• Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network, location negotiable within Barossa Hills Fleurieu region
• Salary: RN/M5.1 $144,064 p.a. / AHP5 $127,346 to $139,281 p.a.
• Permanent Full-time position available

Please note that this position is multi-classified as either a AHP5 or RN/M5.1

Overview

An exciting opportunity awaits to lead meaningful change with dynamic teams!

In this newly created role at BHFLHN, you will collaborate to implement the patient flow strategy, ensuring effective demand management. You will oversee daily patient flow escalations, providing critical support to maintain system efficiency and improve patient outcomes.

About the Role

The Director Patient Flow is accountable to the Executive Director Operations for operationalising the Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network (BHFLHN) patient flow and winter demand management strategies. The incumbent is expected to use clinical knowledge and experience to provide a strategic approach to access and flow management, working collaboratively with Executive, Directors of Nursing and Midwifery, Directors of Community & Allied Health, and Clinical Leads. The Director Patient Flow may deputise for the Executive Director Operations as required.

The Director of Patient Flow will assist Directors of Nursing and Midwifery in activity management ensuring targets are met. This applies to flex bed utilisation, length of stay monitoring and related capacity and demand factors. In conjunction with the Directors of Nursing and Midwifery, the Director of Patient Flow will develop and drive a culture of safety and quality improvement that ensures patient focused care is provided, ensuring processes are developed and implemented which allow patient outcomes to be monitored and audited with a view to continual improvement.

The Director Patient Flow will be responsible for the Regional Operations Centre (ROC) and the coordination function of metropolitan to regional hospital repatriations (for all regional LHNs) and facilitating access to community services including but not limited to supported discharge services, priority outpatients and Transition Care Program, to enable reduced length or stay and prevent unnecessary hospital admissions.

Please refer to the Role Description for Essential Qualifications.

Applicant Information

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time.

Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

In addition to the annual salary package we also offer salary sacrifice benefits, employer superannuation contributions and leave loading.

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

Check(s)

• DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
• National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. aged care employment or work involving vulnerable clients)

Immunisation Risk for this position is - Category A (Direct Contact with blood or body substances)

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

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job ref: 896592

Enquiries

Name: Abigail Law

Title: Executive Assistant to Director Operations

Phone: 0481 097 028

E-mail: [email protected]

Application Closing Date

18 March 2025 - 2 week close - 11.55PM

Attachments

896592 - Role Description Director Patient Flow AHP5.pdf

896592 - Role Description Director Patient Flow RN5A01.pdf

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