2020 Registrar Obstetrics and Gynaecology – Level 4 Core Training Position
Fixed Term Full Time 12 months – 3rd February 2020 to 31st January 2021

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 Level 4 Core Training Positions in Obstetrics and Gynaecology will be responsible for the provision of excellent clinical care to women of the Royal Women's Hospital and their babies and families. You will be offered rotations in Obstetrics, Gynaecology, Women’s Emergency Care and Sandringham Hospital. 

As the Women's is committed to ongoing professional development of all employees a wide range of clinical and audit meetings and specific teaching sessions is provided.

Level 4 positions are available to trainees who will have completed 3 years ITP training, all positions are accredited with the College. Preference will be given to RANZCOG trainees.

The Women's is committed to providing the best clinical experience; 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 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.

To Apply:

The JMS Application Form can be found attached to this advertisement.  This will need to be downloaded and completed and attached with your Cover Letter and CV at the time of your online submission.

Please ensure that you download the attached Referee Assessment Form and have this completed by at least three (3) nominated referees.  On completion, this form is to be signed and returned to the below email address directly by the Referee themselves (where possible).  For all current Women's Trainee, this is a requirement as per your annual RANZCOG Assessments.

Email: 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.

Quality and Safety Unit, The Royal Women’s Hospital

Part-Time, Permanent position (0.6 EFT)

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 Quality and Safety Unit provides an expert advisory service to the staff and services of the Women’s on quality improvement, risk management and patient experience. We are seeking an enthusiastic person with a passion to improve the quality and safety of care to women and babies.  Working as part of a team, you will engage with hospital staff in quality improvement initiatives, and will provide support for the development of an integrated quality program. 

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have a passion for quality improvement
• Have experience in health services
• Have a strong understanding of a systems approach to quality, risk and continuous improvement.
• Have well developed interpersonal skills
• Have a professional and consumer focussed approach to health care.
• Passion for good clinical care, a collaborative style, consumer focus and an understanding of improvement methodology.
   

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.

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.

Social Work Department- Social Work Team Leader [Grade 3- SC31-SC34]
Full Time, Ongoing - 5 days/38 hours a 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.

Department/Unit Specific Overview

Social Work at The Women’s aims to improve the psychosocial 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 wellbeing. Our Social Workers offer support to women through their maternity, neonatal, gynaecological and oncology experiences and provide information, counselling, support and advocacy for women in response to health and social needs.

Position Purpose

• The Team Leader has a clinical leadership role in ensuring excellence in patient care, education and support of staff and students, and fostering staff development through the provision of supervision and other professional development opportunities. 
• The Team Leader will also be responsible for leading and coordinating a Social Work team/s and for providing Social Work services to a Clinic.

Your contribution  
The Team Leader has a clinical leadership role in ensuring excellence in patient care, education and support of staff and students, and fostering staff development through the provision of supervision and other professional development opportunities.  The Team Leader will also be responsible for leading and coordinating a Social Work team/s and for providing Social Work services to a Clinic. Your duties will include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Provide leadership and supervision to your team of grade 2 and 1 social workers.
• Lead the team in the provision of a high quality evidence-based Social Work service at 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 new referrals and work closely with the multidisciplinary team involved in the care of women and their families.
• Provide consultation on complex cases and demonstrate your expertise and skills in working with family violence, child protection, bereavement and other psychosocial issues.
   
  To be successful within this role you will need to have:
• Appropriate tertiary qualifications in Social Work
• Eligibility for membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW)
• Experience in a team leader or supervisory role in a direct practice context.
• An excellent understanding of the theory, legislation and practice issues around family violence and child protection.
   

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.

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.

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.

CASA House

The Centre Against Sexual Assault (CASA House) is located in the heart of Melbourne in the iconic Queen Victoria Women’s Centre. CASA House works with people of all genders and provides 24 hour services to victim/survivors of sexual assault, including immediate crisis care, counselling, support and advocacy, afterhours crisis response, support groups & support for non-offending family members and friends. CASA House is committed to ensuring the silence which surrounds sexual assault continues to be broken and the victim/survivors are provided with necessary support. CASA House also provides professional consultation, education and training, prevention programs for young people, and research and input into public policy

Position Purpose

The Counsellor/Advocate is primarily responsible for the provision of counselling and advocacy services to victim/survivors of sexual assault, their non-offending family members and significant others. The Counsellor/Advocate also has a role in the provision of consultation and training to other professionals, including delivery of community education. All services are delivered within a clearly articulated intersectional feminist, rights advocacy, violence and trauma informed practice framework.  This Counsellor Advocate role works specifically with victim survivors of sexual assault who are aged 13-25.

Your contribution

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

• Support adults who have experienced a recent sexual assault at the Crisis Care Unit located at the Women’s Emergency Centre  of the Women’s hospital
• Participate in the duty and intake service assessing and enabling eligible people to access our service with ease.
• Provide telephone and face to face support, counselling and advocacy and group work to victim/survivors of both recent and past sexual assault who are aged between 13- 25 years old.
• Coordinate the provision of follow up medical support, and advocate on behalf of victim/survivors with other systems including health, police and broader judicial systems
• Participate in the after-hours on-call roster for responding to victim/survivors of recent sexual assault

About you

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

• Appropriate tertiary qualifications in Social Work or a related health qualification
• Eligibility for membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) or relevant professional body
• High-level counselling, assessment and advocacy skills, and experience in supporting victim/survivors
• Commitment to the CASA House intersectional feminist rights/advocacy model of practice
• An excellent understanding of theory, policy and practice issues around sexual assault and family violenc

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 CASA House 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. Under the leadership of the CASA House coordinator and with the support of a fellow Senior Counsellor Advocate you will be providing supervision and support to a team of passionate Counsellor/ Advocates. 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.

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.

CASA House

The Centre Against Sexual Assault (CASA House) is located in the heart of Melbourne in the iconic Queen Victoria Women’s Centre. CASA House works with people of all genders and provides 24 hour services to victim/survivors of sexual assault, including immediate crisis care, counselling, support and advocacy, afterhours crisis response, support groups & support for non-offending family members and friends. CASA House is committed to ensuring the silence which surrounds sexual assault continues to be broken and the victim/survivors are provided with necessary support. CASA House also provides professional consultation, education and training, prevention programs for young people, and research and input into public policy

Position Purpose

The Counsellor/Advocate is primarily responsible for the provision of counselling and advocacy services to victim/survivors of sexual assault, their non-offending family members and significant others. The Counsellor/Advocate also has a role in the provision of consultation and training to other professionals, including delivery of community education. All services are delivered within a clearly articulated intersectional feminist, rights advocacy, violence and trauma informed practice framework.  This Counsellor Advocate role works specifically with victim survivors of sexual assault who are aged 13-25.

Your contribution

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

• Support adults who have experienced a recent sexual assault at the Crisis Care Unit located at the Women’s Emergency Centre  of the Women’s hospital
• Participate in the duty and intake service assessing and enabling eligible people to access our service with ease.
• Provide telephone and face to face support, counselling and advocacy and group work to victim/survivors of both recent and past sexual assault who are aged between 13- 25 years old.
• Coordinate the provision of follow up medical support, and advocate on behalf of victim/survivors with other systems including health, police and broader judicial systems
• Participate in the after-hours on-call roster for responding to victim/survivors of recent sexual assault

About you

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

• Appropriate tertiary qualifications in Social Work or a related health qualification
• Eligibility for membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) or relevant professional body
• High-level counselling, assessment and advocacy skills, and experience in supporting victim/survivors
• Commitment to the CASA House intersectional feminist rights/advocacy model of practice
• An excellent understanding of theory, policy and practice issues around sexual assault and family violenc

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 CASA House 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. Under the leadership of the CASA House coordinator and with the support of a fellow Senior Counsellor Advocate you will be providing supervision and support to a team of passionate Counsellor/ Advocates. 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.

Sexual Assault Crisis Line (SACL) - Counsellor/Advocate

Classification: Social Worker Grade 2 or equivalent tertiary health qualification

Ongoing Position- 27 Hours per week, part time fixed term until 30 June 2020.

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:

• Appropriate tertiary qualifications in Social Work or a related health qualification
• 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.

Consultant Obstetrician

Fixed Term Position – Maternity leave cover from 18th November 2019 to 3rd May 2020.
Contracted Hours - up to 19 hours per week

Clinics: Tuesday Evening 1700-2030, Wednesday morning (in Essendon), and Friday afternoon (Session = 3.5 hours)

The Women’s is a centre of excellence for perinatal care, research and education, with more than 7,000 births per year. The Maternity Service at the Women’s is structured to provide quality care to women by the most appropriately qualified clinician. Obstetricians in the multidisciplinary teams provide clinical care with midwives, trainees, other medical specialists and allied health practitioners to women from a geographical area and to higher risk women from outside the local area. In addition some women with complex clinical needs may receive clinical care in specialist clinics.

This position is responsible in collaboration with the Clinical Directors and Heads of Unit/ Team Leaders for:

• Providing high quality outpatient and in-patient Obstetric clinical services
• Participation in the provision of emergency on call obstetric services to the Royal Women’s
• Playing an active role in training registrars and resident medical officers and participate in the teaching of medical students and other health care trainees attached to the Women’s’ Services.
• Assisting the heads of Units with some administrative responsibilities

Your duties will include the following:

• Provide oversight and leadership of medical care for Women requiring care provision at the Royal Women Hospital.
• To ensure that consultations, treatment plans and other aspects of care delivered are rigorously documented to support ongoing care and communication and to meet medico-legal requirements
• To ensure that the care of all patients is handed over or other suitable arrangements for follow up, including follow up of results, are in place whenever leaving the Hospital or going “off call”
• Provide leadership in working in a multidisciplinary team which includes other senior and junior medical staff, nursing staff, ward clerks, allied health staff, ward secretaries and patient services assistants.
• Leadership in communication and cooperation with the referring general practitioners, obstetricians, paediatricians and referring hospitals.
• Participate in the on call and recall service of Maternity Services in line with the agreed Scope of Practice.
• Participate in other clinical duties as agreed with the Director of Maternity Services and in line with the agreed Scope of Practice.

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

• Medical practitioner who is eligible for specialist registration with the Medical Board of Australia
• Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
• Proven clinical skills and expertise is highly desirable
   

There is also a requirement to participate in exclusive out-of-hours Birth Centre on-call Roster.

The Classification and Salary scale will be dependent on experience and ours as appointed and in accordance to the AMA Victoria - Victoria Public Health Sector Medical Specialist 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 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 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.

Oromo Interpreter - Language Services
Part Time - 21 Hours per week
12 month - Fixed Term

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 Language Services Department provides professional interpreters for CALD outpatients and inpatients who need to be assisted in understanding in their own language investigations, treatment and other information essential to their health care.

Your contribution  

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

• Provide a timely, responsive professional interpreting for The Women's staff and patients.
• Develop and maintain good relationships with team members and RWH multidisciplinary teams.
• Assist, if required, with administrative work and bookings maintaining accurate statistics on occasions of service.

About you

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

• NAATI Certification
• Excellent understanding of medical termination and medical contexts in women's health.
• Commitment to the interpreting/translation profession
• Time management skills and prioritising interpreting appointments
• Professional demeanour and problem solving skills

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.

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.

Social Work Department- Social Work Team Leader [Grade 3- SC31-SC34]
Ongoing Position- 2 days/ 15.2 hours a 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.

Department/Unit Specific Overview

Social Work at The Women’s aims to improve the psychosocial 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 wellbeing. Our Social Workers offer support to women through their maternity, neonatal, gynaecological and oncology experiences and provide information, counselling, support and advocacy for women in response to health and social needs.

Position Purpose
The Team Leader has a clinical leadership role in ensuring excellence in patient care, education and support of staff and students, and fostering staff development through the provision of supervision and other professional development opportunities.  The Team Leader will also be responsible for leading and coordinating a Social Work team/s and for providing Social Work services to a Clinic.

Your contribution  
The Team Leader has a clinical leadership role in ensuring excellence in patient care, education and support of staff and students, and fostering staff development through the provision of supervision and other professional development opportunities.  The Team Leader will also be responsible for leading and coordinating a Social Work team/s and for providing Social Work services to a Clinic. Your duties will include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Provide leadership and supervision to your team of grade 2 and 1 social workers.
• Lead the team in the provision of a high quality evidence-based Social Work service at 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 new referrals and work closely with the multidisciplinary team involved in the care of women and their families.
• Provide consultation on complex cases and demonstrate your expertise and skills in working with family violence, child protection, bereavement and other psychosocial issues.
   

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

• Appropriate tertiary qualifications in Social Work
• Eligibility for membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW)
• Experience in a team leader or supervisory role in a direct practice context.
• An excellent understanding of the theory, legislation and practice issues around family violence and child protection.
   

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.

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.

Registered Nurse/Midwife
Full time/Part-Time Ongoing positions available

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 Emergency Care (ED), provides direct clinical care for over 28,000 women per year with emergency maternity and gynaecology problems, including emergency care for newborns who were born at the Women's and are less than two weeks of age. The unit also has a key role in providing education and training for local, national and international health professionals.

We are patient-centred with our focus on the clinical wellbeing of our patients. We recognise and support other aspects of care, such as psychological, psychosocial, social, and socioeconomic. This requires extensive liaison and co-ordination with various services within the hospital such as social work, the Centre against Sexual Assault, and mental health services.

Your contribution  

Our nursing/midwifery staff are an integral part of the emergency care team and are supported by a dedicated team of health professionals, educators and clinical support. 

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

• Emergency nursing assessment
• Triage
• Resuscitation

About You

To be successful within this role you will need to:

• Be a registered nurse/registered midwife (dual registrant) or registered nurse with a minimum of one year post registration experience in an acute health care setting preferably emergency care.
• Post-graduate qualifications in emergency nursing and an interest in women's health will be highly regarded.
• Be a permanent resident or citizen of Australia
• Be able to work across all shifts (AM, PM, night duty)

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 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.

CASA House- Senior Counsellor/Advocate
Ongoing Position
Hours per week 30.4

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.

CASA House

Located in the heart of Melbourne in the iconic Queen Victoria Women’s Centre the Centre Against Sexual Assault [CASA House] is a department of the Royal Women's Hospital. CASA House is a government-funded organisation which works with people of all genders and provides 24 hour services to victim/survivors of sexual assault, including immediate crisis care, counselling, support and advocacy, after hours crisis response, support groups & support for non-offending family members and friends. CASA House is committed to ensuring the silence which surrounds sexual assault continues to be broken and the victim/survivors are provided with necessary support.

Your contribution:  

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

• Provision of professional supervision, secondary consultation, training and community education 
• Provision of counselling and advocacy services to victim/survivors of childhood and/or adult sexual assault, their non-offending families and significant others
• Coordinating and participating in the CASA House 24 hour on-call roster.

About you

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

• Appropriate tertiary qualifications in Social Work
• Eligibility for membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW)
• High-level counselling, assessment and advocacy skills, and experience in supporting victim/survivors.
• Commitment to the CASA House  intersectional feminist rights/advocacy model of practice
• An excellent understanding of theory, policy and practice issues around sexual assault and family violence

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 CASA House 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. Under the leadership of the CASA House coordinator and with the support of a fellow Senior Counsellor Advocate you will be providing supervision and support to a team of passionate Counsellor/ Advocates. 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.

Antimicrobial Stewardship Physician

Fixed term, Part Time, 7 Hours a week 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.

The Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ID) Department provides clinical microbiology and diagnostic infectious diseases services to the Women’s Hospital. We work closely with the Infection Prevention and Control Clinical Nurse Consultants and Pharmacy. An Antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) committee was established at the Women’s in 2012 and meets monthly to ensure that the Women’s meets the ACSQHC standards for Antimicrobial Stewardship in Health Care.

Your Contribution
The AMS Physician will work 0.2 FTE to lead weekly hospital AMS Rounds, provide education and feedback to clinicians on the appropriate use of antimicrobials, provide support and teaching to junior medical staff including the ID Registrar, monitor AMS outcomes (including appropriate prescribing, rationalisation and IV to Oral switch) and be involved in the development of evidence-based guidelines and decision support for the Women’s patient population.

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

The AMS physician will use their skills, knowledge and experience to:

• Play a key role in innovation and development of systems and processes to support and extend the existing AMS program, including for the Women’s @ Sandringham
• Lead weekly clinical AMS rounds, providing direct feedback on antimicrobial prescribing  to clinicians across the hospital (day for AMS round can be negotiated
• Collaborate with members of the multidisciplinary AMS team across the Women’s service
• Participate in monthly AMS committee meetings (usually held on Wednesdays but flexible)
• Remain abreast of recent research and practices in AMS
• Review, implement and maintain prescribing policies (including formulary, restrictions, guidelines and clinical pathways).

Leadership
The AMS physician will work collaboratively with the Infectious Diseases, Infection Prevention and Control and AMS teams as well as other clinical staff to:

• Lead weekly AMS rounds
• Provide feedback and AMS education to clinicians throughout the hospital

Research and training

• Provide AMS education to clinical staff (medical, nursing and allied health) through formal and informal education, including hospital grand rounds
• Where appropriate, report on quality improvement initiatives through presentations and in peer-reviewed journals.

About you

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

• Medical degree and Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) in Infectious Diseases
• Demonstrated commitment to high quality healthcare, quality improvement and evidence-based practices in health service delivery
• Demonstrated knowledge of the patient population at the Women’s

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.

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.

Sexual Assault Crisis Line (SACL) - Counsellor/Advocate

Classification: Social Worker Grade 2 or equivalent tertiary health qualification

Ongoing Position- 27.25 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 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:

• Appropriate tertiary qualifications in Social Work or a related health qualification
• 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.

Team Midwife - Maternity Services
Ongoing Positions
Full Time and Part Time Positions available
Parkville and Sandringham locations

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.

Our Maternity Services department is currently seeking motivated, experienced and professional midwives for a variety of fixed term and permanent contracts so if you’re looking to join a reputable tertiary hospital then this may be the opportunity you’ve been waiting for!

Your contribution  

As a Team Midwife you will be providing quality care to women and their families within a multidisciplinary team environment while working under the leadership of the Team Leader or Associate Unit Manager

About you

Our ideal candidate will have:

• Midwifery Registration with AHPRA
• Prior experience working as part of a multi-disciplinary team and across the continuum of care from antenatal booking-in through to home-based postnatal visits
• Ability to work AM, PM and ND shifts
• Enthusiasm and willingness to work across the scope of practice and understanding of midwifery issues
• Well-developed interpersonal and patient care skills
• A friendly and positive attitude
• And of course, a passion for Women’s Health!

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 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.