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Form of workAbout 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, 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 1,500 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 Paediatric Oncology
The Cancer Centre is an integral part of the Monash Children's Hospital (MCH), caring for approximately 30% of Victoria's childhood cancer patients. It has inpatient beds and an ambulatory care centre that provides complex cancer care across the disease continuum including long term follow-up of cancer survivors. The centre works closely with the Paediatric Integrated Cancer Service (PICS), the Victorian Paediatric Cancer Consortium (VPCC) and the Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) to ensure equity of access and coordination of clinical trials for children with cancer in Victoria.
Purpose
The successful applicant for this appointment will be a Paediatric Oncologist who will work within a multidisciplinary team to provide high quality and coordinated clinical care to the patients and their families, by contributing to ward service, the day oncology centre and the after-hours on-call roster.
Key Result Areas:
- Support and assist the Head of Paediatric Oncology in the provision of high quality services at MCH, consistent with the Monash Health values.
- Provide clinical leadership through active involvement in patient care.
- When on call, be available for urgent consultation and assistance in the management of critically ill patients.
- Support academic, research and education (both undergraduate and postgraduate) in Paediatric Oncology
- Contribute to the professional and corporate life of Monash Health by participation in appropriate committees and fora.
- Contribute to ongoing service improvement and clinical innovation to ensure Monash Health provides high quality accessible Paediatric Oncology services within allocated resources to meet the needs of Monash Health patients.
What you need:
- Appropriate health professional tertiary qualifications
- Working with Children's Certificate
- MBBS or equivalent
- FRACP or recognised by RACP as specialist in Paediatric Oncology Current registration as a specialist in Paediatric Oncology with the Medical Board of Australia/AHPRA
What we offer:
- Salary packaging
- Onsite discounted staff parking
- Discounted banking (BankVic)
- Onsite Gym
- Access to professional development courses and seminars
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.
