About Monash Health

Monash Health is Victoria’s largest public health service. We are proud to provide healthcare to one quarter of Melbourne’s population, across the entire life-span from newborn and children, to adults, the elderly, their families and carers. More than 22,000 employees work at over 40 care locations across south eastern Melbourne, including Monash Medical Centre, Monash Children’s Hospital, Moorabbin Hospital, Dandenong Hospital, Casey Hospital, Kingston Centre, Cranbourne Centre, and an extensive network of rehabilitation, aged care, community health and mental health facilities. For more information please visit www.monashhealth.org.

About the Role

This Diagnostic Imaging Medical Physicist position will work under general supervision of the Medical Physicist / Radiation Safety Officer. This role will actively participate in tasks to enable Monash Health to be compliant with the Radiation Safety Act, relevant legislation, Australian standards and codes of practice and guidance documents relating to Radiation Safety.

Key tasks include;

• Under direction of the senior medical physicist actively participate in routine quality assurance and acceptance and compliance testing of equipment.
• Under general supervision undertake dose estimates for all modalities.
• Under general supervision undertake shielding calculations for all modalities.
• Attend and participate in departmental meetings as directed.
• Attend in-house tutorials provided to the Radiology registrars as directed.
• Participate in departmental research projects as directed.
• Present radiation safety talks or information sessions on a radiation safety/physics topic as directed.

A current Driver’s Licence and access to a reliable vehicle are also required as you will be working across a number of Monash Health sites

About You:

• Bachelor’s Degree majoring in Physics
• Eligible to enrol in the Australasian College of Physical Scientists and Engineers in Medicine (ACPSEM) Radiology or Nuclear Medicine Physics Training Education and Assessment Program (TEAP) for Diagnostic Imaging Medical Physics
• Eligibility to obtain a Victorian Radiation Use Licence
• A sound understanding of Medical Imaging technology and Radiation Safety principles and practice as applied to medicine.
• Understanding Australian and International Standards and Codes of Practice relevant to radiation safety in medicine.
• Self-motivated with excellent communication skills.
• Experience in undertaking patient and staff dosimetry estimations.
• Experience in undertaking shielding calculations.
• Experience in use of radiation dosimetry equipment.
• Experience in participation in routine quality assurance, compliance and acceptance testing of diagnostic imaging equipment.

In return, our benefits include:

• Salary packaging that maximises your take home pay
• A monthly Accrued Day Off (ADO)
• Subsidised on-site parking
• On site Gym.

Apply NOW to join Monash Health as the Diagnostic Imaging Medical Physicist

How to Apply

Monash Health recognises the value of equal employment opportunity and is committed to patient safety and promoting fairness, equity, and diversity in the workplace. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles.

Applications will only be accepted via the Monash Health online Mercury System only. Email applications will not be considered.

Existing Monash Health Employees should apply using your Monash Health employee account. For any queries regarding employee accounts contact Recruitment Services at recruitment@monashhealth.org.

Offers of employment can only be made once all required probity checks have been completed.  These include:

• reference checks;
• a clear Police Check conducted within the last three months;
• a current Victorian Employee Working with Children’s Check (or proof of payment for same);and
• proof of immunisation.

A request to conduct probity checks does not guarantee that an offer of employment will be made.

As part of our selection process, you may be invited by email to participate in an on-camera video interview.

Under the Victorian Public Health orders, all employees working within the Public Health system must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and Influenza and are required to provide acceptable evidence of their vaccination status. The current orders require evidence of three doses for COVID-19.

All applicants to positions with Monash Health will need to upload acceptable evidence of full vaccination against COVID-19 and Influenza as part of their application. Acceptable evidence is a copy of your Immunisation History Statement which can be accessed via myGov.

Offers of employment will only be made to candidates who can provide evidence that they meet full vaccination status.