About this role
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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 and service for people at every life stage.
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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 Mental Health at Monash Health
The Mental Health program aims to deliver high quality mental health care to people living in the South Eastern Suburbs of Melbourne and is one of the largest mental health programs in Victoria delivering services across the lifespan.
The Mental Health Program is organised into the following and each has a designated Operations Director and Unit Director working in partnership together and have Operational Managers and local Team Managers across all services within the program:
- Wellness and Recovery Centre (Eating Disorders Service).
- Youth Mental Health Services.
- Casey Adult Mental Health Services (Casey AMHS).
- Dandenong Adult Mental Health Services (Dandenong AMHS).
- Clayton Adult Mental Health Services (Clayton AMHS).
- Early in Life Mental Health Services (ELMHS).
- Monash Health Drug and Alcohol Services (MHDAS).
- Agile Psychological Medicine Clinics, including Agile Complex Mood Clinics and Cognitive Processing Therapy Clinics for PTSD.
About the Role
This is a 0.5 EFT (17.5 hrs) ongoing Consultant Psychiatrist position at the Wellness and Recovery Centre (WRC) Adult Outpatients Clinic located at Monash Medical Centre in Clayton.
The opportunity exists for a psychiatrist experienced in the management of Eating Disorders to provide care to consumers, and clinical leadership to the multidisciplinary WRC Adult Outpatients Team in the provision of consultant-led care.
What you need:
- Registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
- Fellowship of the RANZCP or equivalent.
- Working with Children's Check.
- Applications from senior registrars awaiting fellowship are welcomed.
What we offer:
- Mentorship and opportunities to develop your leadership skills.
- Salary packaging.
- Onsite discounted staff parking.
- Discounted banking (BankVic).
- Onsite Gym.
- Access to professional development courses and seminars.
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).
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.
Contact
For further information or if you are interested, please contact:
Dr Miguel Fernandez (Service Director, Infant, Child, Family and Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing Services, and Wellness and Recovery Centre).
Ph: 03 9792 7450.
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.
Other facts
About Monash Health
Monash Health is Victoria, Australia’s largest and most comprehensive health service.
We deliver care for people over their entire lifespan, from pre-birth to end-of-life, providing consolidated, integrated, comprehensive, and often highly complex care.
With 25,500 employees, Monash Health provides care to south-eastern metropolitan Melbourne and rural Victoria via telehealth, within local communities, and in people’s homes.
Our major hospitals include Monash Medical Centre, Monash Children’s Hospital, Dandenong Hospital, Casey Hospital, and the newly opened Victorian Heart Hospital, which is Australia’s first dedicated cardiac hospital. Monash Health provides significant care at Moorabbin Hospital, the Kingston Centre, and the Cranbourne Integrated Community Care Centre, and in total, they operate more than 40 care locations.
Monash Health is uniquely positioned as a large-scale, publicly funded health service that improves the health outcomes of their community. Annually, we provide more than 3.6 million episodes of care and deliver more than 10,000 babies.
We’re committed to being a fair, equitable, and non-discriminatory workplace that maximises the talent, potential, and contribution of all employees. With such a wide range of locations and specialties, we’ll proudly help you grow your career in healthcare.
What you'll do
- The Consultant Psychiatrist will provide care to consumers with eating disorders and offer clinical leadership to the multidisciplinary team. This role involves consultant-led care at the Wellness and Recovery Centre.
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