Consultant Urologist

Location: Melbourne | Eastern Metropolitan

Job type: Part time

Organisation: Monash Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Medical

Reference: 60053

**About the Role**

The role is to provide enhanced consultant level care to Monash Urology services. The Urology unit has 15 consultants at this time, with Director and Dep Director Leadership roles. This is a locum SMS full time role to provide adult urology services to Monash Health. The role requires 38 hours per week to cover outpatient clinics and operating lists as well as attendance at weekly MDT and monthly unit meetings. Direct clinical supervision, support and pastoral care to the junior team of residents and registrars will be a key component of the role, as well as back-filling of operating lists and clinics for annual leave and external shockwave lithotripsy sessions as required.

This role is aimed particularly at providing consistent consultant involvement in the day to day running of the wards and emergency department with the expectation to support daily registrar ward rounds, engage in multidisciplinary management of complex ward patients and provide senior urologist level involvement of emergency admissions. The successful applicant will provide a vital role in streamlining the patient journey, minimizing inpatient length of stay and optimizing discharge planning.

The Consultant will be required to undertake:

- Patient assessment and management
- Patient care coordination
- Supervision / teaching of advanced Urology trainees
- Intern/HMO support, supervision, feedback and teaching
- Student interaction and teaching
- Family member communication, feedback and liaison
- Extensive interaction with the other health professionals, especially, the nursing and allied health staff
- Demonstrate commitment towards key organizational initiatives
- Demonstrate compliance with all relevant Monash Health Policies and Procedures

**What you need**:

- Current registrations such as APRHA
- Working with children's check
- Other specific registrations or checks
- Specific qualifications i.e. FRACS or equivalent

**What we offer**:

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

**How to apply**:
Monash Health recognizes 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.

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.