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Monash Health is Victoria’s largest and most comprehensive health service. For more than 170 years, Monash Health and its predecessors have provided safe, high-quality healthcare for people at every life stage. With 25,500 employees, we provide care to south-eastern metropolitan Melbourne and rural Victoria from over 40 locations, via telehealth, within local communities and in people’s homes.
We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity. We are committed to patient safety, promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace and to Child Safe Standards. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and our five ICare values.
About Monash Doctors
To help grow your career, there are more than 1,900 Junior and 1,700 Senior Doctors at Monash Health in over 200 medical specialties. We offer unparallel opportunities in Victoria's largest & most clinically diverse teaching health service.
About Paediatric Oncology
The Cancer Centre is an integral part of the Monash Children's Hospital (MCH), caring for approximately 30% of Victoria's childhood cancer patients. It has inpatient beds and an ambulatory care centre that provides complex cancer care across the disease continuum including long term follow-up of cancer survivors. The centre works closely with the Paediatric Integrated Cancer Service (PICS), the Victorian Paediatric Cancer Consortium (VPCC) and the Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) to ensure equity of access and coordination of clinical trials for children with cancer in Victoria.
The successful applicant for this appointment will be a Paediatric Oncologist who will work within a multidisciplinary team to provide high quality and coordinated clinical care to the patients and their families, by contributing to ward service, the day oncology centre and the after-hours on-call roster.
About the Role
Key Result Areas:
* Support and assist the Head of Paediatric Oncology in the provision of high quality services at MCH, consistent with the Monash Health values.
* Provide clinical leadership through active involvement in patient care.
* When on call, be available for urgent consultation and assistance in the management of critically ill patients.
* Support academic, research and education (both undergraduate and postgraduate) in Paediatric Oncology
* Contribute to the professional and corporate life of Monash Health by participation in appropriate committees and fora.
* Contribute to ongoing service improvement and clinical innovation to ensure Monash Health provides high quality accessible Paediatric Oncology services within allocated resources to meet the needs of Monash Health patients.
About You
What you need:
* Appropriate health professional tertiary qualifications
* Working with Children's Certificate
* MBBS or equivalent
* FRACP or recognised by RACP as specialist in Paediatric Oncology Current registration as a specialist in Paediatric Oncology with the Medical Board of Australia/AHPRA
What we offer:
* Salary packaging
* Onsite discounted staff parking
* Discounted banking (BankVic)
* Onsite Gym
* Access to professional development courses and seminars
For a confidential discussion, please contact Dr John Heath, Unit Director of Paediatric Oncology on 0434 861 486.
Position Description can be found here
We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity. We are committed to patient safety, promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace and to Child Safe Standards. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and our five ICare values.
How to Apply
Applications are accepted via the Monash Health online EHub system. For information including how to apply and probity check requirements, please click here for the ‘Application Guide’
Applications will be screened upon receipt and selection activity may commence prior to the closing date.
Applications close 5th November 2024.