Addiction Medicine Registrar

4 weeks ago

Melbourne, Australia Western Health Full time

About the Role

The Addiction Medicine Registrar (Western Health) has a key and central role within Drug Health Services and the Addiction Medicine Team. The Registrar provides comprehensive specialist care for patients with a wide range of substance related disorders and associated complex comorbidity.

Drug Health Services is a community-based program of Western Health which offers innovative and diverse programs that include Specialist programs for Adults, Women’s and Children’s Services, Youth and Family Services, Residential Withdrawal Services, West side Lodge Residential Dual Diagnosis Rehabilitation Service and at the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre custodial Addiction Medicine Program.

The Addiction Medicine Team sits within Drug Health Services and offers Addiction Medicine support across the programs of Drug Health Services and throughout Western Health.

The Addiction Medicine registrar roles sit within:

  • The Addiction Medicine Consultation and Liaison Service at Footscray Hospital, Sunshine Hospital and the Sunshine Hospital Emergency Department
  • The Addiction Medicine Outpatient Clinic and Specialist Pharmacotherapy Program
  • The Residential Withdrawal Unit and Adolescent Residential Withdrawal Unit
  • The Statewide Service for mental health and addiction
  • West side Lodge Dual Diagnosis Rehabilitation Service
  • Alcohol and other drug treatment at Dame Phyllis Frost Centre

The Addiction Medicine Registrar is involved in provision of both inpatient and outpatient care for patients with Addiction and co-existing medical, psychiatric and social complexity. The Registrar provides high level Addiction Medicine assessment, provision of treatment and connection to a range of Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment services. The Registrar also provides clinical leadership to the Drug Health Services community teams, and is involved in research and data.

This current positions are full time (though requests for part time training are accepted) for 12 months, commencing 03/02/2025. Requests for part time or 6month rotations are accepted. 

We offer accredited training in Addiction Medicine for those who are interested in attaining Fellowship of the Chapter of Addiction Medicine or Advanced training in Addiction Psychiatry, and a training pathway for Addiction Medicine and Addiction Psychiatry that can be completed in its entirety at Western Health.  Positions can also be considered by other trainees for relevant clinical experience, within their own chosen discipline.

Applicants will be supported to complete Opioid Replacement Therapy (ORT) Training and receive accreditation to prescribe ORT.

About Us

Our workforce of over 12,000 employees are driven by our values of ‘Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Excellence and Safety’ (CARES). We value our people and provide them the opportunity to grow and develop.  Our teams are friendly and supportive, ensuring we deliver a safe, person-centred and connected patient experience.

Western Health is in a period of rapid growth. Our services comprise of four acute public hospitals: Footscray Hospital, Sunshine Hospital (including Joan Kirner Women's and Children's), Williamstown Hospital and Bacchus Marsh & Melton Hospital. We also operate Sunbury Day Hospital, Hazeldean, Grant Lodge Residential Aged Care, as well as community health centres in Melton, Caroline Springs and Bacchus Marsh and a range of community-based services. We care for a diverse community of more than 1 million people with complex care needs ranging from Neonates to Geriatrics.

Our employees enjoy a wide range of benefits such as:

  • Professional development support
  • Career advancement opportunities
  • Salary packaging including novated vehicle leasing
  • Work-life balance

Western Health is an equal opportunity employer committed to attracting and retaining diversity in our workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Western Health is committed to providing a safe environment for the children and young people who are involved in our services, sites and operations. We follow and abide by all legislative requirements to keep children and young people safe.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Police Record Check, an Immunisation status clearance (including evidence of COVID 19 vaccination) and (if applicable) a Working with Children’s Check.

Western Health is implementing a new recruitment system, launching on Monday, 27th May 2024.

There will be a period from the 27th May to 29th May that you might not be able to apply for this role. However, the position will be available for you to apply from the 30th May until the stipulated closing date.

Western Health do not accept unsolicited resumes/applications from Recruitment Agencies.

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