IBD Clinical Research Fellow
Austin Health
- Melbourne, VIC Heidelberg, VIC
- $59.18-78.44 per hour
- Contract
- Part-time
Position Title IBD Clinical Research Fellow
Employment Status Fixed Term Part Time
Award Classification 09 - AMA Victoria - Victorian Public Health Sector - Doctors in Training Enterprise Agreement - HSMO Year 1
09 - AMA Victoria - Victorian Public Health Sector - Doctors in Training Enterprise Agreement - HSMO Year6 of Experience
Salary $59.18 - $78.44 per hour
Location Austin Hospital
Hours per Week Other
Position SummaryAustin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across 3 campuses in the northeast of Melbourne and state-wide. Austin Health is world-renowned for its research and specialist work in cancer, liver transplantation, spinal cord injuries, neurology, endocrinology, mental health and rehabilitation.Applications are invited from suitably qualified and enthusiastic medical practitioners to join our team as a IBD Clinical Research Fellow in the Gastroenterology Unit for the 2025 Clinical Year (commencing February 2025).Details of DepartmentThe Austin Gastroenterology Unit provides expert care in the fields of luminal gastroenterology, hepatology, interventional endoscopy, intestinal failure and hepatocellular carcinoma.Emergency and inpatient services are based at Austin Hospital while outpatient services and endoscopy are based on the Austin Hospital and Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital. In addition, a consultative service is provided for other units within the Health Service. The Unit maintains an ongoing commitment to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.The endoscopy service provided by the Gastroenterology Unit is the largest in the state, offering a weekly advanced endoscopy outpatient clinic for complex referrals, in addition to routine gastroscopy, colonoscopy, endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), ERCP and balloon enteroscopy.A gastroenterology physiology laboratory has recently been established to provide upper gastrointestinal and anorectal manometry, pH studies, capsule endoscopy and Fibroscan.Details of position requirements:To provide excellent care to patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and to perform quality research at Austin Health.IBD clinical and research development of the incumbent is a significant component of the role.To be successful in this role you must:
- Direct involvement and management of inpatient and outpatient care
- Supervisory role to the Gastroenterology registrar re: inpatient/outpatient care
- Identify IBD inpatients and communicate their presence/management plan to the IBD nurse consultants.
- Provide feedback regarding IBD inpatients during weekly IBD post-clinic meeting
- Together with the Gastroenterology registrar identify patients for the IBD MDM, prepare slides with history/issues and coordinate and communicate the meeting agenda to all stakeholders. Enter management plan into SMR.
- Promptly inform the Manager of any relevant administrative issues