2023 Imaging Thoracic and Procedural Fellow Sfr

Location: Melbourne | Southern Metropolitan

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Monash Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Medical

Reference: 56468

**Monash Health Imaging Thoracic and Procedural Fellow SFR**

Applications are invited from qualified medical practitioners, registered in Australia, for the position of Monash Health Imaging Interventional Clinical Fellow. The position would best suit a doctor who is wishing to extend the knowledge in basic science and practice of interventional imaging and gain experience at this level.

Our professional team fosters an innovative, respectful and positive team based culture. Your passion for excellence will be encouraged and professional growth will flourish as a result.

**About Monash Health**

We are an equal opportunity employer and committed to a fair, non-discriminatory workplace that maximises the talent, potential and contribution of all.

**About Monash Doctors**

There are more than 900 Junior Medical staff positions at Monash Health in over 200 medical specialties, to help grow your career. We offer unparalleled opportunities in Victoria's largest & most clinically diverse teaching health service.

**About Monash Health Imaging**

Imaging at Monash Health incorporates a full range of services including CT, US, MRI, DEXA, PET, Nuclear Medicine, X-Ray, Lithotripsy, OPG, Mammography, Fluoroscopy and Interventional and Therapeutic imaging services at the Monash Medical Centre - Clayton; Monash Children's Hospital, Clayton; Dandenong Hospital, Dandenong; Casey Hospital, Berwick; Moorabbin Hospital, Bentleigh East; Kingston Centre, Cheltenham and the Pakenham Health Centre, Pakenham. Imaging also supports the Monash University Biomedical Imaging site including MRI and PET MRI. The service provides over 365,000 imaging examinations per year across all sites, currently employs approximately 500 EFT and has a gross operating budget in excess of $100M.

The Imaging program clearly defines its mission as the delivery of leading edge, evidence-based diagnostic and therapeutic imaging services and research and education that meets the needs of our community and employees. Our proposed vision is to relentlessly pursue excellence and be a beacon within imaging and be the prime provider and destination of choice for our community, referrers, researchers, educational institutions, employees and students.

**About the Role**

Work as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide safe and effective person centred care, provide teaching and supervision of resident medical staff and students.

To extend the knowledge in the basic science and practice of thoracic imaging, including advanced respiratory and cardiac cross sectional imaging, and thoracic intervention (6 months).

To develop expertise in and perform mid level and basic image guided interventional procedures (6months).

Participation in the on call roster is expected.

This position is based across all Monash Health campuses.

As a Monash Health Imaging Thoracic Fellow/Systems Focused Rotation (SFR) Trainee of the Unit and in your role as a procedural registrar you will have significant responsibility and a complex role. You will be required to undertake:

- Patient assessment and management in consultation with the treating consultant.
- Patient care coordination.
- 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.
- Self-management (including time management, accessing education and training and completing college requirements).
- Provide clinical leadership to the multidisciplinary treating team.
- Demonstrate commitment towards key organisational initiatives.
- Demonstrate compliance with all relevant Monash Health Policies and Procedures.

**Responsibilities**

You are accountable to your Unit Head/consultant for the care all the patients in the unit. It is your responsibility to:

- Provide safe and high quality person-centred care for patients under your care
- Ensure coordination of care for patients in your unit
- Ensure timely and clear clinical communication including clinical handover with regards to patients under your care
- Ensure timely escalation of care related issues to your consultant when required
- In your clinical practice demonstrate commitment to quality and safety and Monash Health's “Patient first” initiative.
- In your clinical practice demonstrate commitment towards Monash Health's “Four hours will be ours” initiative

**About You**

You will:

- Demonstrate a commitment to profession-led regulation.
- Demonstrate a high level commitment to ethical practice.
- Demonstrate an ability to effectively manage matters of patient safety and quality of care.
- Understand the role of the relevant College and the associated expectations of the Fellow role.

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