Consultant Palliative Care Specialist

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About the Supportive & Palliative Care Unit

 The Supportive and Palliative Care Unit of Monash Health is broad and varied, and operationally based at McCulloch House at Monash Medical Centre, Clayton.

The unit is comprised of the following:

•  A 16-bed inpatient palliative care unit at McCulloch House and 5-bed unit at Casey Hospital.
• The Palliative Care Consultancy Service - seeing patients across 6 Monash Health Hospital campuses (Clayton, Dandenong, Casey, Moorabbin, Kingston and the Victorian Heart Hospital)
• Outpatient Services - OncoPain Clinic (refractory cancer pain clinic), Supportive Care Clinic and Casey Palliative Care Clinic · Outreach Services: RAPID Service & Palliative Care Hospital in the Home service, Supportive Care Clinic and Palliative Care Virtual Clinics (telehealth)
• Research Team
•  A specialist multidisciplinary team including pastoral care, music therapy, social work and a volunteer program The Supportive and Palliative Care department is a designated integrated palliative care and oncology centre of the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO).

It is a Monash University academic unit with varied research interests, and an accredited site for advanced training in palliative medicine.

The broader unit is medically staffed by 11 consultants, 1 fellow, 5 registrars (undertaking advanced training in palliative medicine or a clinical foundation) as well as specialist psycho-oncology support and an intern based at McCulloch House.

The service is further staffed by skilled clinical nurse consultants across the multi-campus consultation liaison service, and a specialist multidisciplinary team within our inpatient units.

About the Role:

• This is a fixed term 0.6 EFT parental leave cover opportunity to join our team.
• The appointee will be administratively accountable to the Director of Supportive and Palliative Care for all clinical service delivery and clinical governance issues.
• The role will be focused on palliative medicine provision within a consultation liaison service and presence at two outpatient clinics per week, however the consultant will have opportunity to be involved in a number of aspects of our service.
• The appointee will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide safe and effective person centered care, provide teaching and supervision of junior medical staff and students, and participate in a rotating on-call roster for after hours support.

Please note - palliative medicine consultants may be required to work across all Monash Health campuses.

What you need:

• Be a legally qualified medical practitioner, registered or registrable with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
• Hold a Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians or an equivalent post-graduate qualification as recognised by the National Specialist Qualification Advisory Committee and be a member of the RACP's Chapter of Palliative Medicine or be eligible to be a member.
• Have appropriate academic credentials in palliative medicine. 

What we offer:

Salary packaging Onsite discounted staff parking Discounted banking (BankVic) Onsite Gym Access to professional development courses and seminars 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:

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. 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
• A clear Police Check conducted within the last three months
•  A current Victorian Employee Working with Children's Check (or proof of payment for same)
•  Proof of immunisation. Under the Victorian Public Health orders, all employees working within the Public Health system must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and Influenza and are required to provide acceptable evidence of their vaccination status. The current orders require evidence of three doses for COVID-19.

All applicants to positions with Monash Health will need to upload acceptable evidence of full vaccination against COVID-19 and Influenza as part of their application. Acceptable evidence is a copy of your Immunisation History Statement which can be accessed via myGov.

Offers of employment will only be made to candidates who can provide evidence that they meet full vaccination status.

For a confidential discussion, please contact Fiona Runacres, Director Supportive & Palliative Care on 9594 5347

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.

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.