided.
Gynaecology services is similarly provided across all Monash Health Hospital campuses, including community hospitals and outpatient services. We are proud of our centres of excellence in endometriosis and advanced endosurgery, pelvic floor, gynaecology oncology, paediatric and adolescent care, and we are the largest provider of gynaecology outpatient and surgical
About the Role
Monash Women’s is seeking to appoint sessional Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, with an interest in Obstetric and Gynaecological ultrasound in Sandringham hospital. The sessions will cover the development of a Fetal Surveillance Unit at Sandringham Hospital to cater for local women whose pregnancies require increased surveillance with ultrasound and cardiotocograph.
Furthermore the role will entail:

• Support and assist the Directors of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Services, Monash Health in the provision of high quality Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Monash Health, consistent with the Monash Health values.
• Provide clinical leadership through active involvement in patient care.
• Be available to medical colleagues for consultation and liaison as appropriate regarding patient care.
• Be immediately available for urgent consultation and assistance in resuscitation and subsequent management of critically ill or injured patients.
• Support academic, research, education, training & supervision (both undergraduate and postgraduate) roles in the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Unit, Monash Health.
• Support the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Unit’s outreach services within Monash Health
• Contribute to ongoing service improvement of clinical and workforce innovation to ensure Monash Health provides high quality accessible Obstetrics and Gynaecology Services within allocated resources and meets the needs of Monash Health patients

What you need:

• Registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
• Appropriate health professional tertiary qualifications, including a qualification in Obstetric and Gynaecological ultrasound (ie DDU)
• 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
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.
Applications will only be accepted via the Monash Health online Mercury System only. Email applications will not be considered.
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.
Offers of employment will only be made to candidates who can provide evidence that they meet full vaccination status.
Selection Criteria You are required to complete a Credentialing application via C.Gov online platform. Please access the link to c.Gov via the document in the attachments section. Please declare you have completed an application by selecting YES.
External applicants - You are required to complete a Stat Dec and attach it to your application. Please access a form in the attachments section. Please declare that you have completed this application by selecting YES to confirm. Internal Monash Health Applicants - Please select NO and explain.
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