• Review, investigate and audit healthcare service delivery.
• Ongoing, Full-Time opportunity.
• VPS Grade 5: $113,022 - $136,747 plus superannuation.

The Department of Justice and Community Safety is seeking a Senior Clinical Oversight Officer to provide a critical role within Justice Health.

About the Business Unit

Justice Health is part of the Corrections and Justice Services (CJS) group in the Department of Justice and Community Safety and supports the Minister for Corrections. CJS also comprises Corrections Victoria; Policy, Strategy and Service Design; Group Services and Coordination; and Justice Services (which includes Community Correctional Services and other justice programs). CJS plays an integral role in developing safer and more resilient communities and in delivering a trusted justice and community safety system.

The Adult Health Oversight Unit is responsible for:

• oversight of the delivery of health services across the Victorian adult correctional system
• ensuring service providers work collaboratively to ensure integrated and coordinated approaches to meeting the needs of people in custody
• driving ongoing improvements to service delivery.

The Adult Health Oversight Unit achieves this through working collaboratively with people in custody, health service providers, Corrections Victoria staff and public health providers.

About the Role

The role of the Senior Clinical Oversight Officer is to review, investigate and audit health service delivery, including through location-based audits, provide evidence-based clinical advice to inform health service design and system improvements and maintain sound systems, policies and procedures that support audits and reviews.

Senior Clinical Oversight Officers work collaboratively with key service partners to identify and respond to issues and risks that affect health care outcomes and provide high level strategic advice, reports, briefings, presentations and correspondence on complex and sensitive matters.

Some of your duties will include:

• Review, investigate and audit healthcare service delivery.
• Provide evidence-based clinical advice to inform service design and system improvements.
• Maintain sound systems, policies and procedures that foster a culture of accountability, whilst encouraging innovation and problem solving.

To learn more about this role before applying, please read the attached position description.

About you

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Demonstrated experience in delivery of healthcare services in highly sensitive and complex environments.
• Demonstrated experience in a quality focused role.
• AHPRA registered health practitioner in a relevant area of speciality

Qualifications/requirements

• A tertiary qualification in a health or related field.
• Current AHPRA registration is desirable.
• Regular state-wide travel will be required.
• Participation in the after-hours on-call roster will be required.

How to Apply

Please click the Apply button on this advertisement. Applications should include a resume and covering letter. Attachments can be uploaded in .doc, .docx, .pdf, .txt or .rtf formats.

The successful candidate will be required to undergo pre-employment checks which may include a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC) and misconduct screening.

If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process, or require an alternative format to any of the application material, please don't hesitate to get in touch with the contact person listed on this ad.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

CHILD SAFE STATEMENT OF COMMITMENT:

The Department of Justice and Community Safety is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and young people. We seek to prevent harm of any kind impacting children and young people and have zero tolerance for racism, child abuse and inequality. Children and young people's rights, relationships, identity, and culture must be recognised and respected, their voices heard, and their concerns acted upon. We aim to foster a culturally safe, child safe and child friendly environment for all children and young people we have contact with, deliver services to, or are impacted by our work.