Epworth HealthCare is Victoria’s largest not-for-profit private health care group, renowned for excellence in diagnosis, treatment, care and rehabilitation. Epworth is an innovator in Australia’s health system, embracing the latest in evidence-based medicine to pioneer treatments and services for our patients. 

Our values and purpose define Epworth's approach and delivery. We pride ourselves on communicating and delivering them in a real and meaningful way. Every Patient Matters.

Epworth Hospital in the Home (HITH) has a vacancy for a doctor to work part time with the Medical Head to deliver HITH services. The position involves a regular weekday session, with involvement in a weekend roster. Home visiting will be required, as will providing occasional leave cover.

This is an opportunity to work with an experienced leader 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 broad 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 HIH 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 sCovid 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

At Epworth, it’s a community. 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:

• Epworth’s enhanced Not for Profit status (and not available in the public sector) provides the opportunity for employees to salary package up to $15,900 pre-tax annually, leading to greater take home pay
• The largest educational scholarship program of its kind in Australia
• Ability to purchase up to four additional weeks of leave
• Reduced cost of health services for you and your family at Epworth

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 Assoc Prof Michael Montalto on 0418 575 312.

It is a condition of employment with Epworth HealthCare, subject to reasonable exemptions, that you have had COVID-19 vaccinations, including where recommended by public health authorities and booster vaccinations.

As a child safe organisation, all successful applicants are required to satisfactorily clear a National Police Check (conducted by Epworth) and 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.