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About Monash Gastroenterology
Monash Gastroenterology is Victoria’s largest gastroenterology unit. We care for 3000 inpatients per year, provide 10,000 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.
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. In addition we offer intestinal ultrasound, fibroscan, and infusion services. The team currently comprises thirty-six gastroenterologists, 6 accredited and 1 non-accredited registrars and 6 junior medical staff, and a large clinical trials unit providing ethics, GCP, and research nurse support for commercial drug trials and both clinical and laboratory investigator initiated research.
We are a tertiary centre for patients with hepatobiliary disease and pancreatic malignancy and offer the full range of endoscopic, surgical, loco-regional and oncological treatments for these patients. We have Victoria’s largest experience with medical and surgical management of pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer. The endoscopic strengths of the unit include diagnostic and therapeutic EUS, ERCP, upper GI stenting and the management of colonic mucosal resection
About the Role
This position is designed to provide advanced endoscopy training and research experience. It is also designed to support and coordinate the activities within the endoscopy department. The position will be based predominantly at Monash Medical Centre, Clayton but also involve lists/clinics at Dandenong and Berwick campuses. The successful candidate will work alongside a variety of gastroenterologists and GI surgeons and be responsible to the clinical leads in Endoscopy.
The unit has a strong interest in research with 7 interventional endoscopists (including 2 with higher degrees), an endoscopy PhD fellow (pancreas/EUS) and a clinical trial group providing ethics, GCP, and research coordination support. Endoscopic research interest areas include diagnosis and management of pancreatic cancer and pancreatitis, and use of novel endoscopic interventions.
The post requires full completion of specialist gastroenterologist training with CCCTRGE accreditation in gastroscopy and colonoscopy. It is suited to those candidates wanting to advance their interventional skills and education. Some experience in interventional endoscopic procedures would be valuable but not essential. The position will allow an opportunity to undertake extensive experience in ERCP, EUS, EMR, ESD, POEM, luminal stenting and enteral nutritional access.
The successful candidate will be expected to attend 4 interventional lists per week. The position involves a 0.3 EFT commitment of 1 general endoscopy list/week at Dandenong hospital and responsibility for coordination of in hours emergency endoscopy cases at the Victorian Heart Hospital (VHH) to enable self-funding of the position. Additionally there is one endoscopy clinic list/week and one session/ week is allocated for dedicated research time.
The successful applicant will coordinate the unit interventional endoscopy (an ERCP, EUS) audit and will be expected to publish a minimum of one peer reviewed article during the year from research conducted at Monash Health. The post includes a paid contribution to the out-of-hours bleeding rota. Participation in the inpatient consultative service where required, and involvement in unit educational activities, is expected.
This 1 year fixed term position will involve:
Consult services to inpatients requiring interventional endoscopy.
Attendance at 1 outpatient clinics/week.
1 gastroscopy/colonoscopy lists
Attendance at unit radiology/pathology meeting weekly
Coordination of the ERCP and EUS audit
Endoscopy teaching sessions for registrars and nursing staff.
A minimum of one clinical research project
Required qualifications include: MBBS (or equivalent) FRACP, CCCTRGE accreditation, good communication skills and the ability to work in multidisciplinary teams. Prior research experience helpful.
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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We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity. We are committed to patient safety, promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace and to Child Safe Standards. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and our five ICare values.
How to Apply
Applications are accepted via the Monash Health online EHub system
