2025 Neurosurgery Senior HMO

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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. 

Neurosurgery Senior HMO Position 

This position is intended for a suitably qualified individual to contribute to the high quality functioning of the neurosurgery unit at a level between the rotational residents and registrars. 

This will provide an opportunity for consistent experience and development within neurosurgery, with the intention to allow those that wish to pursue a registrar position subsequently to do so from a position of strength. 

Requirements in addition to senior HMO 3+ include: 

• 6 months of neurosurgery equivalent experience at HMO level 

• ICU term 

About the Role 

• Lead the junior residents and liaise with registrar body in the provision of excellent and timely care of neurosurgical inpatient 

• Assist in outpatient clinics 

• Step up as leave cover for absent registrars including supervised daytime on-call 

• Participate in operative sessions (per resident roster) 

• Ensure efficiency and quality control of ward administration (e.g. discharge summaries, referrals for MDT) 

• Increased responsibility for liaison with nursing and allied health for efficient collaborative care (be the ‘first port of call’) 

• Organisation and presentation of unit audit activities  

• Preparation of presentations for teaching/journal club 

• Participate in a research or quality improvement project under supervision of consultant neurosurgeon including closing audit loop/pilot studies. Initiative in identification and initiation of these will be expected. 

We hope that the successful candidate who embraces the opportunities of this position should be optimally placed to proceed to further neurosurgical positions (e.g. unaccredited registrar, in this unit or beyond). 

About You:

• Timely completion of ward tasks 

• Timely documentation 

• Demonstrate initiative for structure of daily workflow e.g. organisation of urgent tests, preparation of acute patients for theatre/intervention, ensuring criteria are met for prompt discharge of eligible patients 

• Prepare minimum one audit meeting per 3 months 

• Attendance at 2 outpatient and 5 rapid review clinics per month 

• Participation in minimum 10 major cases per 3 months 

• Insertion ICP monitor, EVD, lumbar puncture 

• 2 journal club/teaching sessions per year 

• One quality improvement project (consultant supervised) 

• One case report/research project targeted at publication 

Evidence of career progression, e.g. attendance at RACS courses and sitting the GSSE 

For a confidential discussion about the role, please contact Donna Fisher, JMS Manager Surgery on 0404 001 923.

For the Neurosurgery Senior HMO 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 9 July 2024.