Job Requisition ID: 2287

Legal Entity: Monash Health

Location:Clayton, VIC, AU, 3168

Employment Type: Full Time Fixed Term

Posting Date: 11 Oct 2024

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Monash Health is Victoria’s largest and most comprehensive health service. For more than 170 years, Monash Health and its predecessors have provided safe, high-quality healthcare for people at every life stage. With 25,500 employees, we provide care to south-eastern metropolitan Melbourne and rural Victoria from over 40 locations, via telehealth, within local communities and in people’s homes.
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.

About Monash Doctors
To help grow your career, there are more than 1,900 Junior and 1,700 Senior Doctors at Monash Health in over 200 medical specialties. We offer unparallel opportunities in Victoria's largest & most clinically diverse teaching health service.

About Monash Health Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
The Plastic and Reconstructive surgical unit is headed by Mr Michael Lo and provides a wide range of adult and paediatric cases. It is the busiest plastic surgery service in the state with approximately 6500 cases annually and is one of the busiest plastic surgery services in Australia. The majority of major reconstructive and acute work occurs at Dandenong Hospital with a dedicated plastic surgery ward on North 1. Other sites where plastic surgery care is delivered include Casey Hospital, Monash Medical Centre Clayton, Moorabbin Hospital and Monash Children’s Hospital. The unit provides a full range of plastic surgery services including skin cancer, surgical oncology, major reconstructive surgery, trauma service, elective and emergency hand surgery, maxillofacial trauma and paediatric surgery.

About the Role
You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide safe and effective person centred care, provide teaching and supervision of resident Medical staff and students. You will be accountable to your Unit Head/Consultant for the care of all patients in the unit. You will be required to undertake:

• Patient assessment and management in consultation with the treating consultant.
  

• Extensive interaction with the other health professionals, especially nursing and allied health staff
  

• Self – management (including time management, assessing education and training and completing college requirements).
  

• Provide leadership to the multi-disciplinary treating team.
  

• Provide safe and High Quality person centred care for patients under your care.
  

• Ensure coordination of care for patients in your unit
  

• Ensure timely and clear clinical communication including clinical handover with regards to patients under your care
  

• Ensure timely escalation of care related issues to your consultant when required
  

• In your clinical practice demonstrate commitment to quality and safety and Monash Health’s “patient first” initiative
  
  

About You
You will be keen to make the next step to Plastics & Recon Micro Fellow and be committed to working towards this goal.
What you need:

• Current general registration with AHPRA
  

• Employee working with children's check
  

• Primary medical degree
  

• FRACS or equivalent in Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
  
  

In return we offer:

• Salary packaging
  

• Onsite discounted staff parking
  

• Discounted banking (Bank Vic)
  

• Onsite Gym
  

• Access to professional development courses and seminars
  
  

For a confidential discussion about the role, please contact:
Dr Michael Lo - Unit Director, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery on (03) 9554 8862 or via email at Michael.Lo@monashhealth.org.
OR
Ms Cheryle Mccoy - Unit Administration, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery via email at Cheryle.Mccoy@monashhealth.org.
OR
Ms Darcy Aidone - Unit Administration, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery via email at Darcy.Aidone@monashhealth.org.

Position Description can be found here

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. To learn more about our organisation visit monashhealth.org.

How to Apply
Applications are accepted via the Monash Health online EHub system. For information including how to apply and probity check requirements, please click here for the ‘Application Guide’
Applications will be screened upon receipt and selection activity may commence prior to the closing date.
Applications close 8th November 2024.