Job description
- Technical leadership role driving quality improvement initiatives in primary care
- Permanent Full-time position (or part-time 0.8FTE by negotiation)
- Competitive salary ($100k – $105k) + super + not-for-profit salary packaging option
- Hobart location
About the opportunity
This is a new and unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact upon driving positive change with primary healthcare organisations, utilising expertise in team leadership, change management and stakeholder engagement to guide the primary healthcare workforce through reform and embedding person-centred care. The Practice Improvement team support programs across Primary Health Tasmania in areas such as Aboriginal Health, aged care, alcohol and other drugs, chronic conditions, intellectual disability, preventative health, palliative care and mental health.
What you would be doing
Working closely with Manager – Practice Improvement you will:
- Work collaboratively with your team to support enhanced primary care engagement
- Provide technical leadership in building awareness of quality improvement and support your team to embed person-centred, quality improvement within general practice and other primary care providers
- Implement initiatives to improve primary care sustainability
Here’s what you’ll look like
- Team Leadership: Proven team leadership capability in high performance, complex environments
- Change Management: Ability to facilitate and manage change within healthcare organisations, guiding teams through transitions and overcoming resistance to new processes and initiatives
- Stakeholder engagement and collaboration: Demonstrated strong interpersonal skills to effectively engage with primary healthcare workforce
- Quality Improvement: High level of applied understanding of quality improvement methodologies and demonstrated experience in leading the implementation of quality improvement strategies
- Ideally have health related, business or other relevant qualifications or extensive experience working in or with primary care organisations
- You’ll be a culture champion – understanding that every day, you play an important part of what makes Primary Health Tasmania a great place to work
Benefits of working with us
- Salary packaging up to $15,900 – less tax means more take home pay
- Up to $2,650 of pre-tax income can be used to pay for entertainment expenses (meals, holiday accommodation etc.)
- Hybrid working option – blend of working from the office and home-based office (after 6 months of employment)
- Discounted private health insurance
- Generous leave and family care benefits, such as; additional 5 days of paid Carer’s Leave per year, paid Parental Leave, 3 days of paid leave between Christmas and New Year
- Friendly and inclusive workplace culture which embraces the diversity of its people
Here’s some information about us
We are a not-for-profit organisation funded by the Australian Government to connect care and keep Tasmanians well and out of hospital. We are one of 31 Primary Health Networks (PHNs) in Australia and operate statewide with offices in Hobart, Launceston and Ulverstone. Our people and our values are an important part of what makes Primary Health Tasmania a great place to work. Everything we do is underpinned by our core values – respect, collaboration, results and professionalism.
How to apply
If you demonstrate an incredible work ethic and have a strong desire to make your mark in a dynamic workplace environment, we want to hear from you.
To apply, please click “Apply Now” and submit a current resumé and a cover letter responding to the essential and desirable criteria from the position description on our website: www.primaryhealthtas.com.au/careers.
To learn more about this opportunity please contact Eliza Taylor, Manager – Practice Improvement on phone 03 6213 8226
Diversity Statement
We welcome and encourage applications from people across our diverse community, especially from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants. We recognise the richness that diversity brings to our workplace and believe everyone has the right to feel safe, respected, valued and heard regardless of their ages, nationalities, abilities, religions, genders, sexualities and cultural identities.
Primary Health Network Program – an Australian Government initiative
A position description is attached.