Work Type: Part-time
Salary: Salary not specified
Grade: Grade not specified
Occupation: Health and allied health
Location: Melbourne - Northern suburbs
Reference: 4538
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Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and statewide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.
About VPIC
The Victorian Poisons Information Centre (VPIC) provides health professionals and members of the public with risk assessment and management advice in the event of a poisoning or suspected poisoning including accidental or intentional exposures, deliberate self-poisonings, workplace exposures, toxic hazards and envenomation.
VPIC aims to reduce unnecessary visits to general practitioners and hospitals and decrease ambulance call-outs, ensuring patients who may be poisoned or envenomed receive the most appropriate treatment possible.
VPIC is a 7 day per week service, providing coverage alongside the other Poisons Centres around Australia to contribute to a 24-hour, 7-day per week service. The VPIC team includes the toxicologists, Specialists in Poisons Information and admin support.
About the role
The role requires the prompt risk assessment, provision of information and management advice and maintenance of accurate records for analysis and research. In addition, SPIs assist with the preparation and review of clinical guidelines, provide education and training and contribute to the review of clinical and operational processes.
The successful candidate is required to participate in the VPIC clinical roster, this will include shift work, on a 7-day roster, including overnight shifts.
About you
You will be someone with excellent communication skills and a strong commitment to providing exceptional care to patients and consumers to the VPIC service. You'll bring energy and drive to your work and have a keen interest in continuing to develop your clinical knowledge.
To be successful in this role you'll bring with you:
Our benefits
Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:
Work with us!
We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures.
If you feel this role is right for you, we encourage your early application. Even if you don’t meet every single requirement, we encourage you to apply. What matters most is your passion, your drive and your willingness to learn and contribute. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place prior to the closing date. This means we reserve the right to close a job ad prior to the advertised closing date.
All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: Madeline Heiner, Pharmacist Grade 4 on [email protected].
Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the position description for further details.
Application closing date: 9 January 2026