Epworth Healthcare

Hospital in the Home Physician

Richmond

PART TIME

December 4, 2024


Epworth Hospital in the Home (HITH) is embarking on an expansion of services. It has a vacancy for a doctor to work part time with the Medical Head to deliver HITH services. The position involves regular weekday sessions, with involvement in a weekend and after hours roster. Home visiting will be required, as will providing occasional leave cover.
This is an opportunity to work with a leading, experienced team in Hospital in the Home service care and delivery.
About you
Applicants will be registered to practice medicine in Victoria with AHPRA, and have a recent background in hospital medicine. A driver's licence is necessary.
Prior experience in Hospital in the Home is not a pre-requisite.
To be successful in this role you will:
  • Have a general clinical medical background
  • Exhibit team work and compassion
  • Be flexible and willing to learn and accept challenges
  • Have excellent communication skills
  • Be committed to the mission of delivering high quality acute hospital care to patients at home, including research, evaluation and service development
About Hospital in the Home
The future of acute healthcare will involve the delivery of more technical hospital level interventions at home. Epworth Hospital in the Home was the first private sector Hospital in the Home Unit to be established in Australia, and it has been in operation since 2000. Currently, it treats over 700 acute patient admissions and over 7500 bed days each year, with the ambition to continue to expand its reach and activity. Its role is to treat patients with acute conditions who would otherwise require traditional hospital interventions and care, and to set a standard of excellence in doing so. Epworth HITH treats patients from all over Melbourne, delivering a range of treatment including intravenous antimicrobial therapy, TPN, chemotherapy, diuretic, blood and blood products, complex post-surgical wound management, among other treatments including the management of s Covid and Covid. It is an inpatient service and provides comprehensive care to its patients during HAH admission. Patients are referred from hospital wards, Emergency Department, Residential Aged Care and the community.
Epworth’s Hospital in the Home offers services for the Richmond, Eastern and Freemasons campuses of Epworth Healthcare, as well as offering services to privately insured patients of other hospitals in Melbourne.
All services are provided in house, covering all hours, by its close knit team of experienced medical and nursing staff, along with access to Epworth hospital based pharmacy, radiology, and pathology.
Position Description Inherent Requirements

Additional Information
At Epworth, everybody matters. It’s the sense of belonging and being part of an organisation that puts the patient in the centre of all that is done. In addition to this, you will have access to:
  • Salary packaging benefits of $15,900 per annum
  • In addition you will be able to salary package meal/accommodation expenses up to $2,650 per annum
  • Flexible work arrangements
  • Reduced out-of-pocket expenses for health services at Epworth
  • Discounted private health insurance
  • Discounts to leading Australian retailers through the "My Benefits" Program
At Epworth, we care.
We care about our patients and we care about our people. We care about keeping everyone safe. We care about valuing and empowering our people, and growing careers. And we care about giving our people support and flexibility to thrive, and contribute to our communities.
Enquire / Apply for this Position
Sound interesting? To apply, click the I'm Interested button now and attach your CV and cover letter.
For more information, refer to the attached position description or contact Epworth Talent (03) 9426 0606.
It is a condition of employment with Epworth Health Care, subject to reasonable exemptions, that you have had an annual Influenza vaccination, where this is required under Epworth policy.
As a child safe organisation, all successful applicants are required to satisfactorily clear a National Police Check (conducted by Epworth) and may be required to hold a valid employee Working with Children Check (provided by you).
At Epworth, we believe inclusion and diversity are essential to our culture and values. We focus on fairness and opportunity for all – across race, ability, ethnicity, gender, age, sexuality, cultures and beliefs – that reflect the communities we work in. At Epworth, we care.
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