Consultant Anaesthetist

Job Requisition ID: 2938- Legal Entity: Monash Health- Location: Clayton, VIC, AU, 3168- Employment Type: Full Time and / or Part Time- Posting Date: 13 Nov 2024**Monash Health is a great place to work**

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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 Monash Anaesthesia**

Providing anaesthetic support to 8 Monash Health facilities, Monash Health currently employs over 150 Specialist Anaesthetists and supports the Monash/Southern Anaesthetic training program, with close to 100 trainees. We cover an extensive range of tertiary surgical disciplines.

Monash Health is looking for Specialist Anaesthetists to work within Monash Health alongside other anaesthetists working at Dandenong and Cranbourne ICC, Casey, Clayton, Moorabbin and Monash Children’s hospitals.

Significant EFT is available, with a combination of Fractional and Full time positions, with the positions requiring a minimum commitment to Monash Health of 20 hours per week. All start dates will be from February 3rd 2025 unless otherwise agreed.

**About the Role**

To support and assist the Service and Site Directors of Anaesthesia in the provision of high quality anaesthetic services across Monash health sites, consistent with Monash Health values.
- Provide clinical leadership through active involvement in patient care.
- Be available to medical colleagues for consultation and liaison as appropriate regarding patient care.
- Support academic, research, education, training & supervision (both undergraduate and postgraduate) roles in the Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Monash Health.
- Contribute to the professional and corporate life in Victoria's largest public health service by participation in appropriate committees and educational platforms.
- Contribute to ongoing service improvement and clinical and workforce innovation to ensure Monash Health provides high quality accessible anaesthetic services

**What we offer**:

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

**What you need**:

- Specialist registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
- Fellowship of the Australian & New Zealand College of Anaesthetists.
- For full Paediatric scope of practice recognition, a 12 month fellowship, in a recognised tertiary Paediatric hospital, is required
- A valid Employee Victorian Working with Children Check (WWCC) is required for all medical staff at Monash Health.
- Statutory Declaration

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 will be screened upon receipt and selection activity may commence prior to the closing date.

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.