Address
SalaryReference Number 64674
Position Title Unit Head Paediatric Rehabilitation
Employment Type Part Time Ongoing
Entity Monash Health
Department MCH AND MONASH CHILDRENS
Location Monash Medical Centre Clayton
Position Summary
- High profile leadership position at one of VIC's leading public health service
- Play a key role in growing the future medical workforce
- Develop and deliver an innovative model of care
Monash Health is Victoria’s largest public health service. We provide safe, high-quality care to one-quarter of Melbourne’s population, across the entire lifespan, from pre-birth to end-of-life.
More than 22,000 of us work at over 40 care locations across south-east Melbourne, including seven hospitals and an extensive network of rehabilitation, aged care, community health and mental health facilities. Each year:
- We provide more than 4.1 million episodes of care to our community,
- Close to 265,000 people are admitted to our hospitals,
- More than 231,000 people receive care at our three emergency departments,
- We respond to more than 63,000 ambulance arrivals,
- We perform more than 46,000 surgical procedures, and
- We deliver more than 10,000 babies.
Monash Children’s Hospital
The Monash Children’s Hospital provides all tertiary paediatric and neonatal services for Monash Health across three campuses: MCH Clayton, Dandenong and Casey Hospitals. It is one of Australia’s largest children’s hospitals with 226 beds across three campuses and is Victoria’s largest provider of neonatal services. Last year Monash Children’s treated 40,000 children in its paediatric and neonatal wards, and 70,000 children attended its emergency departments.
Monash Newborn provides neonatal services to support 9000 births a year and has 72 neonatal special care and intensive care beds. On the Clayton campus, the Monash Children’s Hospital has 230 beds, while the Dandenong and Casey campuses each have a paediatric ward and a Level 2 neonatal nursery. For further information, see https://monashchildrenshospital.org/
About Victorian Paediatric Rehabilitation Service
The Victorian Paediatric Rehabilitation Service (VPRS) is a statewide specialist service that caters to the complex rehabilitation needs of children and adolescents who undergo interventions aimed at functional maximisation after major injury, medical illness, and congenital conditions. VPRS has eight sites: Monash Health, Eastern Health, Bendigo Health, Barwon Health, Ballart Health, Goulbourn Valley Health, Latrobe Regional Hospital and The Royal Children’s Hospital. VPRS utilises a child and adolescent-specific interdisciplinary care model according to best practice and will assist in delivering hospital, community- and home-based services. The service has a key role in providing long-term specialist follow-up clinics and ensuring transition to adult-based services where required.
Further information on VPRS is available at http://www.vprs.org.au.
About the Department of Paediatric Rehabilitation
The Department of Paediatric Rehabilitation is a part of the Victorian Paediatric Rehabilitation Service, a statewide service that provides tertiary care to children and adolescents living in the southeast of Melbourne, Gippsland, and the Mornington Peninsula. The service is a large interdisciplinary team that delivers intervention in inpatient or outpatient settings within Monash Children’s Hospital. There are regular interdisciplinary Paediatric Rehabilitation clinics and therapy sessions.
Job Summary
Purpose
The purpose of this role is to provide leadership for the Department of Paediatric Rehabilitation Medicine in line with MH-wide vision and strategy. The Head of the Department is responsible to the Medical Director of Monash Children’s Hospital for the overall leadership, strategic and operational performance of the department and its services, as determined by agreed key performance indicators, and the Chief of Medicine for Quality and Patient Safety related activities. This involves ensuring the department consistently provides the highest quality care, education and research whilst maintaining a sound and sustainable financial position, strong staff engagement and support, as well as effective relationships with the community and consumers of care.
As Head of the Department of Paediatric Rehabilitation MCH, you will collaborate with the Head of the Department of Paediatric Rehabilitation RCH and the State-wide Medical Director and Program Manager on delivering state-wide activities, including research, education and data for reporting to AROC and DOH.
Core clinical requirements:
- Daily clinics at the Monash Children’s Hospital
- Daily ward rounds when on-call
- Responsibility for the provision of consultant rehabilitation services at Latrobe Regional Hospital
- Regular attendance at rehabilitation journal clubs and scientific meetings
- Conduct evidence-based/best-practice clinical practice
The appointed Consultant will carry out their clinical duties within Specialist Consulting Areas 1/2 in Monash Children’s Hospital, during clinic hours, within a designated consulting room. The appointed Consultant will use clinical and administrative areas within the Monash Children’s Hospital for meetings, teaching and other administrative work.
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
The Rehabilitation Unit is based at Monash Health – Clayton. It provides a full range of inpatient and ambulatory rehabilitation services with activity at all the main
Details of the role
- Hours: Part time (24.5 hours per week) plus on call or 0.70 EFT
- Employment: Fixed term Part time
- Period: Five years (renewable)
You will be responsible for below key areas
- Collaborative partnership with the Director Clinical Operations, and General Manager(s) to provide exceptional and balanced leadership across Monash Health Nephrology services.
- Ensure the Program quality and safety risks are identified and a plan is in place to mitigate such risks
- Maintaining research and education activity in Rehabilitation, working with relevant clinicians and researchers at Monash University and national and international collaborators.
- Develop and oversee a medical workforce development and wellbeing plan.
- Identify options and take necessary action to improve speciality and vocational training
- Contribute to and where appropriate lead major clinical and redesign projects such as the design and/or commissioning of new facilities, improvements in patient experience, addressing poor performance against organizational KPIs as it applies to the Program.
- Medical Registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
- Appropriate health professional tertiary qualifications.
- Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians
- Research qualifications and an outstanding research track record.
- Working with Children’s Certificate.
- Substantial relevant experience in Nephrology in a major teaching hospital.
- Higher research degree (MD, PhD) and/or Postgraduate qualification in health service management desirable
Other Requirements:
- Current Drivers Licence
- As we support a culture of safety through employee immunisation, there must be documentation provided confirming completed immunisation on employment at Monash Health
- Current and satisfactory Police Check (must also comply with Aged Care Act 1997 Accountability Amendment Principles 2012 if working in Aged Care setting)
- Current and satisfactory Employee Working with Children Check.
All candidates will require Australian working rights.
What we offer:
- Salary packaging
- Onsite discounted staff parking
- Discounted banking (BankVic)
- Onsite Gym
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:
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
- Clear Police Check conducted within the last three months
- Current Victorian Employee Working with Children's Check (or proof of payment for same)
- Proof of immunization
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 D
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.
Contact Person Name Position Phone Email
