Job Requisition ID: 1540
- Legal Entity: Monash Health
- Location: Clayton, VIC, AU, 3168
- Employment Type: Full Time Fixed Term and / or Part Time Fixed Term
- Posting Date: 19 Jul 2024
**Monash Health is a great place to work**
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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 the Role**
This position would suit a trainee seeking an accredited Cancer Care setting term for Palliative Medicine advanced training, or an advanced trainee seeking medical oncology experience in their pursuit of training in another medical specialty, with a fixed term contract of 6 - 12 months. The registrar post will involve a rotation through medical oncology settings to maximise learning opportunities. Rotations include the in-patient wards, and the Moorabbin CDU/outpatient clinics. The CDUs are supported by a HMO and registrar's duties include supervision of patients attending for chemotherapy, attending to inter-current problems and managing anti-cancer therapy side effects. The positions also involve attendance at several tumour site specific clinics and MDT meetings. Clinical duties are rostered to a total of 43 hours per the award, including five hours a week of rostered training time. Consultation with patients of other units is required at at all campuses. Participation at clinical meetings will include case presentations, journal article reviews and topic presentations.
**Research Interest of Unit**
The Oncology Department is one of the busiest clinical units at Monash Health. Phase 1, 2 and 3 oncology clinical trials are based at the Monash Health Translation Precinct Clinical Trial Centre (MHTP CTC). Trainees are encouraged to undertake / continue a clinical project.
**What you'll need**:
- A medical qualification (MBBS or equivalent) which is recognised for registration by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
- Trainee of Chapter of Palliative Medicine, or Relevant Medical college, with FRACP Part 1 exam (or provisional)
- Motor vehicle driver licence
**In return we offer**:
- Salary packaging
- Onsite discounted staff parking
- Discounted banking (BankVic)
- Onsite Gym
- Access to professional development courses and seminars
**For the Position Description, please**click here**
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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 will be screened upon receipt and selection activity may commence prior to the closing date.
**Applications close August 1st, 2025.