Clinical Lead

Location: Melbourne | Southern Metropolitan

Job type: Part time

Organisation: Monash Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Medical

Reference: 65669

**About Monash Health**

Monash Health provides healthcare across south eastern Melbourne, uniquely integrating primary, secondary and tertiary health services, as well as world-renowned research and teaching facilities in one organisation. Monash Health is affiliated with Monash University, the Hudson Institute of Medical Research, all of whom are partners in the Monash Health Translation Precinct.We provide access to public health services for a greater community of 1.3 million residents or 24 per cent of Victoria’s population. Over 25,500 staff work at more than 40 care locations across south eastern Melbourne, including Monash Medical Centre, Moorabbin Hospital, Dandenong Hospital, Casey Hospital, Kingston Centre, Cranbourne Integrated Care Centre, and an extensive network of rehabilitation, community health and mental health facilities.

**On average each year**:

- We provide more than 3.4 million episodes of care to our community
- More than 276,000 people are admitted to our hospitals
- More than 220,000 people come to our three Emergency Departments for treatment

**About Monash Gastroenterology**

Monash Gastroenterology is Victoria’s largest gastroenterology unit. We care for 3000 inpatients per year, provide 13,000 endoscopic procedures and see 18,000 outpatients per annum across a range of speciality clinics including IBD, general gastroenterology, hepatobiliary, endoscopy, liver, decompensated liver, NASH, liver cancer. In addition, we offer intestinal ultrasound, fibroscan, and infusion services.

We provide services at Clayton, Dandenong and Casey, with two ward teams (Clayton and Dandenong), three endoscopy units (Clayton, Dandenong and Casey), five outpatient sites, and a 24 hour registrar led, but consultant driven GI bleeding service for Clayton and Dandenong. The team currently comprises thirty-six gastroenterologists, 7 accredited registrars, 3 clinical fellows, 6 junior medical staff, and a large clinical trials unit providing regulatory support, GCP, and research nurse support for commercial drug trials and both clinical and laboratory investigator initiated research.

**About the Role**

The role will involve:

- ** Hepatology Strategy**: Developing and implementing hepatology strategic direction in conjunction with the head of unit, and within the Monash Health Strategic framework.
- ** Ambulatory care**: Coordinating hepatology ambulatory clinics to ensure access targets are met and quality outcomes achieved, inconcert with the Director of Clinical Operations and head of unit.
- ** Endoscopy**: Overseeing the variceal banding program, supervision of training, liaison with interventional radiology
- ** Training**: RACP supervision of Advanced trainees in gastroenterology, supervision of an advanced hepatology fellow, and involvement in JMS supervision and training
- ** Research**; Defining and directing research strategy, liaison with clinical trials team, participation in clinical trial governance, recruitment and delivery, and development of new research streams and collaborations.
- ** Quality and Audit**; coordinating and supervising annual audits of ambulatory and inpatient hepatological care including HCC surveillance, inpatient and ambulatory cirrhosis care

Required qualifications include:

- MBBS (or equivalent) FRACP, Current Specialist AHPRA registration, CCCTRGE accreditation, good communication skills and the ability to work in multidisciplinary teams.

**How to Apply**

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.