2025 Addiction Medicine Registrar

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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 the Role 

The Addiction Medicine Registrar is responsible for providing high quality, evidence-based and effective Drug and Alcohol Services including assessment, care planning, interventions and follow-up for both inpatients and outpatients of Monash Health consumers. The Registrar will work in collaboration with all Drug and Alcohol Service streams to facilitate integrated treatment pathways with related mental health, medical, surgical and community sectors. They will provided clinical expertise and support to the broader Drug and Alcohol Service including contributing to the educational and skills transfer activities of the Addiction Medicine Unit and the Southern Dual Diagnosis Service. 

The role is supervised by Addiction Medicine Specialists and Addiction Psychiatrists and is based primarily at Dandenong and Clayton hospital sites (including Victorian Heart Hospital) working with the AMU Consultation Liaison emergency and inpatient service, the specialist AMU outpatient and pharmacotherapy clinics, the community residential withdrawal unit and other discipline outpatient clinics (including mental health, pain, hepatology and antenatal) and the training of Nursing and Junior Medical Staff. 

What You Need to Know: 

• The position is suitable for doctors wishing to pursue a career in Addiction Medicine or Specialist Medical/Psychiatric Practice; 

• Excellent supervision and training program is offered toward Fellowship of the Chapter of Addiction Medicine of the Royal Australian College of Physicians; 

• Some participation in the after hour’s cover roster is a requirement for this position; 

• With so much happening at Monash Health, why don’t you join us, become a Monash Doctor. 

We are looking for RANZCP, RACGP or RACP registrars or other doctors who have completed compulsory rotations and wish to add Addiction Medicine to their skill set before or after College Fellowship. 

About You

What you need: 

• Registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) 

• Working with Children's Certificate 

• Appropriate health professional tertiary qualifications   

• Current Drivers Licence  

• All candidates will require Australian working rights 

In return we offer:  

• Salary packaging  

• Onsite discounted staff parking  

• Discounted banking (BankVic)  

• Onsite Gym  

• Access to professional development courses and seminars 

For a confidential discussion, please contact David Jacka, Addiction Medicine Specialist on (03) 9792 7630 or via email at david.jacka@monashhealth.org.

For the Position Description, please click 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. Respectfully, applications from Recruitment Agencies will not be accepted.

Applications close on 29 July 2024.