Sexual Assault Crisis Line (SACL) - Counsellor/Advocate

Classification: Social Worker Grade 2 or equivalent tertiary health qualification

Ongoing permanent - 20.5 Hours per week

The Royal Women’s Hospital

The Royal Women’s Hospital is Australia’s first and largest specialist hospital dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of newborns and women of all ages. To join the Women’s is to be instrumental in forging progress towards health equity for women from ground-breaking research through to the bedside delivery of multi-disciplinary clinical care.

Creating exceptional experiences is at the heart of everything we do for our patients, their families, and our people across our specialised services within maternity, neonatal and women’s health.

The Sexual Assault Crisis Line:

The Sexual Assault Crisis Line (SACL) provides a state wide after-hours telephone crisis service to people of all genders and sexualities impacted by sexual assault (including providing support to trans and gender diverse people and non-binary people and communities). SACL provides immediate crisis care coordination to victims / survivors of recent sexual assault, telephone crisis counselling support and advocacy, information and referral to victim /survivors of recent and past sexual assault. SACL also provides support and information for non-offending family and friends, and professional consultation and debriefing to on call Counsellor/Advocates from Centres Against Sexual Assault (CASA’s) Counsellor/Advocates and other professionals across Victoria.

Your contribution:  

Your duties will include (but are not limited to) the following:

• To provide telephone crisis response support to survivors of past and recent sexual assault based on a clearly articulated intersectional feminist, rights advocacy, violence and trauma informed practice framework
• To co-ordinate the personnel involved in the provision of immediate crisis care responses to survivors of recent sexual assault (including CASAs, emergency/medical and police/legal systems)
• To provide consultation and debriefing to CASA counsellor/advocates delivering crisis care responses across the state after hours
• To be available to participate in an after-hours roster covering evenings, overnights and weekend shifts and to participate in a roster providing back up on call to the service as required.

About you

To be successful within this role you will need to have:

• University obtained Bachelor Degree (ideally in Social Work or a health profession relevant to the provision of counselling and support)
• Eligibility for membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) or relevant professional body
• Demonstrated crisis counselling experience and specialist knowledge and skills in supporting survivors of sexual assault and violence
• An understanding of and commitment to the provision of a service based on an intersectional feminist, rights advocacy, violence and trauma informed practice framework.

Our offering

When you join the Women’s you unite with talented people who share your purpose and unwavering determination to advance health outcomes for all. At SACL you will be joining a team which values inclusivity, diversity and intersectionality, a team that is passionate about ensuring victim/ survivors are provided with timely support and that the silence which surrounds sexual assault continues to be broken. You will find a workplace that is collaborative, progressive and passionate about learning and working together to ensure you find the exceptional in your everyday.

Our staff benefits program includes salary packaging, on-site car parking and childcare (subject to availability), alongside a range of discounted financial, lifestyle and wellbeing benefits provided by our staff benefit partners. To learn more, please visit: www.thewomens.org.au/careers/why-work-at-the-womens/staff-benefits/

We are proudly Breastfeeding Association accredited. The Women’s is committed to gender equity principles and our people have an awareness of and sensitive approach to violence against women/family violence matters.

The Women’s is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and social inclusion. We welcome applications from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, including those from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islanders, people with lived experience of disability and people who identify as LGBTIQ.

Ready to make the move?

For more information about the position, please see the Position Description attached and apply online by selecting “apply now” below.

All appointments to the Women’s are subject to a satisfactory clearance of Working with Children Check and Police Check.

Donor Experience and Communications Manager

Full Time Ongoing Position 

Parkville, Victoria

The Royal Women’s Hospital is Australia’s first and largest specialist hospital dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of newborns and women of all ages. To join the Women’s is to be instrumental in forging progress towards health equity for women from ground-breaking research through to the bedside delivery of multi-disciplinary clinical care.

Creating exceptional experiences is at the heart of everything we do for our patients, their families, and our people across our specialised services within maternity, neonatal and women’s health.

The Women's Office of Philanthropy & Community Investment  is responsible for all fundraising and philanthropic support for the Women's Hospital, and source and manage funds from a range of channels, including individual donors, major donors, bequests, philanthropic trusts and foundations, corporate and community partnerships as well as community fundraising. 

Your contribution  

As a key leader in the team, as the Donor Experience and Communications manager you will establish a vibrant philanthropic function at the Women’s that is donor-centric, growth-driven, sustainable and strategically aligned with our culture and values. You will have the opportunity to develop and deliver donor engagement strategies and fundraising campaigns focused on stewardship, retention, upgrade and acquisition. 

Your duties will include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Driving the Women's donor acquisition, retention and upgrade program and lead its implementation
• Develop and implement a cross channel communications strategy that supports the achievement of the Women’s philanthropic, donor engagement and business goals
• Initiate and develop creative and written content, collateral and materials for all philanthropy initiatives
• Plan and deliver philanthropic and donor engagement events
• Strategically oversee and build a CRM architecture and associated systems that support exceptional donor experiences

 About you

To be successful within this role you will be able to draw on your extensive experience in donor management as well as your experience in developing and implementing donor engagement communication strategies. You will have demonstrated success in aligning a CRM with sales, marketing and customer service, as well as strong emotional intelligence that will allow you to work with multiple teams and stakeholders to achieve success. 

Our offering

When you join the Women’s you unite with talented people who share your purpose and unwavering determination to advance health outcomes for all women. You will find a workplace that is collaborative, progressive and passionate about learning and working together in multi-disciplinary teams to ensure you find the exceptional in your everyday.

Our staff benefits program includes salary packaging, on-site car parking and childcare (subject to availability), alongside a range of discounted financial, lifestyle and wellbeing benefits provided by our staff benefit partners. To learn more, please visit: www.thewomens.org.au/careers/why-work-at-the-womens/staff-benefits/

We are proudly Breastfeeding Association accredited. The Women’s is committed to gender equity principles and our people have an awareness of and sensitive approach to violence against women/family violence matters. 

The Women’s is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and social inclusion. We welcome applications from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, including those from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islanders, people with lived experience of disability and people who identify as LGBTI.

It is a policy of the Women's to provide reasonable adjustments for persons with a disability. If you need assistance or adjustments to fully participate in the application or interview process, please contact the hiring manager listed under 'Contact Person'

Ready to make the move?

For more information about the position, please see the Position Description attached and apply online by selecting “apply now” below.

All appointments to the Women’s are subject to a satisfactory clearance of Working with Children Check and Police Check.

If you would like to receive this information/publication in an accessible format (such as large print or audio) please call our HR Enquiries line on: 03 8345 2080, or email HR.Enquiries@thewomens.org.au 

Patient Experience Manager - People & Patient Experience Department
Ongoing Position
Full time - 38 hours per week

The Royal Women’s Hospital is Australia’s first and largest specialist hospital dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of newborns and women of all ages. To join the Women’s is to be instrumental in forging progress towards health equity for women from ground-breaking research through to the bedside delivery of multi-disciplinary clinical care.

Creating exceptional experiences is at the heart of everything we do for our patients, their families, and our people across our specialised services within maternity, neonatal and women’s health.

The People and Patient Experience Team is responsible for providing strategic and operational services to support the experience of consumers, patients and employees at the Women’s.  We are committed to forming strong internal and external partnerships through the implementation and integration of contemporary patient experience and human resource practices.

Your contribution  

The Patient Experience Manager is responsible for the successful delivery of key strategic and operational initiatives that enhance the patient and consumer experience at the Women’s, including but not limited to:

• Leading best-practice patient experience improvement projects
• Leading the Women’s patient and consumer experience measurement program, generating insights to inform patient experience improvement
• Leading the optimisation and ongoing operation support of virtual healthcare 

About you

To be successful within this role you will need to have:

• Passion for improving the patient and consumer experience
• Tertiary qualifications in a related field
• Demonstrated experience implementing best-practice, data-driven customer/patient experience initiatives
• Project management capability 
• Experience in customer/patient experience measurement approaches and people-focused change
• Consultation skills and experience in partnering with patients, consumers and key internal and external stakeholders of all levels
• Familiar with data management, survey management tools, analytics tools and process design tools

Our offering

When you join the Women’s you unite with talented people who share your purpose and unwavering determination to advance health outcomes for all women. You will find a workplace that is collaborative, progressive and passionate about learning and working together in multi-disciplinary teams to ensure you find the exceptional in your everyday.

Our staff benefits program includes salary packaging, on-site car parking and childcare (subject to availability), alongside a range of discounted financial, lifestyle and wellbeing benefits provided by our staff benefit partners. To learn more, please visit: www.thewomens.org.au/careers/why-work-at-the-womens/staff-benefits/

We are proudly Breastfeeding Association accredited. The Women’s is committed to gender equity principles and our people have an awareness of and sensitive approach to violence against women/family violence matters. 

The Women’s is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and social inclusion. We welcome applications from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, including those from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islanders, people with lived experience of disability and people who identify as LGBTI.

It is a policy of the Women's to provide reasonable adjustments for persons with a disability. If you need assistance or adjustments to fully participate in the application or interview process, please contact the hiring manager listed under 'Contact Person'

Ready to make the move?

For more information about the position, please see the Position Description attached and apply online by selecting “apply now” below.

All appointments to the Women’s are subject to a satisfactory clearance of Working with Children Check and Police Check.

If you would like to receive this information/publication in an accessible format (such as large print or audio) please call our HR Enquiries line on: 03 8345 2080, or email HR.Enquiries@thewomens.org.au 

Data Training Officer 
Fixed Term Position for 12 months

The Royal Women’s Hospital is Australia’s first and largest specialist hospital dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of newborns and women of all ages. To join the Women’s is to be instrumental in forging progress towards health equity for women from ground-breaking research through to the bedside delivery of multi-disciplinary clinical care.

Creating exceptional experiences is at the heart of everything we do for our patients, their families, and our people across our specialised services within maternity, neonatal and women’s health.

Health Information Services (HIS) is open 16 hours, per day, 7 days a week and covers a range of services including: 

• The retrieval, supply and maintenance of paper medical records for direct patient care;
• Support and maintenance of electronic medical record (EMR) access and content;
• Provision and maintenance of an efficient record storage system in which patient information is kept safe from loss, damage and unauthorised access;
• Provision of health information to both internal and external requestors for planning, research, education, patient care, freedom of information requests and other purposes in accordance with hospital policies and statutory requirements.

Your contribution  

The role of the Data Training Officer is to ensure that users are educated about data and the ramifications of error creation. The target cohort will be educated in iPM and EPIC with respect to non-creation of duplicates, data error resolution training, patient movement and other real-time updates to ensure timely updating of the EMR and consistency across both systems.

Your duties will include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Develop training material in relevant formats and maintain it as up-to-date
• Deliver training material in a variety of ways including one-to-one, and classroom sessions explaining to staff screen layouts, error resolution, processes and practices
• Provide refresher training for staff as required
• Coordinate training and scheduling of training sessions as required
• Provide feedback on effectiveness and suitability of training material
• Assist with error rectification
• Assist with data submission 

About you

To be successful within this role you will need to have:

• Demonstrated success in delivering systems training to diverse cohorts
• An understanding of training principles and an ability to analyse training needs
• Strong interpersonal skills including excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work well within, and contribute to, a team environment
• Demonstrated ability to interpret and meet client needs
• Very high attention to detail and accuracy in their work
• Experience in using iPM and EPIC would be highly desirable

Our offering

When you join the Women’s you unite with talented people who share your purpose and unwavering determination to advance health outcomes for all women. You will find a workplace that is collaborative, progressive and passionate about learning and working together in multi-disciplinary teams to ensure you find the exceptional in your everyday.

Our staff benefits program includes salary packaging, on-site car parking and childcare (subject to availability), alongside a range of discounted financial, lifestyle and wellbeing benefits provided by our staff benefit partners. To learn more, please visit: www.thewomens.org.au/careers/why-work-at-the-womens/staff-benefits/

We are proudly Breastfeeding Association accredited. The Women’s is committed to gender equity principles and our people have an awareness of and sensitive approach to violence against women/family violence matters. 

The Women’s is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and social inclusion. We welcome applications from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, including those from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islanders, people with lived experience of disability and people who identify as LGBTI.

It is a policy of the Women's to provide reasonable adjustments for persons with a disability. If you need assistance or adjustments to fully participate in the application or interview process, please contact the hiring manager listed under 'Contact Person'

Ready to make the move?

For more information about the position, please see the Position Description attached and apply online by selecting “apply now” below.

All appointments to the Women’s are subject to a satisfactory clearance of Working with Children Check and Police Check.

If you would like to receive this information/publication in an accessible format (such as large print or audio) please call our HR Enquiries line on: 03 8345 2080, or email HR.Enquiries@thewomens.org.au 

Grade 2 Social Worker - Social Work Department

30.4 hours a week, Fixed term until 30/6/2022

The Royal Women’s Hospital

The Royal Women’s Hospital is Australia’s first and largest specialist hospital dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of newborns and women of all ages. To join the Women’s is to be instrumental in forging progress towards health equity for women from ground-breaking research through to the bedside delivery of multi-disciplinary clinical care. Creating exceptional experiences is at the heart of everything we do for our patients, their families, and our people across our specialised services within maternity, neonatal and women’s health.

Social Work Department

Social Work at the Women’s aims to improve the health and well-being of women and babies attending the Women’s. Social Work embraces a view of women's health that is holistic and considers women’s social, physical, emotional and cultural well-being. Our social workers offer support to women through their maternity, neonatal, gynaecological and oncology experiences and provide advocacy, counselling, support and information for women in response to health and social needs.

Position Purpose

The position is 30.4 hours per weekfixed term until 30/6/22. With excellent supervision and support, the successful applicant will provide holistic care to patients, including developing care plans, supporting adjustment to new diagnoses, undertaking risk assessments for patients, discharge planning, liaising with other healthcare providers and managing a caseload. The role is focused on clinical service provision in maternity, but encompasses clinical tasks in other areas as well as non clinical tasks such as contributing to programme and guidelines development, research, student and professional education, community liaison and the promotion of the service.

Your contribution

Your duties will include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Provide a high quality evidence-based social work service to the patients of the Women’s, including psychosocial assessment, crisis intervention, short-term counselling, bereavement care, advocacy, community liaison and referral, case management and discharge planning
• Ensure prompt assessment of newly referred patients
• Work closely with the multidisciplinary team involved in the care of women and their families
• Participate in the weekend/public holiday on-call roster
• Provide supervision to Grade 1 Social Workers and Social Work students

About you

To be successful within this role you will need to have:

• Appropriate tertiary qualifications in Social Work as well as meeting eligibility requirements for membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW)
• Demonstrated knowledge in psychosocial assessment, crisis intervention, short-term counselling, bereavement care, advocacy, community liaison and referral, case management and discharge planning
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team and ability to establish and maintain functional networks with a wide variety of health personnel and with other service provider
• Demonstrate a theoretical understanding and an intersectional approach to your clinical practice in relation to working with victim/survivors of family violence and sexual assault and knowledge of working with complex trauma and the child protection system
• Possess an understanding of relevant legislation and practice frameworks relating to family violence practice, including but not limited to the Family Violence Information Sharing Scheme (FVISS), Child Information Sharing Scheme (CISS) and the Family Violence Multi-Agency Risk Assessment and Management Framework (MARAM)
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to manage a demanding workload, and effectively prioritise tasks, seeking guidance and support as appropriate

When you join the Women’s you unite with talented people who share your purpose and unwavering determination to advance health outcomes for all women. You will find a workplace that is collaborative, progressive and passionate about learning and working together in multi-disciplinary teams to ensure you find the exceptional in your everyday.

Our staff benefits program includes salary packaging, on-site car parking and childcare (subject to availability), alongside a range of discounted financial, lifestyle and wellbeing benefits provided by our staff benefit partners. To learn more, please visit: www.thewomens.org.au/careers/why-work-at-the-womens/staff-benefits/

We are proudly Breastfeeding Association accredited.

The Women’s is committed to gender equity principles and our people have an awareness of and sensitive approach to violence against women/family violence matters. The Women’s is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and social inclusion. We welcome applications from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, including those from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islanders, people with lived experience of disability and people who identify as LGBTI.

Ready to make the move?

For more information about the position, please see the Position Description attached and apply online by selecting “apply now” below.

All appointments to the Women’s are subject to a satisfactory clearance of Working with Children Check and Police Check.

If you would like to receive this information/publication in an accessible format (such as large print or audio) please call our HR Enquiries line on: 03 8345 2080, or email HR.Enquiries@thewomens.org.au 

2021 Obstetric Medicine Fellow 
Part time with the opportunity to become full time
Fixed Term - 2nd August 2021 to 6th February 2022

The Women’s is Australia’s leading independent specialist hospital for women dedicated to improving the health and well-being of women of all ages and cultures, and new born babies. The Women's is recognised as a leader in its field, with expertise in maternity services and the care of newborn babies, gynaecology, assisted reproduction, women's health and cancer services. The Women’s is a major teaching hospital with strong affiliations to the University of Melbourne, with research and education integral to its role. 

This position offers you a broad experience in all aspects of Obstetric Medicine provided by consultants across a full range of medical specialties.

To be successful within this role you will need to have significant experience in general medicine and/or relevant specialty area. It is suitable for an advanced FRACP trainee and is accredited by RACP for training in Endocrinology.  

It is important to note that due to the Women’s commitment to providing the best clinical experience and education for our junior doctors, rotations are regularly evaluated and may vary from year to year.

The Classification and Salary scale will be dependent on experience and you will be appointed and in accordance to the AMA Victoria – Victorian Public Health Sector – Doctors in Training Enterprise Agreement 2018-2021.

Our offering

When you join the Women’s you unite with talented people who share your purpose and unwavering determination to advance health outcomes for all women. You will find a workplace that is collaborative, progressive and passionate about learning and working together in multi-disciplinary teams to ensure you find the exceptional in your everyday.

Our staff benefits program includes salary packaging, on-site car parking and childcare (subject to availability), alongside a range of discounted financial, lifestyle and well being benefits provided by our staff benefit partners. To learn more, please visit: www.thewomens.org.au/careers/why-work-at-the-womens/staff-benefits/

We are proudly White Ribbon and Breastfeeding Association accredited. The Women’s is committed to gender equity principles and our people have an awareness of and sensitive approach to violence against women/family violence matters. 

The Women’s is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and social inclusion. We welcome applications from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, including those from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islanders, people with lived experience of disability and people who identify as LGBTI.

For more information about the position, please see the Position Description attached or to apply for this position please select ‘Apply Now’ below.  
**All employment with the Women’s is subject to and conditional upon a satisfactory clearance of Working with Children Check and Police Check.

Endorsed, Private Practice Midwives wishing to join casual bank at the Women’s Hospital (Parkville), with a view to credentialing as a Private Practice Midwife in the future.

Ongoing Position 

Casual

The Royal Women’s Hospital is committed to expanding models of maternity care that provide more choice for women and their families. As part of our suite of maternity options, we are now introducing a Private Practice Midwife Model of Care. 

The Women’s is seeking a number of suitably qualified midwives who are endorsed for scheduled medicines, and wish to join our bank with a view to entering into a collaborative, contractual arrangement with the Women’s in the future.

Under the model, each Private Practice Midwife will have a Private Practice Midwife partner who is also endorsed and eligible to be credentialed at the Women’s and is willing to apply for this position in partnership with you. This person must also successfully complete the formal process to assess their competence, performance and professional suitability for these positions.

Your contribution  

Once employed on bank, after completing a minimum of 10 shifts, as a Private Practice Midwife you will have the opportunity to apply to be credentialed by the Women’s. If successful, you will be granted limited rights of private practice within our hospital at Parkville. You will have a collaborative agreement with the Women’s, which provides you with visiting and admitting access as well as access to the Women’s medical staff who will provide collaborative antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal services.

The collaboration model is a dynamic process that facilitates communication and care pathways, including ‘Discuss, Consult and Refer’ enabling all health professionals to provide safe, high quality, woman-centred care. The credentialed Private Practice Midwife remains the lead clinician unless care is ‘referred’ (responsibility transferred) to the Women’s obstetric medical practitioner or registrar, or if an emergency requiring medical intervention is identified (in accordance with the Australian College of Midwives Consultation and Referral Guidelines (2014) and the Women’s policies and procedures.

Your duties will include but are not limited to the following;

• Working closely within a cohesive team comprising members of the Women’s obstetric medical group and midwives from the Women’s maternity services
• Promoting and supporting the health, well-being and informed decision-making of women in the provision of midwifery care
• Committing to providing continuity of care and continuity of carer, in partnership with women and their families
• Participating in quality and/or research projects to improve the standard of midwifery care at the Women’s
   

Key requirements (evidence must be presented):

• Current registration as a midwife in Australia with no conditions or undertakings relating to unsatisfactory professional performance or unprofessional conduct
• Current Working With Children’s Check
• Notation by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) as an endorsed midwife.
• Authorisation to access the MBS and PBS
• Proven experience in the provision of antenatal, intra-partum and postnatal care (essential)
• Professional indemnity insurance under the Commonwealth supported scheme
• Live within 30 minutes of the Women’s (Parkville)
• Able to work casually at the Women’s for a minimum requirement of 12 shifts per calendar year or 1 shift per month as a member of ‘bank staff’.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with proven time management, organisational skills and a team player
• Current Australian Driver's licence.

Each applicant must have a Private Practice Midwife partner who is endorsed and eligible to be credentialed at the Women’s in the future and is willing to apply for this position in partnership with you.

Mandatory competency requirements and evidence of completion in:

• Fetal Surveillance Education Program (FSEP) with a level 3 practitioner level achieved
• Neonatal Resuscitation training
• Adult Basic Life support (ABLS)
• Newborn Exam – Or working towards achievement

Education requirements of the position:

• IV cannulation, FSE, speculum and ARM, Water birth, Perineal repair (or working towards), Breastfeeding, Newborn examination.

Advantageous professional development

• Acting on warning signs/Family Violence Training.
• Birth Essentials.
• Reproductive Loss.

What we offer you:

When you join the Women’s you unite with talented people who share your purpose and unwavering determination to advance health outcomes for all women. You will find a workplace that is collaborative, progressive and passionate about learning and working together in multi-disciplinary teams to ensure you find the exceptional in your everyday.

Our staff benefits program includes salary packaging, on-site car parking and childcare (subject to availability), alongside a range of discounted financial, lifestyle and wellbeing benefits provided by our staff benefit partners. To learn more, please visit: www.thewomens.org.au/careers/why-work-at-the-womens/staff-benefits/

We are proudly White Ribbon and Breastfeeding Association accredited. The Women’s is committed to gender equity principles and our people have an awareness of and sensitive approach to violence against women/family violence matters. 

The Women’s is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and social inclusion. We welcome applications from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, including those from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islanders, people with lived experience of disability and people who identify as LGBTI.

Ready to make the move?

For more information about the position, please see the Position Description attached and apply online by selecting “apply now” below.

All appointments to the Women’s are subject to a satisfactory clearance of Working with Children Check and Police Check.

Enquiries to: Sophie Cameron – Birth Centre Manger, Ph 8345 2342, email: sophie.cameron@thewomens.org.au or Jenny Ryan, Director of Maternity Services – Ph 8345 2033, email: jenny.ryan@thewomens.org.au

2022 Psychiatry Registrar- Women's Health
Fixed Term Full Time – Job share arrangement may be considered
12 months commencing 7th February 2022

The Women’s is Australia’s leading independent specialist hospital for women dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of women of all ages and cultures, and new born babies. The Women’s is a major teaching hospital with strong affiliations to the University of Melbourne, with research and education integral to its role. 

The Women's Mental Health Department is well staffed with full time and sessional psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, a psychiatric consultation liaison nurse and infant mental health clinicians. A wide range of clinical and audit meetings and specific teaching sessions for doctors in training is provided. 

Trainees in these positions have an opportunity to develop high level skills in this specialised and rewarding area of practice and trainees are supported and encouraged to undertake research. There are opportunities for trainees to attend regular CL meetings at the RMH, participate in educational meetings with both RMH and Peter Mac, have supervision with Infant Mental Health Clinicians, undertake a variety of psychotherapies in their clinical practice, and participate in both internal and external training and education sessions.

About you:

• These positions are accredited for advanced training by the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists and are particularly suited to trainees who wish to pursue a career in Consultation Liaison Psychiatry or Women's Mental Health. 
• Applicants must be eligible for registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and application for Job Share/Part time positions will be considered.
• Candidates should preferably be Stage 3 Advanced Trainees, in either Consultation Liaison Psychiatry or Generalist training, but we may consider Stage 2 Trainees

Shortlisted applicants will be invited to attend an Interview which are to be scheduled to take place mid September

The Classification and Salary scale will be dependent on experience and you will be appointed and in accordance to the  AMA Victoria – Victorian Public Health Sector – Doctors in Training Enterprise Agreement 2018-2021.

To Apply:

The referee assessment form (attached) will need to be downloaded, completed and emailed to medical.recruitment@thewomens.org.au 

For more information about the position, please see the Position Description attached or to apply for this position please select ‘ Apply Now ’ below.  
 

**All employment with the Women’s is subject to and conditional upon a satisfactory clearance of Working with Children Check and Police Check.

Graduate Diploma of Midwifery (Clinical Placements)

in Partnership with LaTrobe University

24 Hours per week (supernumerary - Unpaid)

The Royal Women’s Hospital is Australia’s first and largest specialist hospital dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of newborns and women of all ages. To join the Women’s is to be instrumental in forging progress towards health equity for women from ground-breaking research through to the bedside delivery of multi-disciplinary clinical care.

Creating exceptional experiences is at the heart of everything we do for our patients, their families, and our people across our specialised services within maternity, neonatal and women’s health.

Information about your Department

Your contribution  

The Women’s provides clinical placements for Registered Nurses completing postgraduate midwifery studies in order to qualify and practice as a midwife. 

Our postgraduate midwifery students are a valuable part of our team and our clinical placement rotations cover a diverse range of midwifery practice. Our highly experienced Clinical Support Midwives (CSMs) will work with you to support your learning journey through orientation, direct clinical support, clinical tutorials and regular debriefing sessions.

All midwifery placements at the Women’s are supernumerary (unpaid). (Supernumerary means that you will be rostered in addition to the registered Midwives in the clinical areas in order to maximise your clinical experience and meet your clinical objectives).

All midwifery clinical placements at the Women’s are unpaid. Students are rostered a minimum of three days a week in order to complete their clinical requirements.  Students complete their studies through Latrobe University.  A small number of caseload/midwives in small team placements are available for interested Graduate Diploma of Midwifery students

In your role as a student midwife you will complete supernumerary clinical placements (minimum of three days per week) as part of the course requirements for the Graduate Diploma of Midwifery through Latrobe University

About you

To be successful within this role you will need to have:

• Twelve months (12 months) recent post graduate consolidation (at time of course commencement - Feb 2022) in an acute care environment
• Ability to provide women centred care (in line with learning program) in a complex busy tertiary setting
• In your cover letter please could you address how if successful you would contribute to the Women's Social Model of Care in your role as a student midwife

Our offering

When you join the Women’s you unite with talented people who share your purpose and unwavering determination to advance health outcomes for all women. You will find a workplace that is collaborative, progressive and passionate about learning and working together in multi-disciplinary teams to ensure you find the exceptional in your everyday.

Our staff benefits program includes salary packaging, on-site car parking and childcare (subject to availability), alongside a range of discounted financial, lifestyle and wellbeing benefits provided by our staff benefit partners. To learn more, please visit: www.thewomens.org.au/careers/why-work-at-the-womens/staff-benefits/

We are proudly Breastfeeding Association accredited. The Women’s is committed to gender equity principles and our people have an awareness of and sensitive approach to violence against women/family violence matters. 

The Women’s is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and social inclusion. We welcome applications from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, including those from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islanders, people with lived experience of disability and people who identify as LGBTI.

It is a policy of the Women's to provide reasonable adjustments for persons with a disability. If you need assistance or adjustments to fully participate in the application or interview process, please contact the hiring manager listed under 'Contact Person'

Ready to make the move?

For more information about the position, please see the Position Description attached and apply online by selecting “apply now” below.

All appointments to the Women’s are subject to a satisfactory clearance of Working with Children Check and Police Check.

If you would like to receive this information/publication in an accessible format (such as large print or audio) please call our HR Enquiries line on: 03 8345 2080, or email HR.Enquiries@thewomens.org.au