Consultant Paediatrician - Melbourne Children's Sleep Centre Job posted: 03/04/2024 Job type: Part time Salary: Salary not specified Occupation: Medical Reference: 65828 Job posted: 03/04/2024 Closes: 14/04/2024 Occupation: Medical Classification: Job duration: Not provided Contact: A/Prof Margot Davey - (03) 8572 3592 Reference: 65828 Occupation: Medical Salary Range: Salary not specified About Monash Health Monash Health is Victoria’s largest public health service. We are proud to provide healthcare to one quarter of Melbourne’s population, across the entire lifespan from newborn and children, to adults, the elderly, their families and carers. More than 25,500 employees work at over 40 care locations across south-eastern Melbourne, including Monash Medical Centre, Monash Children’s Hospital, Moorabbin Hospital, Dandenong Hospital, Casey Hospital, Kingston Centre, Cranbourne Centre, and an extensive network of rehabilitation, aged care, community health and mental health facilities. For more information, please visit www.monashhealth.org About Monash Doctors There are more than 1,500 Junior Medical staff positions at Monash Health in over 200 medical specialties, to help grow your career. We offer unparalleled opportunities in Victoria's largest & most clinically diverse teaching health service. About Melbourne Children’s Sleep Centre Melbourne Children's Sleep Centre (MCSC) is a state wide NATA accredited paediatric sleep service and unique in providing all types of sleep studies for all age groups of children across Victoria. It is located in a custom built paediatric sleep centre based at Monash Children's Hospital (MCH). The unit is staffed by 3 consultants, a full time paediatric sleep advanced trainee, 18 sleep scientists, 6 nurses and 3 administration staff. MCSC performs 30 inpatient sleep studies per week along with a home oximetry service which performs 30-40 tests per week. A portable sleep unit is available for inpatient sleep studies in NICU and PICU. An extensive non-invasive ventilation service is managed by the 3 consultants and staffed by a dedicated clinical nurse educator and 2 sleep scientists. The consultants provide both outpatient and inpatient consultative services for paediatric sleep. MCSC has a strong research program which in conjunction with Monash University is recognized as the most productive research group in paediatric sleep medicine in Australasia and is ranked second internationally (Scopus). Multiple NHMRC grants along with other funding sources have allowed the development of multiple research projects which each year lead to publications and presentations. About the Role To support the MCSC Director and Non-Invasive Ventilation Director to oversee and direct the provision and reporting of paediatric sleep studies and home oximetries. Depending on time allocation supporting the non-invasive ventilation services provided by the MCSC. A temporary 0.5 FTE position is available at the Melbourne Children's Sleep Centre (MCSC) at Monash Children's Hospital. This position will start 6th of May and conclude October 11th 2024. We are looking for someone who is a FRACP accredited paediatric sleep physician to join our team to help with reporting of overnight sleep studies and home oximetry. The role is for 0.50 SMS FTE within the Melbourne Children’s Sleep Centre Ward 4 E, but a 0.3 FTE applicant would be considered. This position is able to be performed remotely. The candidate’s responsibilities will be reporting overnight polysomnography and home oximetry. They will be expected to attend and participate in regular clinical meetings including a fortnightly PSG review and weekly Journal club and Radiology meetings. Participation in the non-invasive ventilation meeting and MCSC staff in-service is encouraged. Currently all these meetings are conducted remotely via TEAMS platform. What you need: Registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) as a specialist in Sleep Medicine (Paediatric) Appropriate health professional tertiary qualifications Fellowship of the RACS or equivalent Working with Children's Certificate What we offer: Salary packaging Discounted banking (BankVic) Onsite Gym Access to professional development courses and seminars How to Apply Monash Health recognises the value of equal employment opportunity and is 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. Applications will only be accepted via the Monash Health online Mercury System only. Email applications will not be considered. Offers of employment can only be made once all required probity checks have been completed. These include: Reference checks A clear Police Check conducted within the last three months A current Victorian Employee Working with Children’s Check (or proof of payment for same) Proof of immunisation Under the Victorian Public Health orders, all employees working within the Public Health system must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and are required to provide acceptable evidence of their vaccination status. The current orders require evidence of three doses. All applicants to positions with Monash Health will need to upload acceptable evidence of full vaccination against COVID-19 as part of their application. Acceptable evidence is a copy of your Immunisation History Statement or your COVID-19 Digital Certificate, which can be accessed via MyGov. Offers of employment will only be made to candidates who can provide evidence that they meet full vaccination status. To apply for this role, you will be redirected to the Monash Health job application system. #J-18808-Ljbffr