Hith Medical Officer

Hospital in the Home (HITH) Medical Officer

Permanent Part Time position (8 hours per week)

Cabrini Malvern

Cabrini offers:
- Salary Packaging up to $18,850 tax-free each year- Attractive remuneration and benefits- Commitment to employee development and career growth

About the role

Hospital in the Home Medical Officers are responsible for complete clinical care of patients admitted to Cabrini Hospital in the home. They are required to engage in education, quality improvement, departmental leadership, department meetings and contribute to operational aspects of the Hospital in the Home program.

Key responsibilities include:
- Clinical Care of all HITH patients including assessment, diagnosis, management and procedures- Assuming a leadership role in HITH as doctor on-call as required- Interacting with patients, families and colleagues in a professional manner- Ensuring timely and thorough completion of medical documentation- Completing medical billing and other clerical duties- Arranging escalation of HITH patients including referral to inpatient doctors, emergency supervising consultant if/as required- Assisting the Nurse Manager / Associate Nurse Unit Manager in patient flow

About you

In addition to your commitment to ensuring a high quality patient experience and ability to engage in a weekly and weekend rotational roster, you will need to have and maintain the following:
- AHPRA mandated continuing professional development requirements- Compliance with all mandatory Cabrini training modules (via Workday)- Medical Graduates with the Australian Medical Registration- Fellowship with at least one of: Royal Australasian College of General Practitioners (RACGPP), Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP), or Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM)- A broad range of clinical experience relevant to HITH- Australian Citizenship or Permanent Residency with access to the MBS Medicare schedule- A valid Australian divers licence-
- Working With Children Check- Postgraduate clinical experience in Hospital in the Home (desirable)

Enquiries should be directed to: James Pollard, Clinical Director Community Care - 9508 1745

Does this sound like your new role? Bring your skills and enthusiasm to Cabrini Health and help optimise the patient experience and health outcomes for our community.

Cabrini Health acknowledges the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for people of all backgrounds and abilities. Inclusion is core to our mission.

Working for Cabrini

Cabrini Health is a Catholic, private, for-purpose health service located in Melbourne’s southeast. Inspired by the mission and ethic of care of the Cabrini Sisters, providing quality, compassionate care to our community for more than 75 years.

There is something special about Cabrini Health. Our highly skilled staff and specialists incorporate clinical research, innovative models of care and state-of-the-art technology to deliver the best possible care and outcomes for our patients. We demonstrate our mission to serve our community through outreach programs that support asylum seekers, provide healthcare in rural communities and in underdeveloped countries.

Our size, reputation and growth strategy ensure genuine opportunities for our people to learn, grow and realise potential.

Our values: Compassion - Integrity - Courage - Respect

MANDATORY FOR ALL NEW STAFF TO CABRINI

Employment with Cabrini Health will be based on satisfactory background checks such as professional references, National Police Check, vaccinations for annual Influenza plus a Working with Children Check (WWCC) may also be requested. Vaccination for COVID-19 is highly recommended.