2025 Neonatal Medical Officer
Clayton, VIC, AU, 3168
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About the Role
The Neonatal Medical Officer will work in the Neonatal Intensive Care and Special Care Unit of Monash Newborn and in the birthing suites and postnatal wards at Monash Medical Centre. They will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide safe and effective person centred care and may undertake training towards attaining Fellowship of the relevant college. The role includes:
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Patient assessment and management in consultation with the Neonatal Fellow and the Neonatologist attending that area
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Patient care coordination including the liaison with visiting specialists and members of the paediatric surgical team, and the management of patients under the care of their team
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Attendance at high-risk deliveries with the appropriate support
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Family member communication, feedback and liaison
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Active participation in all aspects of the Academic Program of Monash Newborn including presentation at Joint Meetings and Grand Rounds
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Involvement with research is strongly encouraged and experienced and enthusiastic support will be given for the planning, conducting and reporting of your work
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Self-management (including time management, accessing education and training and completing college requirements)
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Provide clinical leadership to the multidisciplinary treating team
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Demonstrate commitment towards key organisational initiatives
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Demonstrate compliance with all relevant Monash Health Policies and Procedure
Applications
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All Neonatal Medical Officer Applicants must apply using the Advanced Trainee VPAT website http://www.vprat.org/ only
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General Paediatric and Neonatal Advanced trainees are welcome and encouraged to apply for this position; the time spent in this post at Monash is accredited for paediatric advanced training despite the change of job title to Medical Officer
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This is a 12 month full time role but applications for part-time and 6 month periods will be considered
About Monash Newborn
Monash Newborn provides neonatal services to support over 9,000 births a year and is responsible for the provision of neonatal services for Monash Health within the Monash Children’s Hospital Clayton, Dandenong and Casey Hospitals & Sandringham Maternity services, functioning together as a single integrated service with a hierarchy of complexity. About 4,500 babies are born each year at Clayton to a selected high-risk maternity population, while lower risk mothers are managed at Dandenong and Casey Hospitals, which have about 2,500 births at each site each year respectively.
The neonatal nursery in Monash Children’s Hospital has a combined neonatal intensive care and special care capacity of 64 cots. Supported by a comprehensive range of paediatric specialty services at Monash Children’s, the neonatal service is able to provide the full range of medical and surgical care of the newborn with the exception only of ECMO and cardiac surgery. The volume and breadth of the service offers outstanding opportunities for clinical training and research.
About You
To ensure your success in this role you will bring the following demonstrated skills, experience and knowledge:
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Registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
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Appropriate health professional tertiary qualifications
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Working with Children's Certificate
Mandatory requirements of the role:
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Current Drivers Licence
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All candidates will require Australian working rights.
For a confidential discussion, please contact Alice Stewart, Department Head Monash Newborn (Neonatology) on 8572 3650.
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.