Nursing And/Or Midwifery Director, Shcc Coordination

Nursing and/or Midwifery Director, SHCC Coordination

SA Health
Job reference:
870786
Location:
5042 - BEDFORD PARK
Job status:
Short Term Contract
Eligibility:
Open to Everyone

• Department for Health and Wellbeing - Clinical System Support &
  Improvement - State Health Coordination Centre (SHCC)
• Multiple Positions
• Salary:
  $139,868 (Pro-Rata) - RN/M5.1 - Full Time / Part Time / Term Contract up to 31 December 2024

Overview:

The South Australian State Health Coordination Centre (SHCC) enables system wide oversight of utilisation and flow of the South Australian healthcare system. The focus is on actionable insights that impact the health system in a positive way improving patient outcomes. This is done through 24/7 real time visibility end to end of on patient flow across the system, using existing data and shared insights to identify issues and developing a proactive response to support the system and patient care.

The SHCC uses real-time information systems, monitoring patients awaiting ambulances, people waiting for the ED, people waiting in the ED to be admitted, people waiting to be discharged, inter-hospital transfers and regional patients in metro hospitals, and a newly build real time communications platform to coordinate responses and actions.

The SHCC's role has developed in collaboration with the LHNs to deliver continuous improvement with a view to supporting LHN improvements and applying systemwide learnings and decision support tools around flow and access to care to deliver an improved patient journey.

The aim of this Nursing Director role is to provide strategic and operational leadership, coaching, governance, and direction (in and after hours across 7 days) for the SHCC. The role will report to the RN 5.3, Advanced Nursing Director- SHCC. The role balances and integrates strategic and operational perspectives within a specified span of appointment.

• The role will ensure the health system is working efficiently, using available capacity across the system to manage patients, resulting in improved patient flow and outcomes, and ambulance utilisation.
• The role will have a holistic view of a patient's end to end journey, being able to monitor and support a balanced system response to issues before they have an impact on patient care.
• The role will also lead complex system and process improvement across LHNs through coaching, mentoring and training, recognition and support.
• Employees in this role accept accountability for the governance and practice standards of nurses/midwives, the effective implementation of corporate systems to support, evaluate and consistently improve nursing/midwifery practice and healthy work environments, and for the cost-effective provision of health services within their span of appointment

Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and appropriate immunisation requirements.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job ref:
870786

Criminal History Screening Requirement

• A National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving no contact with vulnerable groups is required for this position (general employment)

Immunisation Risk for this position is Category C (minimal patient contact)

SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease:
Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

Special Conditions

• Registered or eligible for registration as a Nurse by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and who holds, or who is eligible to hold, a current practicing certificate.
• This position will be required to work outside of normal business hours and require participation in after-hours shifts and may involve an on-call roster as the SHCC is a 24/7 service.

Enquiries

Mel Smith

Logistics Clinical Support

Phone:

E-mail:

Application Closing Date

Friday, 12 July 2024 - 11.55PM

Attachments

• 870786 - Nursing and-or Midwifery Director SHCC Coordination - Role Description.Pdf
• Australian applicant guidelines
• International applicant guidelines

Flexibility Statement
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.