Cardiac Prevention

Location: Melbourne | Southern Metropolitan

Job type: Part time

Organisation: Monash Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Health and Allied Health

Reference: 56734

**Australia's first Heart Hospital is opening soon Join us at Australia's only dedicated, purpose-built heart hospital.**

**Our journey**

The **Victorian Heart Hospital** will be Australia's first dedicated heart hospital and is nearing its final stages of construction. It will include a full range of ambulatory and inpatient cardiac care, including cardiac theatres, cardiac catheterisation laboratories, emergency, intensive care and ambulatory services such as cardiac CT, echocardiography and specialist consultation. It will also feature a unique, patient centred model of care. The Victorian Heart Hospital will also play a key role in advancing research and teaching and will be home to the Victorian Heart Institute, a brand new, health and medical research organisation at Monash University.

**About Allied Health**

Monash Health Allied Health is a dynamic service with dedicated, highly skilled clinicians. As a member of the Monash Health, Victorian Heart Hospital Prevention and Rehabilitation and Allied Health team, we are committed to working with you to become your professional best. We offer clinical education sessions, training on the job and career progression to enable you to further develop your clinical and leadership skills.

**Recruiting Now **Cardiac Prevention and Rehabilitation Clinical Lead** (Grade 4)**

By joining Monash Health's cardiac team as the **Cardiac Prevention and Rehabilitation Clinical Lead**, you will be welcomed into a positive and supportive environment, passionate about delivering cardiac care to a diverse and growing local community. The career opportunities are limitless with access to education support within a tertiary hospital.

You'll also enjoy working in brand new facilities in a dedicated heart hospital that will provide:

- improved facilities in a sustainable design, filled with colour, natural light and space
- dedicated leadership team fostering high performing talent and career progression within a tertiary hospital
- cutting edge state of the art technology and innovative design to facilitate world-leading research

**A Day in the Life**:
We guarantee that no two days will be the same.

In this important role, you will
- Coordinate and develop the Cardiac Prevention and Rehabilitation service
- Provide expert clinical knowledge and evidence-based management of patients attending VHH for cardiac care across both inpatient and ambulatory spaces
- Lead clinical research, quality and teaching activities including development and implementation of competency-based assessment
- Promote and develop the service by building strong partnerships across Monash Health, with other Victorian health networks, nationally and internationally

**What You Bring**

Working closely with the Allied Health Heads of Profession and Managers, Medical Program Directors and Directors of Clinical Operations you will bring the following demonstrated skills, experience and knowledge:

- Extensive experience in the provision of cardiac rehabilitation services including assessment, intervention, and education
- Ability to develop and lead professional development of undergraduate, professional and postgraduate allied health clinicians as well as the wider multidisciplinary team

**On a personal level, you will demonstrate**:

- Advanced level of recognised clinical leadership experience including service development and leading others through change
- Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to develop and deliver safe, consumer focused care
- Previous experience leading both formal research projects and quality improvement activities
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Advanced skills in organisation, time management, planning and priority setting

**What you need**:

- Relevant Allied Health qualification
- Relevant post graduate qualification(s)
- Current unconditional registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (practicing) - no restrictions or professional based relevant equivalent (if applicable to the profession)

**In Return**

You'll be joining Australia's first dedicated heart hospital and be a part of:
- a passionate cardiac team dedicated to making a difference to the health of Victorians
- a friendly, flexible work environment
- unique opportunities for education, career growth and support
- mentorship from a highly experienced and respected team
- the largest public health service in Victoria, employing more than 22,000 people

We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity and are 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 and iCare values.