1. Psychology Placement Student Orientation

2. Overview of Monash Health
Over 16,000 staff
Over 40 sites including:
- Monash Medical Centre Clayton and Moorabbin
- Monash Children’s Hospital
- Dandenong Hospital
- Casey Hospital
- Kingston Centre
- Cranbourne Integrated Community Care Centre
- Pakenham Hub
- Extensive community rehabilitation, community health and mental health services throughout the Southern Region and Statewide services

3. What we do…
In 2017
We provided more than 3.6 million episodes of care to our community
More than 260,000 people were admitted to our hospitals
More than 220,000 people come to our three Emergency Departments for treatment
We respond to more than 54,000 ambulance arrivals
We performed more than 48,000 surgical procedures
We delivered more than 10,000 babies
Together, we seek to deliver quality patient-centred health care and services that meet the needs of our diverse community.
The Mental Health Program supports more than one million people across Monash Health’s catchment area. We offer specialist services to south eastern metropolitan and Gippsland regions for eating disorders and perinatal mental health services, and have a Statewide Neurodevelopmental Unit and an adult Gender Clinic

4. Monash Health - Psychology and Specialist Services
Psychology and Specialist Services (PsySS) is responsible for the professional governance of over 160 psychologists
Psychologists work across the lifespan in a range of programs including mental health, acute and sub-acute settings, Monash Children’s Hospital and Monash Community
We employ psychology registrars and have psychologists across a range of employment grades with various endorsement titles. Clinical and Clinical Neuropsychologists are the largest endorsement areas
PsySS also has a number of operational responsibilities within Monash Health including the aPM (agile Psychological Medicine) Clinics, the agile Comprehensive Care initiative, the Forensic Mental Health Assessment and Consultation Unit, Rehabilitation and Aged Care Services (RACS), the Wellness and Recovery Centre, and Acute Neuropsychology

6. Monash Health’s Vision and Purpose
Better health in our community.
Our Purpose:
- To plan and deliver safe, effective and people focused health care and services that anticipate and respond to our community’s health needs.
- To promote and provide quality education and research relevant to health.

7. Our Values (iCare) Integrity Compassion Accountability Respect
Excellence

8. Rights and Responsibilities
Students Rights & Responsibilities (on student orientation website)
Clinical Educators (Supervisors) Rights & Responsibilities (on website)
Client’s/Patients Rights (on website)

9. Code of Conduct
ID Badges and Working with Children Check cards always need to be worn
Adherence to Monash Health’s Dress Code (see Prompt Policies and MH Internet Student Orientation Website)

10. Policies and Procedures
Confidentiality Agreement, Student Psychology Placement Contact Form (to sign & return)
Psychology Student Placement Declaration (to sign and return)
Prompt Policies on student placements including reporting of incidents, complaints and escalation processes
Student Orientation Website
Smoke Free Environment
Clinical Documentation including Hospital Information Service minimum documentation standards and program specific requirements.
All Medical Record entries including progress notes, correspondence, Psychology Specific reports require co-signing by the Primary Supervisor, or other psychologists as agreed.

11. OH & S Hand Hygiene (on website) Fire Training (on website)
Infection Control – see Student Agreement including immunisation record
Knowledge of Emergency Codes

12. Psychology Student Coordinators
All Student Placements are coordinated by the Psychology Clinical Educator – Placement coordinator
Dr Sika Turner
and overseen by
Mr. George Habib (Deputy Director of Psychology – Professional Partnerships).
Responsibilities include:
University Partnership Agreements.
Interviewing and student placement selection
PlaceRight documentation
Liaison with Monash Health supervisors and program managers
Liaison with University and Institution Placement Coordinators

13. Psychology Discipline Seniors
Dr David Moseley - ELMHS
Dr Christine James – Adult Mental Health Bed Based Services
Ms Kirsten Yates – Adult Community Mental Health
Mr Lawrence Harvey – Manager - Wellness and Recovery
Dr Paige Stimpson – Acting Manager - Rehabilitation and Aged Care (Psychology)
Dr Suzanne Warner – Monash Community
Dr Betina Gardner – Manager, aPM Clinics
Dr Brian Long – Acute Neuropsychology
Dr Birgit Murmelter – Gender Clinic

14. Things you can do to prepare
Familiarise yourself with the DSM-V, particularly in the areas you will be placed in i.e. psychosis dx if in an mental health inpatient unit
Speak to your placement supervisor about any pre-reading or articles/documents to read prior to placement, particularly regarding relevant psychological interventions and case formulation
Have an understanding of maintaining adequate records using DAP/SOAP or other adequate records formats

15. Logistics Phones (ISBAR Communication. Available on LMS)
Pagers – see local orientation
Computers, & Internet/Intranet – see Student Confidentiality Agreement
Documentation – see Prompt Policies
At the end of placement – complete Student Survey on student website
Any other queries can be addressed to the Psychology Clinical Educator – Placement Co-ordinator, Dr Sika Turner or to the Deputy Director of Psychology – Professional Partnerships), Mr. George Habib.
Go to Monash Health Student Orientation Site.