Orthoptist

Reference Number
- 59431
- Employment Type
- Part Time Ongoing
- Entity
- Monash Health
- Department
- Ophthalmology
- Location
- Monash Medical Centre Clayton
- Position Summary
- An ongoing position as part of a well-established highly functioning team
- Providing clinical and surgical ophthalmic care from newborns to the elderly
- Working in a multi-specialty network with patients with complex medical problems

**About the Role and You**

The Monash Health Ophthalmology Department provides clinical services at Monash Medical Centre Clayton. Surgical services at the Cranbourne Day Surgery provide the second highest annual number of cataract operations in Victoria, with a smaller surgical service at MMC and MCH.

The clinics provide consultant, registrar and orthoptic services; general and sub-specialty, preadmission and postoperative cataract clinics for inpatient and outpatient, adult and paediatric, ophthalmic cases often associated with neuro-ophthalmic problems, trauma, complex medical problems or paediatric disorders.

You will provide orthoptic diagnostic and management services in a range of clinical settings including surgical assessment and postoperative cataract clinics, general, medical retina and paediatric ophthalmology. You will be required to work independently, while being part of a multidisciplinary team focussed on patient care and efficient health care provision within a high-volume service.

This 0.8 EFT (four days/week) position is expected to commence in March 2023. This position may be appointed at either Grade 1 or Grade 2 level.

What You Need:

- Current Australian Orthoptic Board registration
- Demonstrated experience

**What We Offer**:

- access to Monash Health in-house learning portals to further expand your acute clinical skills & knowledge base
- avenues to further develop your leadership & project management skills
- mentorship & career guidance
- support to attend relevant forums & conferences
- a supportive learning environment, should you wish to undertake postgraduate studies

In addition, you will have access to benefits including salary packaging to increase your take-home pay, access to onsite subsidised staff car parking and gym and the Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

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**

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);and
- proof of immunisation.

A request to conduct probity checks does not guarantee that an offer of employment will be made.

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.
- Selection Criteria
- Australian Orthoptic Board registration
- Orthoptics Australia membership
- Contact Person
- Name
Position
Phone
- **Linda Santamaria**

**Manager**

**03 8572 2569**
- Advertising Closing
- 28/02/2023