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SalaryAlfred Health
Alfred Health is a leader in health care delivery, improvement, research and education. We are the main provider of health services to people living in the inner southeast suburbs of Melbourne, from ambulatory to inpatient and home and community-based services.
- 12-month Fixed Term Position
- Part Time - 24 hrs per week
- Grade 4 Classification
Alfred Health Allied Health Services comprises a number of Allied Health disciplines who provide patient centred care across all clinical programs that operate at Alfred Health. Allied health disciplines provide patient centred care that will aim to optimise physical, psychosocial, communication and cognitive functioning. To ensure that the Allied Health workforce is fit for purpose, there is a robust governance structure that provides oversight of staff & student education, research, workforce innovation and quality & safety.
Home, Acute and Community (HAC) is a clinical program across Alfred Health. The program plays an integral role within Victoria's health care system, supporting people to maximise their health, independence and functioning, and minimise long-term care needs. The HAC program oversees a diverse group of services promoting effective seamless care, from acute care back into the community. Our Acute services operate from our patients' homes (HITH) and our three General Medicine wards across The Alfred and Sandringham sites. Working closely with our Emergency Departments, acute specialty units and community partners, we aim to provide high quality acute care, coordinated by an expert interdisciplinary team to meet needs arising from complex acute and chronic disease, in a way that meets our patients' expressed needs.
The Role
In order to provide a dynamic and agile service that is capable of responding to community demands, Alfred health commissioned 10 additional HITH (Hospital in the Home), General Medical beds with a view to expand capability of this service to be able to manage more complex patients and provide acute bed substitution for general medicine patients. This included addition of dedicated Allied Health Team for these beds in order to facilitate at home assessment and management of patients.
The Allied Health Team leader will lead a high-performing Allied Health team across General Medicine HITH unit by providing coordination of patient care, staff support, quality improvement and research leadership and facilitating skill development of Allied Health staff and students.
This position will also design, develop and implement an Allied Health contemporary model of care, which is based on best practice and enables efficient transition between the following; bed based care, acute bed substitution and community based care. The Allied Health Team Leader will foster excellence in clinical service provision and champion a strong culture of evidence-based practice and continuous improvement. In addition, the role will provide leadership and support to Allied Health clinicians who work in HARP (Hospital Admission Reduction Program) ensuring alignment of workflows and consistency of staff education and training HITH and HARP Allied Health staff groups.
This dynamic role requires clinicians who have great communication, collaborative and care planning skills, with demonstrated leadership experience and who are interested in working and evaluating a new and evolving program for Alfred Health.
Skills/Qualifications Required
- Degree or equivalent in a relevant Allied Health discipline
- Relevant post-graduate qualification of Master's or Doctorate
- At least 10 years postgraduate experience with clinical experience in general medicine and/or community-based patient management
- Eligibility for registration or membership of the relevant professional body
- Proven experience in the development, implementation and evaluation of research and quality improvement
- Capacity to incorporate best practices into Allied Health services
- Demonstrated ability to provide high-level teaching, training and supervision to staff and students
- Demonstrated capacity to motivate staff and to contribute to a positive organisational culture
- Salary Packaging
- Discounted Health Insurance
- Staff Car Parking (subject to availability)
Applications close: 11pm Wednesday, 17th January 2024
Alfred Health is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce that reflects the community we serve. Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are encouraged.
All Alfred Health employees are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and Influenza with a TGA approved vaccine and must provide evidence of their vaccination status. This is in accordance with the Victorian Minister of Health's Mandatory Vaccination Orders for COVID-19 and legislated requirement for influenza vaccination.
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