2024 Cardiothoracic Surgery Clinical Fellow

Location: Melbourne | Southern Metropolitan

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Monash Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Medical

Reference: 61041

**About Monash Health**

Monash Health is Victoria’s largest public health service. We are proud to provide healthcare to one quarter of Melbourne’s population, across the entire lifespan from newborn and children, to adults, the elderly, their families, and carers. More than 22,000 employees work at over 40 healthcare locations across south-eastern Melbourne, including Monash Medical Centre, Monash Children’s Hospital, Moorabbin Hospital, Dandenong Hospital, Casey Hospital, Kingston Centre, Cranbourne Centre, Victorian Heart Hospital, Sandringham Hospital Maternity services and an extensive network of rehabilitation, aged care, community health and mental health facilities.

**About Monash Doctors Workforce**

There are more than 1,900 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 Cardiothoracic Surgery Unit**

The Cardiothoracic Surgery Department provides adult cardiac and thoracic surgical care for all Monash Health patients. Currently there are seven senior surgical staff members appointed to the Department. Cardiac surgery procedures are performed at the Victorian Heart Hospital, whilst thoracic surgery procedures are performed MMC, Clayton with a very small number of thoracic surgery procedures are performed at Dandenong Hospital. There is a strong academic program within the Department and a close research affiliation with Monash University and the organisations within the Monash Medical Centre Research Precinct, including the Victorian Heart Institute which is domiciled with the Victorian Heart Hospital.

**About the Role**

You will 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 and undertake training towards attaining Fellowship of The Royal Australian College of Surgeons.

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

**About You**

**_ What you need:_**
- Registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
- Appropriate health professional tertiary qualifications
- Working with Children's Certificate

**What we offer**
- Salary packaging
- Onsite discounted staff parking
- Discounted banking (BankVic)
- Onsite Gym (at MMC, with Monash University gym at VHH)
- Access to professional development courses and seminars

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**

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.

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)
- proof of immunisation.

Under the Victorian Public Health orders, all employees working within the Public Health system must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and are required to provide acceptable evidence of their vaccination status. The current orders require evidence of three doses.