Epilepsy Fellow

About the Role

This Fellowship offers exposure to a high-volume tertiary epilepsy service comprehensive multidisciplinary epilepsy care advanced neurophysiology epilepsy surgery assessment cutting-edge neuroimaging and academic research. Graduates of the Fellowship will be well prepared for consultant practice in epilepsy clinical neurophysiology and academic neurology and for leadership roles within tertiary neuroscience services in Australia and internationally.

This fellowship provides advanced supervised training in the diagnosis and management of epilepsy and seizure disorders within one of Australias leading tertiary epilepsy services. The successful applicant will develop expertise in the assessment and management of patients with epilepsy across inpatient and outpatient settings while contributing to teaching research clinical governance and quality improvement activities.

The Fellow will have the opportunity to gain experience in:

• Provide comprehensive assessment and management of patients with epilepsy across specialist outpatient clinics inpatient consultations video-EEG monitoring and intensive care settings including first seizure and refractory epilepsy.
• Participate in multidisciplinary epilepsy care including epilepsy case conferences epilepsy surgery assessment and invasive stereo-EEG (SEEG) evaluation.
• Interpret prolonged ambulatory EEG and other specialised investigations relevant to epilepsy diagnosis and management including MRI high-density EEG SPECT PET neuropsychology and MEG.
• Contribute to clinical research quality improvement activities and the ongoing development of epilepsy services.
• Participate in the teaching supervision and education of medical nursing and allied health staff within the Department of Clinical Neurosciences.

Classification for this role is HM25-HM30 ($129048.40- $177622.12

per annum).

This is a full-time fixed-term position from February 2027 to February 2028.

Qualifications Skills and Experience

• Appointees must be legally qualified medical practitioners registered or registrable with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
• Basic Medical Degree.
• Completion of or advanced training in Adult Neurology.
• Indemnification with a recognised/approved medical defence association.
• Compliance with the RACP Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Program.
• Demonstrated interest in epilepsy clinical neurophysiology or a career in epilepsy.
• Excellent communication and multidisciplinary teamwork skills.
• Commitment to teaching and continuing professional development.

About the Company

St Vincents Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is part of St Vincents Health Australia and is a leading teaching research and tertiary health service employing more than 7500 staff across 18 sites throughout Melbourne. SVHM provides a diverse range of adult clinical services including acute medical and surgical services sub-acute care medical diagnostics rehabilitation allied health mental health palliative care correctional health and community residential care.

SVHM is one of Australias leading Catholic not-for-profit healthcare providers.

About the Department

The Department of Clinical Neurosciences is dedicated to improving the understanding diagnosis and treatment of neurological disorders through excellence in clinical care education and research.

The Epilepsy Program at St Vincents Hospital Melbourne is one of Australias leading tertiary epilepsy services providing comprehensive assessment and management of adults with epilepsy including complex epilepsy refractory epilepsy epilepsy surgery neurostimulation therapies and clinical trials. The multidisciplinary team includes epileptologists neurosurgeons neuropsychologists neurophysiologists specialist nurses neuroradiologists and allied health professionals working collaboratively to deliver high-quality patient-centred care.

Benefits

• Salary Packaging Increase your take-home pay.
• Supportive and welcoming Employee Assistance Program.
• Ability to join Fitness Passport Your pass to an extensive choice of fitness facilities.
• Work within one of Australias leading tertiary epilepsy centres.
• Access to a collaborative multidisciplinary teaching and research environment.

Application

Please attach your resume and cover letter to your application.

At SVHM we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming safe equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander employees and we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

SVHA has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine-preventable diseases (VPD) in healthcare settings. You are therefore required to comply with the SVHA Staff Health Screening Immunisation Policy which depending on the role you perform within the organisation may require mandatory immunisations and vaccinations (including influenza vaccination).

All appointments are made subject to the candidate providing a current satisfactory National Police Check and where required an NDIS Worker Screening Check.

Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately.

We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be identified.

At St Vincents we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming safe equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

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