Care Navigation Team Leader | Primary Care Pilot

Employment Type: Full Time, Temporary 6 - 12 months with possibility of extension
Classification: Health Professional Level 4/ Registered Nurse Level 3 Grade 1
Salary: $114,928 - $123,710 (Plus 11.5% Super)
Location: Canberra Health Services
Section: Primary Care Pilot
Closing Date: 4 April 2024

What can we offer you:

• City living without the traffic - click here to see why you should live in Canberra.
• Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
• Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
• Flexible working conditions.
• 11.5% Superannuation.
• VISA/Sponsorship for eligible candidates
• Reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates (subject to review and approval).

About the Role:

Under a time-limited Commonwealth initiative to reduce pressure on ACT Emergency Departments (EDs) and public hospitals, an innovative model is being trialled. The Primary Care Pilot is aimed at strengthening partnerships between Primary Care, community-based care and the public health system to support access and care for patients.

The Pilot is a collaboration between the ACT Health Directorate, Capital Health Network, General Practitioners (GPs) and Canberra Health Services (CHS). The CHS Primary Care Pilot operationally reports to the Integrated Care Program under the Office of the Chief Operating Officer. The Care Navigation Team will assist in the delivery of the Pilot, providing liaison, navigation, care coordination and complex case management in partnership with participating GPs, selected non-GP specialist groups and community-based Allied Health teams.

This temporary position will provide critical clinical and project support, and leadership for a team of Registered Nurses and Health Professionals providing services to consumers referred to the Primary Care Pilot, their families, and their care supports. The Pilot aims to reduce pressure on ACT Emergency Departments and hospitals through innovative care pathways supporting and enhancing Primary Care capacity and improving the ability for consumers to remain well in the community. This position will work closely with internal and external contributors and stakeholders including the Pilot-dedicated Liaison and Navigation Team, Community Allied Health, Non-GP Medical Specialities, General Practitioners in Primary Practice, Capital Health Network, and the ACT Health Directorate project support team.

This position will also act as a central point for the support of monitoring and coordination for the Pilot, including data reporting, issues management, stakeholder liaison, and Pilot evaluation.

For more information regarding the position duties click here for the

Health Professional Level 4 Position Description

Nurse Level 3 Grade 1 Position Description

Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:

• Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
• Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.
• Prior to commencing this role, a current registration issued under the Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011is required.
• HP only: Comply with CHS credentialing and scope of clinical practice requirements for allied health professionals.

To Apply:

Please submit a copy of your CV along with a cover letter or 2 x page pitch responding to the Selection Criteria listed in the position description.

Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website.

Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together
OurRole: to be a health service that is trusted by our community
Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind

CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.

Canberra Hospital Expansion Project - CHS is constructing a new critical services building called 'Building 5' which is a 44,000sqm nine storey building specifically designed to deliver state-of-the-art acute clinical services at the Canberra Hospital. Building 5 is the largest healthcare infrastructure project undertaken in the Territory's history and it represents the largest clinical and operational change program to ever be implemented by Canberra Health Services. Building 5 integrates with a number of existing buildings at the Campus including Building 1 and Building 2, to facilitate a seamless public thoroughfare, patient transportation and back-of-house logistics distribution.

North Canberra Hospital - As of 3 July 2023 Calvary Public Hospital Bruce transitioned to CHS and became North Canberra Hospital. The transition will deliver a health system networked under one provider and will provide increased workforce opportunities for staff at both CHS sites. The ACT Government will be building a new northside hospital on the existing hospital campus in Bruce to meet the growing health care needs of our community, with construction to commence mid-decade providing more beds, increased services, and increased career opportunities.

If you would like further information regarding this opportunity, please contact Phyo Courtis at (02) 5124 5***