• Excellent benefits including salary packaging
  
• Challenging and rewarding work environment
  
• Work in a multidisciplinary team
  

About the Role

The training position assists in providing Addiction Specialist Services to the Department by providing excellence in healthcare in clinical liaison, outpatient clinics as well as Depaul house Residential Alcohol and Drug Withdrawal unit. You will participates in an Addiction Medicine Training Program approved by the Australasian Chapter of Addiction Medicine and, as appropriate, at other external agencies that provide drug and alcohol services. Be accountable for the delivery of clinical services to the patients with drug and/or alcohol problems, through providing high quality clinical services, contributing to service evaluation and research and displaying a commitment to ongoing learning and professional development in Addiction Medicine. When employed on external rotations outside St Vincent's, you will provide care to patients under the supervision of Addiction Medicine specialists. The role includes exposure to general addiction outpatients, clinical liaison on inpatient wards, inpatient withdrawal management, opioid agonist treatment including long acting formulations of buprenorphine, dual diagnosis, pain medicine, correctional health, as well as external rotations to youth services and women's services.

Classifications for this position will range from HM25 - HM30 ($129,048.40 - $177,622.12 pro rata per annum) + salary sacrifice and excluding super

Duties

• Undertake clinical roles within the department commensurate to your experience and training.
  
• Assist in the achievement of the department's activity and quality targets
  
• Make an active contribution to medical student education and post graduate education sessions
  
• Provide mentorship to the Junior Medical Staff of the Department.
  
• Participate in Clinical Research Projects relevant to Addiction Medicine.
  
• Participate in the implementation of relevant policies and procedures within the Department and the Hospital as required
  

What you will bring

• Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery or equivalent
  
• To formally enter the training program for the Australasian Chapter of Addiction Medicine, applicants must be registered medical practitioners in Australia or New Zealand and hold Fellowship of one of the following Colleges or Faculties:
  
• Anaesthetics (FANZCA)
  
• Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM)
  
• Emergency Medicine (FACEM)
  
• General Practice (FRACGP and FRNZCGP)
  
• Internal Medicine (FRACP)
  
• Paediatrics & Child Health (FRACP)
  
• Pain Medicine (FFPMANZCA)
  
• Psychiatry (FRANZCP)
  
• Public Health Medicine (FAFPHM)
  
• Rehabilitation Medicine (FAFRM)
  
• Doctors who have completed Basic Training (including success in the FRACP Examination) of the RACP are also eligible to train under the Chapter.
  
• In the case of overseas trained specialists (including general practitioners) they must have been considered equivalent by the relevant Australasian medical college, and should apply via the AMC.
  
• Registration with AHPRA
  

What We Can Offer You

• Salary Packaging - Increase your take home pay!
  
• Culture of Continuous Improvement
  
• Ability to join Fitness Passport - Your pass to an extensive choice of fitness facilities
  
• Located in Fitzroy with CBD and Gertrude St at our doorstep
  
• Available Trams for our Fitzroy Campus - 11, 12, 109, 86, 96
  
• Fitzroy Main building only 500m from Parliament Station
  
• SVHM Cultural Diversity programs, offering staff support and education
  
• Talk to me application - facilitate better conversations with patients and residents of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
  
• Confidential, solutions-focused employee counselling
  

About Department

The Department of Addiction Medicine at St. Vincent's (which includes Depaul House Alcohol and Drug Withdrawal unit) is one of Australia's leading centers for the medical treatment of drug or alcohol addiction. The work includes direct patient treatment (both inpatients and outpatients), research, education/training and policy development. Our treatment services encompass both acute withdrawal and long term management, using state-of-the-art methods and facilities.

Addiction Medicine at St Vincent's strives to ensure that our clinical knowledge and experience informs public health policy, to achieve a more sophisticated understanding in the community of the nature and treatment of addiction, and to improve the health outcomes for those seeking assistance for drug or alcohol problems.

Working at St Vincent's

St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is a leading teaching, research and tertiary health service. SVHM provides an extensive range of adult clinical services across our Fitzroy, Kew and Truganina sites.

We warmly encourage applications from talented people of all backgrounds, including those who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, LGBTQIA+, and people of all ages, cultures, and identities. Our mission is to create an environment that reflects and supports the rich diversity of the community we serve.

Together, we celebrate our values of Compassion, Justice, Integrity and Excellence, making SVHM a unique, safe and welcoming place to work.

Pre-employment checks

• Your employment is conditional upon the completion of all role-required pre-employment checks, including relevant immunisations.
  

How to Apply

To apply, click the 'Apply' button. You will be prompted to create a Workday candidate profile and upload your current resume and cover letter, addressed to Prof Yvonne Bonomo, Director of Addiction Medicine.

Please ensure that two professional referees are listed at the bottom of your resume with Full Name, Position title, Contact Number and Email Address

Please let us know if you have any accessibility requirements and we will be able to adapt to these for you.

If you would like a copy of the Position Description, please contact [email protected] and include the JRnumber.

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