Administration Team Leader, Icu, Women's And Perioperative Services - Cairns

An exciting opportunity currently exists for an Administration Team Leader to join the ICU, Women's and Perioperative Services team in Cairns. This is your opportunity to join the dedicated team of professionals at Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service and be part of a world-class, dynamic, and growing health service that embraces technology, excellence in health care, teaching, research and empowering our people to be the best in serving our community.

About us:

The Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service covers a large geographic area with a diverse and growing population. The Health Service provides a wide range of primary care, acute and specialist services. Our staff are a part of the community we serve, and we strongly believe that health outcomes are enhanced by involving our community in the planning and evaluation of local health services.

About you:

You will be a confident Team Leader with the ability to act as a positive role model and adhere to corporate values, a commitment to client service and the ability to work efficiently in a self-directed manner and to direct others in a team environment to ensure the achievement of work unit goals by leading with confidence and integrity to maintain an effective and motivated team. You will have demonstrated high-level negotiation and consultative skills in a multidisciplinary environment as well as the ability to produce quality written submissions/reports to senior management in a timely manner.

Your opportunity:

To provide strategic direction, leadership, and coordination of administrative services to meet the current and future clinical support needs to enable the Intensive care, Women's and Peri-operative service and Allied Health Service to meet their demands and challenges.

Your role:

• Provide high-level administration advice on human resource management, industrial relations and workforce change management, as well as monitoring and reporting on the stream's positions filled and unfilled via Full Time Equivalent hours (FTE) and financial budget.
• Coordinate, manage, and provide expert advice and assistance to administrative staff in the completion of administrative duties and resolution of problems encountered.
• Provide advice, guidance, and ongoing training to subordinate staff in relation to ROPP, Medicare Billing, Referral Management, waitlist management and other administration related processes. In the absence of clear direction, give guidance on how to proceed prior to following up with appropriate agency.
• Accountable for providing strategic development, refinement, implementation, and evaluation of continuous quality service improvement strategies for the Division in line with Queensland Health policies; and strategic/operational directions of the Directorate, Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service.

As a Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service employee, not only will you receive competitive remuneration, you will also have access to:

• Generous superannuation
• Salary packaging
• Annual incremental increases
• Career training and development
• Flexible work arrangements
• Wellness programs

Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) evidence as required for your employment in accordance with legislation/government policy and Directives.

For more information about this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.

Why choose Cairns?

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You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Cairns and Hinterland here: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/cairns_hinterland ( https://www.health.qld.gov.au/cairns_hinterland )