2 x Part Time Positions Available
Benefits
- Join a safe & inclusive workplace; we have an active Ally Network & Diversity Council
- Stay on top of your physical and mental health with the Virtus Wellness Program
- Realise your career ambitions through our leadership development program
- Take advantage of salary sacrifice options for vehicles
About us
Melbourne IVF is a leading provider of IVF related fertility treatment in Victoria and is at the forefront of IVF technology around the world. We are passionate about caring for people and providing innovative fertility services and cutting edge research to ensure that we are well resourced to cater for all patients needs. It is the ideal place to truly enhance your career with a knowledge-rich, creative and stimulating environment.
The Role
Fertility Counsellors are important members of this successful healthcare company and we respect and value the need for experienced for a compassionate and passionate individual providing personalised and quality patient care. This important role involves the provision of counselling for couples and individuals undertaking fertility treatment including
- Therapeutic and supportive counselling for patients during and after treatment
- Fertility and ART treatment decision making counselling;
- Relationship counselling;
- Donor implications counselling for donor egg, donor sperm donor embryo and surrogacy cycles. Counsellors provide information and support for all donors and recipients.
- Ensure that all appropriate professional standards and statutory requirements are met
- Supports all team members by working together as a group to achieve organisational outcomes/goals
Essential Criteria
- Social Worker: eligible for membership with Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) or
- Psychologist: full registration with AHPRA
- Fertility counsellors are required to obtain membership of the Australian & New Zealand Infertility Counsellors Association (ANZICA) in order to undertake third party reproductive counselling
- Significant supervised experience in therapeutic and supportive counselling with couples and individuals
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Organised with strong attention to detail
- Empathetic and sensitive in nature
- Computer skills including MS Office Suite, database and Internet knowledge
Desirable Criteria
- Experience in the provision of mandatory, therapeutic and supportive Assisted Reproductive Treatment (ART) counselling
- Exposure to medical or IVF environment
- Current Victorian/Tasmanian driver’s licence
If you are passionate about providing personalised and quality patient care and would like to understand more about this role please apply or send your resume through to:
Amy Stevens