Car parking at Monash Medical Centre

Last week, a staff member's car was damaged when parked on Jaguar Drive, near MMC. Unfortunately we have had similar issues with both on-street parking and in the Monash Health car parks in the past.

Here are the options for car parking at MMC:

• 1 to 2-hour on-street parking in the streets nearest to MMC
• 3-hour parking in Fregon Reserve - note that the gates may be locked after hours
• All-day on-street parking in the streets further away from MMC
• Browns Road car parks (paid parking)
• requires Monash Health ID card and payment at the cashier
• shuttle bus available to travel between MMC and the carpark until 8:00 pm
• Note: if your parking expires, you automatically lose all building access via your Monash Health card until it's topped up again

Security escort to your car after hours is available for your safety: 

• From MIMR/Hudson Building: call: (0) 9902 7777 - booking in advance preferred, as Security is based at Monash University
• From MMC/MCH: To request an escort to the Browns Road South car park, go to the Security Office on Level 1. Note, there may be a wait due to operational requirements.

For more information, please see the SCS intranet FAQ page or email scs.ohs@monash.edu 

Practical class assistance

As part of FSC5080 Food Science in Practice, in the Master of Food Science and Agribusiness, there will be practical classes running for two weeks in May.  

They are glycaemic response practicals, involving finger prick blood glucose measurements, and we require help to facilitate these practicals.  

If you are interested, please contact Margaret Murray (margaret.murray@monash.edu)

When: Wednesday 4th and 11th May, 9am to 12 noon.  Plus some preparation time.

What: Help to supervise and guide students through the practical activity.  There are 22 students in the unit, 15 on campus and 7 online.

Where: The practical will be held in the labs at the BASE Facility,  Notting Hill.

MNHS MDP proposal submission due dates for 2022

The meeting dates and MNHS MDP proposal submission due dates for 2022 are now available via the MNHS Doctoral Program Review and Evaluation Sub-Committee's Terms of Reference (Page 3) - Also see below. 

The URLs to applicable proposal forms and templates are listed on Page 7 of the Terms of Reference PDF. 

If you have any questions about the due dates or the submission process, please contact the Faculty Graduate Research Office E: med-research.degrees@monash.edu

Gender-based discrimination in the NHMRC Investigator Grants Scheme

The NHMRC Investigator Grants scheme continues to discriminate against women, and NHMRC has proposed further changes to the scheme.

Potential changes to funding structure:

• Introduce quotas for women
• Create separate Investigator Grant budgets for men and women and manage them as separate competitions
• Equalise funded rates for men and women
• Encourage advancement of women’s careers by increasing funding for L1 and L2 within the Leadership category
• Require institutions to submit equal numbers of applications from women and men

Potential changes to peer review:

• Review assessment criteria and weightings for gender bias
• Fund the research, not the person
• Blind peer reviewers to applicant’s name
• Ensure there are equal numbers of male and female peer reviewers
• Bring back Grant Review Panels

NHRMC CEO, Anne Kelso AO, is holding a webinar to discuss these issues on :

• Thursday 24 February 2022 2:00 - 4:00 PM (AEDT). REGISTER HERE
• Thursday 3 March 2022 12:00 - 2:00 PM (AEDT) REGISTER HERE

SCS Women in Science, Discovery and Medicine (WiSDoM) Committee will be seeking your feedback after this event, so stay tuned! 

L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Fellowships 2022 (closing 7 March 2022)

The deadline for the L'Oréal and UNESCO For Women in Science Fellowship is 11:59pm Monday 7 March 2022.

The L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Australia & New Zealand Fellowships were launched in 2007 and have recognised 54 outstanding local scientists, supporting them to continue their research and help them rise to leadership positions in their field of expertise.

Each Fellow is awarded $25,000 for a one year project. This is intended to provide practical help for the winners to undertake research in their chosen fields and the winners may choose to spend their fellowship on buying scientific equipment, paying for child care costs, conference & travel costs or other items they may need to continue their research.

Within the Australian & New Zealand program there are five Fellowships available: Four $25,000 Australian Fellowships

The National Fellows must be within five years of their PhD (not including career breaks) for research at an Australian or New Zealand academic or research institution.

• Past and present Fellows
• Find out more here
• Apply here

For questions about this scheme, please refer to the FAQs or contact L'Oréal Australia.

Mandatory third (booster) COVID-19 vaccinations for Monash University Staff working at MonashHealth site

As we continue our fight against COVID-19, a third (booster) dose of vaccination is now mandatory for all healthcare and aged care workers.

To summarise:

All workers eligible for a third (booster) dose on or before Wednesday, 12 January

If you became eligible for a third dose on or before Wednesday, 12 January (i.e., you became fully vaccinated on or before 12 September 2021), you have until Saturday, 12 February to get your third (booster) dose.

Workers who became eligible for a third (booster) dose after Wednesday, 12 January  

If you became eligible for a third dose after Wednesday, 12 January, you should receive your dose as soon as you become eligible and by:

Tuesday, 1 March if you are an aged care worker, or

Tuesday, 29 March if you are a health care worker.

If you do not meet the requirements listed above, you will not be able to continue working at a care facility in the Victorian health service unless you have a valid medical exemption.

Who does this advice apply to?

This requirement applies to all employees; clinical and non-clinical, casuals, administrative teams, volunteers, students, contractors, those working wholly or partially from home and those on long-term leave (who will need to be vaccinated before returning to work).

What you need to do?

If you haven’t yet had your third (booster) dose of vaccination:

Monash Health employees and contractors, who are eligible to receive a third (booster) dose of COVID-19 vaccine, can book or walk into any Monash Health vaccination clinic to receive their vaccination. If you walk into a Monash Health vaccination clinic, please let the clinic know you are a Monash Health employee.

To book a vaccination appointment, you can make an appointment online or by calling the Victorian Coronavirus Booking Hotline on 1800 675 398, 7 days a week, 8am to 8pm.

Third (booster) dose vaccinations are also available at Monash Health’s pop-up vaccination clinics. For the latest information on pop-up clinics, please visit www.sephu.org.

There are vaccination appointments available at Clinic D, Monash Medical Centre. To book at Clinic D, please call our COVID-19 Vaccination Hotline on (03) 8572 2156. The Hotline is open Monday to Friday (8am to 4.30pm) and Saturday to Sunday (9am to 4pm).

Monash University is recruiting for a clinical teaching leadership position - Clinical Dean, MMC

Monash Health is Monash University’s largest site of medical student clinical placement, and Monash Medical Centre is its largest teaching campus. The scope of teaching at MMC, especially in 3rd and 5th year of the course, requires a team with a combination of excellent teaching skills, mentorship, and leadership to deliver the excellent outcomes the School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health is known for. 

The lead role at MMC is the Clinical Dean, reporting to the Director of Undergraduate Medical Education, and this job is now hiring. It offers an outstanding opportunity to join a vibrant and passionate team training the doctors of the future, gain all the benefits of being an academic clinician at Monash University, and develop your academic career alongside clinical work. The vacancy is 0.5 full time, and could be filled by one person or split, depending on the applicant.

Find out more HERE  or by contacting Associate Professor Vera Golder on vera.golder@monash.edu.

Dr Vera Golder promoted to Associate Professor and appointed as new SCS Director of Undergraduate Medical Education

Congratulations to Vera Golder on her appointment as Director of Undergraduate Medical Education at SCS and promotion to Associate Professor at Monash University.  Vera follows in the footsteps of Michelle Leech, Sally Ayoub and Julia Harrison in this role which leads undergraduate medical education at SCS.

Head of School, Professor Eric Morand said “I am so pleased to have Associate Professor Golder take on this vital role in our School. She is a gifted educator, outstanding researcher, and natural leader, and I know she will do an amazing job despite the challenges of the pandemic for clinical learning".

"I am very honoured and grateful to be taking the baton from such extraordinary leaders, who have laid an excellent foundation for medical student education at SCS. I hope to further nurture an inclusive learning environment and to support the development of the future medical workforce”, said Dr Golder, a researcher within the Rheumatology Group.

Business Development support to SCS

The School will have continued support in the business development space, following the resignation of Dr Celine Latouche.

Dr Alison Greenway (alison.greenway@monash.edu) and Dr Emma Xu (Zheng.Xu1@monash.edu) will be offering Business Development support to SCS academics. 

For all Business Development Support matters, please email both Alison and Emma.

Opportunities at the Department of Molecular and Translational Science (Hudson Institute)

Hudson Institute of Medical Research has numerous vacancies across the Institute including:

• Junior Research Assistant (TRC) Prof Graeme Polglase 
• Postdoctoral Scientist - Functional Genomics - CCR A/Prof Ron Firestein
• Postdoctoral Scientist - CIIID A/Prof Michael Gantier
• Postdoctoral Scientist - TRC Prof Graeme Polglase
• Production Technician - Platforms 
• Reception and Admin Officer - SSG
• Research Assistant - CCR Dr Catherine Carmichael

Please refer to our Hudson Careers page for more details or email HR@hudson.org.au if you would like more information. 

SCS End of Year Notice

 A reminder to all SCS staff and students that the last day of work for University personnel will be Wednesday 22nd December. The University will re-open on Tuesday 4th January. 

Before you head off for the shutdown period, please remember to turn off any powerpoints in your office that connect non-essential equipment (such as desktop computers), Christmas lights, etc.

Staff and students who are required to be on-site during the closure, are reminded to enter the hospital via the main staff entrances and undertake a thermal scan and also submit the Monash Health daily attestation. To follow OHS procedures, staff and students must submit the SCS After-Hours Work Form, which is available from the SCS intranet.

For emergencies at Monash Health sites (MMC buildings, Monash Children's Hospital, Casey Hospital, and Dandenong Hospital) please ring x2222 from a landline or dial 9594 7860 from a mobile.

When in the MIMR Building (#261) or MHRP Building (#262) ring (0)000 for emergencies.

When at Notting Hill or at the University campus, please ring x333 from a landline, or 990 53333 from a mobile.

For more OHS information please go to the OHS & Wellbeing page of the SCS intranet.

Merry Christmas!

SCS Early Career Research Practitioner Fellowship Scheme

 

Applications are now open for the SCS Early-Career Clinical Practitioner Fellowship scheme. The successful candidate will be appointed up to 0.5 FTE, Academic Level B.  The Fellowship is not intended for researchers who are already above Level B (or equivalent). Recognising the difficult transition from PhD student to independent clinician scientist, the School established the Early-Career Clinical Practitioner Fellowship scheme to further the aims of the School in training tomorrow’s clinical academic workforce and of consolidating Monash Health as leading academic health service. The Fellowships are offered on a competitive basis, to clinician scientists who have recently been awarded a PhD or MD to provide protected research time to allow them to further develop their clinical or basic science research portfolio while also undertaking clinical duties at Monash Health. It is envisaged that successful applicants will apply for external funding, such as through NHMRC schemes, during the period of the Fellowship, such that the SCS Fellowship acts as a bridge to independent, sustainable research funding. 

Applicants must hold a position in Monash Health as either junior medical consultants or allied health practitioners.

The Position Description and Application form can be found on SCS intranet  

Candidates are required to send their completed application form and CV to the SCS Research Manager, Adrienne Calder (adrienne.calder@monash.edu) by 5:00 pm on Monday 24th January 2022.

HR Updates

Click here for all the latest December HR updates.

University Christmas Shutdown

 Last day of work 2021:

• Wednesday 22nd December

University Shutdown (12 days)

• Thursday 23rd December - Monday 3rd January

First day of work 2022:

• Tuesday 4th January

Working from Home for Professional Staff

University HR confirmed that in 2022 the 3:2 model for working on-site:home will be available to our ongoing and fixed-term professional staff, where their supervisor determines this can be accommodated within the requirements of their role. 

Staff seeking this flexibility will need to complete the Working Safely from Home module and request to work from home (up to two days a week) via the application form (annually and when their role changes). Supervisors will be responsible for approving requests and will determine the suitability of their role in accordance with the Working from Home procedure. More information about flexibility in 2022 is available here.

Please reach out to your supervisor to discuss how the 3:2 hybrid model applies to your role, and visit the Flex at Monash website for more information, including forms and Q&As, to learn more about how the model will work for all of us in 2022.

Restricted store hours

Out of an abundance of caution, store hours are being restricted from now until at least Monday 10 January 2022. The only times to collect orders will be between 11.00am and midday and 3.00 to 4.00pm. 

Dry ice will be able to be sourced at any time.

Shut-down period: From 5.00pm Thursday 23 December to 8.00am Thursday 6 January.

MMC/MCH Site Alert: Northern Entry Pedestrian Safety

 

What is happening?

A number of near-miss pedestrian incidents have been reported in the Northern Entry patient transport & loading zone parking area

New signage and safety barriers have been installed across the area to define pedestrian pathways

What do I need to do?

When walking in and around our parking areas and loading zones

• walk only on the pathways provided and designated for pedestrian use
• use marked pedestrian crossings where available
• put your mobile phone away until reaching the building entry or your vehicle
• be vigilant for your safety and the safety and wellbeing of others,
• do not put yourself at risk by walking on service or access roads when pedestrian footpaths are available.

How do I get more information?

Further information may be obtained from David Moyle, Site Liaison Officer

Telephone:         959 44727 | Email: MMCSiteManagement@monashhealth.org

Who is authorising this Site Alert?

Marg Harley – Acting General Manager | Acute Medicine MMC

Opportunities at the Clinical Psychedelic Research Lab

The Clinical Psychedelic Research Lab at Monash University is inviting expressions of interest for two new roles, working within a great team of researchers and clinicians on psychedelic trials.

See links below for details. Available ASAP.

• Full time Clinical Trial Manager
• Part time (4 days per week) Research Assistant

Master of Clinical Simulation & Master of Health Professions Education

Master of Clinical Simulation & Master of Health Professions Education are now offered through SCS.  Applications are open for 2022.

The Master of Clinical Simulation is suitable for a broad range of health professionals and others who are, or will be, engaged in simulation-based education. This includes the teaching, assessment, evaluation, curriculum design, scenario design, debriefing, mentoring and supervision of health professionals in clinical and other contexts. Find out more about the course and how to apply.

The Master of Health Professions Education qualifies individuals to apply principles and theories that inform educational practice in a range of clinical and other relevant contexts, to undertake professional and highly skilled work and as educators in the health professions. Find out more about the course and how to apply.

SCS Education Planning Workshop

Education is moving ahead rapidly in SCS thanks to all the amazing work SCS educators have been doing during these times of uncertainty and change. To create better processes in the School to facilitate communication, collaboration and growth there is a planning afternoon for all educators in SCS to harness your thoughts and expertise to address this and answer the following questions.

• How might we better communicate governance processes?
• How might we enhance our innovations and short courses?
• How might we better support career development in education?
• How might we better conduct educational research?

If you have any other suggestions or items you think would be good to discuss then please let simone.gibson@monash.edu know. The workshop will run 13 December 1.30-4.30pm.  It would be great to see everyone all in person and book a room on campus or at MMC but here is a survey to discover your preferences. Please RSVP by 6 December 2021 so we can organise catering, etc.