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 lifespan 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, Victorian Heart Hospital, Sandringham Hospital Maternity services and an extensive network of rehabilitation, aged care, community health and mental health facilities.

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There are more than 1,900 Junior Medical staff positions at Monash Health in over 200 medical specialties, to help grow your career. We offer unparalleled opportunities in Victoria’s largest & most clinically diverse teaching health service.  

Monash Health is offering a two-year position in Advanced Training in Psychotherapy in the area of Trauma–informed and Individual Dynamic Psychotherapies. It is expected that this training will provide a basis for psychologically-informed work in both the private practice and public sectors. A formal learning component is also required to attain this Training Certificate. 

The appointments will begin in February 2024 and are intended to accompany the Certificate in Advanced Training. It is expected that the trainee will rotate through private (Langmore) and public hospital positions (Hope / Agile) in conjunction with holding a psychotherapy list. 

As well as learning traditional Psychodynamic Psychotherapy for high prevalence disorders, the trainee will be given the opportunity to develop psychodynamically-informed ‘common factors’ psychotherapy skills in psychotherapy for complex developmental trauma; management of referral pathways for such patients and relationships with referrers; group facilitation and teaching skills. Particular attention will be made to facilitating the skills in maintaining a therapeutic alliance over the long term; managing the use of medication in conjunction with psychotherapy; and to developing a sophisticated understanding of the counter-transference strains in psychotherapeutic work, and to consider dynamic forces that exist within groups and organizations. There may also be opportunities to develop DBT skills and lead a reflective group. 

The AT in psychotherapies will be provided individual and group supervision, as well as supervision in the designated rotations which will provide patients for short cases of psychotherapy in two of the following modalities as required: cognitive–behavioural therapy (CBT); application of family/systems therapy; focal/short-term psychotherapy; group psychotherapy. 

Candidates should have completed the clinical part of their Psychotherapy Long Case and entered Stage 3 of training. It will be expected that Stage 3 of Fellowship training will be acquired alongside the Advanced Trainee EPA’s which can be found here:
https://www.ranzcp.org/pre-fellowship/about-the-training-program/certificates-of-advanced-training/psychotherapies. 

Prior to commencement, candidates will be required to discuss formal training requirements (see MAPP:  https://www.mindful.org.au/PGrad-Courses/Advanced-Training-in-the-Psychotherapies-(VIC).aspx) with the Director of Advanced Training in the Psychotherapies, Dr Paul Cammell. 

For further information, please contact: 

Lynette Chazan [email protected]  

DOT May Loh [email protected]

What you need:

• Registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
• Working with Children’s Certificate

What we offer:

• Salary packaging
• Onsite discounted staff parking
• Discounted banking (BankVic)
• Onsite Gym
• Access to professional development courses and seminars

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.

How to Apply

Applications will only be accepted via the Monash Health online Mercury System only. Email applications will not be considered.
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)
• proof of immunisation

Under the Victorian Public Health orders, all employees working within the Public Health system must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and are required to provide acceptable evidence of their vaccination status.  The current orders require evidence of three doses.
All applicants to positions with Monash Health will need to upload acceptable evidence of full vaccination against COVID-19 as part of their application.  Acceptable evidence is a copy of your Immunisation History Statement or your COVID-19 Digital Certificate, which can be accessed via MyGov.