Title:  Endocrinologist

Endocrinologist / Women’s Health Clinic

• Fractional ongoing sessions  One day a week | Experience work-life balance
• Blackburn Clinic | Carparking on site | Work across Eastern Health sites
• We support you to continuously improve and take pride in your achievements  

Eastern Health

Eastern Health is one of Melbourne’s largest public health services. We provide a range of emergency, surgical, medical and general healthcare services, including maternity, palliative care, mental health, drug and alcohol, residential care, community health and state-wide specialist services to people and communities that are diverse in culture, age, socio-economic status, population and healthcare needs.

About the role

To be successful in this role the following will be required of you:

• Consistent demonstration of clinical competency.
• Collaboration to improve outcomes by providing unique insights and strategies in endocrine aspects of women’s health leading to a more effective and sustainable treatment plan.
• Perform all duties as outlined in the Eastern Health General and Acute Care Medicine model of care and standard daily work documents, including handovers and interdisciplinary meetings.
• High levels of professionalism and working relationships with all co-workers.
• Punctuality and reliability in attendance.
• Ensure that patients and families are always given up-to-date information in order to understand clinical status and trajectory, and to make informed treatment choices.
• Liaise with primary care providers regarding patients with complicated primary care needs and ensure patients who are discharged from hospital have accurate discharge paperwork sent to the correct general practitioner.
• Undertake triage of referrals and assessment of patients using most suitable modality including clinic-based, video telehealth, remote self-monitoring, and home visits when allocated to outpatient or ambulatory care services.
• Ensure that patients awaiting admission in Emergency Department are moved to the ward as soon as a bed is available, and assessed efficiently by a medical team member
• Provide active supervision and support to junior medical staff, including frequent dialogue throughout the workday and then a specific dialogue towards the end of the workday, with the registrar or HMO on duty.
• Professional representation of the department and hospital internally within Eastern Health and externally in the broader health system.

About you

• Must be a registered medical practitioner in the Australian state of Victoria.
• Must have significant clinical experience in the area of reproductive women’s health Endocrinology and chronic and complex pain care, commensurate with the standards required by EH for Senior Medical Staff.
• Must hold Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.
• Capacity to deliver care in the hospital (all EH campuses) and in the ambulatory setting.
• Track record of excellence in training and supervision of doctors-in-training and medical students, along with innovation and collaboration.
• Possession of a current driver’s license.
• Ability to lead teams through change and continuous improvement cycles.

Please refer to the attached position description for further details of the role.

Vaccination against infectious disease is a mandatory requirement of this role. 

An offer of employment is conditional on you providing evidence that you are currently vaccinated against COVID-19 (with appropriate boosters) & Influenza, prior to commencing employment.

What we offer

Eastern Health offers a variety of fantastic Employee Benefits, view the extensive range here!

• Diverse and engaging career opportunities
• Friendly & supportive team
• Flexible working hours
• Salary packaging options
• Career progression in our teaching hospitals

Next Steps

If you believe you have the ability to make a difference in this rewarding industry, apply today!

Please note: 

• All applications must be submitted online via Success Factor.
• All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Fit2Work Check, where preferred candidates will be required to complete a Criminal History Check at the expense of Eastern Health.
• You must have Australian work rights to apply for this position.
• Recruitment agency applications will not be accepted.
• We will notify unsuccessful candidates.

Good to know:

• We are an equal opportunity employer and actively promote equality for people of all races, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, and for people living with disability – within the communities we serve and our Eastern Health team.
• We provide a culturally safe and welcoming environment for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander employees.
• As a child-safe organisation, we ensure child safety and wellbeing is embedded in our everyday culture.
• Vaccination and screening for immunity to vaccine-preventable disease is a mandatory requirement of this role.
• Advertising may end before the closing date.
• We do not accept recruitment agency application.

**Please note applications will be screened upon receipt and advertising may close prior to the closing date. **

Position Description Link

Contact Person: Virochana Kaul

Contact Number: 97646116

Contact Email: virochana.kaul@easternhealth.org.au

Job Posting End Date: 24/03/2024

Need help submitting your application?

Just contact the Hiring Manager in the advertisement or call the Talent Acquisition Team on (03) 9955 7555 (Option 1) | Medical Workforce Unit on (03) 9895 3469. [TA for Non-Medical roles, MWU for Medical roles]

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