Unit Head Adult Mental Health Dandenong

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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Monash Health Full time

Medical Specialists (Healthcare & Medical) Full time Add expected salary to your profile for insights 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.

To see first-hand what our colleagues think about working here, take a look at the following short videos:

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.

Situated at Dandenong Hospital Leading change and improvement in a challenging clinical environment Bring us your leadership skills and passion for mental health About Monash Health Monash Health is Victoria's largest public health service.

We are proud to provide healthcare to one quarter of Melbourne's population, across the entire lifespan from newborn and children, to adults, the elderly, their families and carers.

More than 22,000 employees work at over 40 care locations across south eastern Melbourne, including Monash Medical Centre, Monash Children's Hospital, Moorabbin Hospital, Dandenong Hospital, Casey Hospital, Kingston Centre, Cranbourne Centre, and an extensive network of rehabilitation, aged care, community health and mental health facilities.

For more information, please visit About Mental Health at Monash Monash Health provides mental health services across all ages and across a wide geographical area of south-east Melbourne.

The service is divided into 6 clinical `units' each operating integrated inpatient and community services.

The Units comprise Early in Life Mental Health Service, Young Person's Mental Health Service, Casey Adult, Dandenong Adult, Monash (Clayton) Adult, and Aged Mental Health Services.

This position is the Unit Director (Clinical Director) responsible for adult services in the Dandenong area, comprising inpatient, community, and community residential and rehabilitation services.

Monash prides itself in running a large and high quality training program in psychiatry, as well as clinical training placements for psychology, allied health and mental health nursing.

We strive to deliver good outcomes for our patients and families.

In the context of the recent interim recent report of the Royal Commission into the Victorian Mental Health System, the mental health sector is in exciting times.

Monash Health is ready to participate in what is going to be a transformational improvement in the way we run mental health services in Victoria.

About the Role Reporting to the Service Director, Adult and Older Adult, the position has responsibility for the effective management and leadership of the General Adult Psychiatry Unit at Dandenong and, together with the other Unit Directors, Service Directors and Program Director, for clinical governance within the Mental Health Program such that the provision of services across Monash Health is consistent with our Strategic and Clinical Services plans.

As a member of the Monash Health Senior Management Team the appointee will provide leadership in achieving and upholding Monash Health's Vision, Purpose and Values.

This position provides the clinical, professional and academic leadership to General Adult Psychiatry required to make Monash Health a learning institution and to deliver excellent clinical care to patients.

The appointment is with Monash Health (Unit Director), within the Mental Health Program, but the appointee will be expected to have or apply for an adjunct appointment (at Professor, Associate Professor or Senior Lecturer level, as appropriate) with the Monash University Department of Psychiatry to support the teaching and research components of the role.


This role is responsible for:

leadership of professional staffprofessional standards and clinical governancestrategy development and planningmeeting performance standards About You You will be a leader with a passion for mental health and an ability to inspire professional colleagues and lead transformational change.

What you need Specialist qualification as a psychiatrist with AHPRA registration Experience as a clinician as well as being a manager and a leader in public mental health 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.
Applications will be screened upon receipt and selection activity may commence prior to the closing date.
We are a publicly-funded metropolitan health service based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Providing care across the entire lifespan, our major hospitals include Monash Medical Centre, Monash Children's Hospital, Dandenong Hospital, and Casey Hospital in Berwick.

We also provide care at Moorabbin Hospital, the Kingston Centre, and the Cranbourne Integrated Community Care Centre.

We have over 40 locations across south eastern Victoria, including several community health centres in Berwick, Cockatoo, Springvale, Dandenong, and more.

We are a publicly-funded metropolitan health service based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Providing care across the entire lifespan, our major hospitals include Monash Medical Centre, Monash Children's Hospital, Dandenong Hospital, and Casey Hospital in Berwick.

We also provide care at Moorabbin Hospital, the Kingston Centre, and the Cranbourne Integrated Community Care Centre.

We have over 40 locations across south eastern Victoria, including several community health centres in Berwick, Cockatoo, Springvale, Dandenong, and more.

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