Medical Officer

5 days ago

Melbourne, Australia Austin Health Full time

Location: Melbourne | Northern Metropolitan

Job type: Full time, Part time

Organisation: Austin Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Medical

Reference: 48677

Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across 3 campuses in the northeast of Melbourne and state-wide. Austin Health is world-renowned for its research and specialist work in cancer, liver transplantation, spinal cord injuries, neurology, endocrinology, mental health and rehabilitation.

**Details of Department**
- Residential In Reach

The Residential In-Reach Service (RIR) is staffed by Clinical Nurse Consultants and Doctors from the Geriatric Medicine team for the purpose of reviewing aged care residents within their facilities, providing a timely, person-centred management approach for acute medical conditions. The service also may provide consultation to Austin Health inpatients who are residents of Aged Care Facilities.

**Details of position/position requirements**

The HMO works under the supervision of the unit consultant registrar and in partnership with the multidisciplinary team. As part of the team, the HMO is responsible for ensuring the right patient receives the right care at the right time in the right environment, mindful of efficient and clinically appropriate utilisation of health resources.

Role requirements include:

- Participate in weekend and evening roster
- Facilitate excellent communication and liaison with other staff, general practitioners and others involved in patient care, including timely discharge summaries.
- Complete appropriate documentation in the patient’s hospital record. Entries should be legible, timely, regular and comprehensive so as to document important changes or decisions, and ALL entries must be dated, designated and signed.
- Charting of medications in the electronic CERNER medication chart and discharge medications/scripts
- Provide good communication of management plans with carers, primary care providers and RACF staff, with the aim of managing future recurrent issues or pre-emptively planning for future changes

**To be successful in this role you must**:

- Be registered as a Medical Practitioner with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA). Note that eligible applicants will be assisted through this process if not currently registered.
- A minimum of two years’ post-graduate experience as a medical practitioner.
- Demonstrated commitment to high quality patient care.
- Demonstrated teamwork and collaboration.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate at all levels.
- Competent performance of common clinical procedures

Work with us Your reward is to work in a collaborative environment which will provide you with opportunities for ongoing training and development. Your benefits will include salary packaging, and employee assistance program.

Austin Health is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce that reflects the community we serve. Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are encouraged.

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