General Medicine Physician (AMTU)

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About Monash Health General Medicine Service

The General Medicine Service at Monash Health provides acute care to inpatients across three campuses: Monash Medical Centre, Dandenong Hospital and Casey Hospital. It is the largest single medical department at Monash Health with approximately 21,000 inpatient episodes per year. Furthermore, the General Medicine Service offers a substantial volume of perioperative care in close collaboration with Surgery and Anaesthesia, and increasingly provides acute care to patients in the community setting outside hospital walls.

General Medicine forms an important training area for many doctors in their career development journey, and thus provides an active teaching program for all doctors-in-training. There is a sizeable cohort of doctors-in-training working in General Medicine at any point in time, with their growth and wellness being of great priority.

In the context of modern pressures on access to acute hospital care, it is incumbent on the General Medicine Service to continuously evolve by adapting its operations to achieve increasing quality and efficiency. This includes increased presence of consultant physicians through the duration of the day, particularly with a view to frontloading specialist acute medical assessment as early as possible after the arrival of the patient at the Emergency Department.

About the Role:

As one element of the Monash Health General Medicine evolution, the Service is seeking to establish a trial of a model of care that is the Acute Medical Assessment and Transition Unit (AMTU), designed to fast-track the passage of patients into the right care in the right place at the right time, through early senior decision making. The success of this model depends on extending the hours of clinical service that is delivered by Consultant General Medicine Physicians. Thus we are seeking consultant physician candidates who are suitable to contribute to the operations of the AMTU from now until June 2027, as well as to the operations of the broader General Medicine Service as a whole. The AMTU comprises a roster that incorporates extended hours, 7 days a week, to facilitate senior medical staff presence for acutely presenting patients through the afternoon and evening, with a view to supporting optimal flow through the hospital system.

What you need:

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

•           Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians

•           Working with Children Certificate

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.

How to Apply

Applications will only be accepted via the Monash Health online recruitment system. 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 Check

•           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 are required to provide acceptable evidence of their vaccination status.  The current orders require evidence of three doses.  All applicants will need to upload acceptable evidence of full vaccination against COVID-19 as part of their application.  Acceptable evidence is a copy of your Immunisation History Statement or your COVID-19 Digital Certificate, 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 further enquiries, please contact:

Dr Xiu Xian Chia (Clinical Lead AMTU, General Medicine) - XiuXian.Chia@monashhealth.org

Dr Elizabeth Potter (Head of Unit, General Medicine) - Elizabeth.Potter@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.

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.