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SalaryReference Number 59326
Position Title Coordinator Workforce and Professional Practice
Employment Type Full Time Ongoing
Entity Monash Health
Department Monash Health Bureau
Location Various Facilities
Position Summary
- Key leadership role- Monash Health Bureau Workorce & Professional Practice Team
- Workforce recruitment and strategy opportunity
- Graduate and RUSON/M program coordination
Monash Health is Victoria’s largest public health service. We provide safe, high-quality care to one-quarter of Melbourne’s population, across the entire lifespan, from pre-birth to end-of-life.
Monash Health is an impressive organisation with 40 care locations across south-east Melbourne, including seven hospitals and an extensive network of rehabilitation, aged care, community health and mental health facilities. Each year:
- We provide more than 3.4 million episodes of care to our community,
- More than 276,000 people are admitted to our hospitals,
- Close to 220,000 people receive care at our three emergency departments,
- We respond to more than 67,000 ambulance arrivals,
- We perform more than 48,000 surgical procedures, and
- We deliver more than 10,000 babies.
About the Role
Monash Health has an exciting opportunity for a committed, organised and motivated individual to work within Monash Health Bureau (MHB) Workforce & Professional Practice Team. This is a key leadership role within the Workforce & Professional Practice team and directly impacts the ability to deliver services across the whole of Monash Health.
The current focus of this role is coordination and management of the Graduate and RUSON/M Programs in Nursing and Midwifery. However, there is the opportunity to work across various portfolios within the Monash Health Bureau Workforce and Professional Practice Team. You will assist the director and deputy director in developing and implementing innovative workforce strategies across the organisation as required operationally and lead a team of Program Managers, Associate Managers and Administration staff.
A key function of this role is to lead recruitment initiatives and processes across the organisation within the Monash Health Bureau Workforce arm. The role will assist the Director and Deputy Director to implement workforce strategies including the provision of workforce analytics and reporting to assist operational decision making.
This role requires highly skilled communicator who will cultivate and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders.
The position will:
- Assist the DON & DDON with the implementation of actions arising from Monash Health Nursing and Midwifery Workforce Plan to develop a sustainable, skilled and safe workforce for the future
- Provide leadership and support to ensure successful and ongoing attainment of National Safety and Quality Healthcare Standards Accreditation
- Lead and drive a number of projects and initiatives as delegated, related to workforce and professional practice.
- Respond to changes and trends in workforce planning and support senior management in identifying business challenges and use data analysis to inform advice and influence process changes.
- Model strategic and operational leadership across the organisation within Monash Health governance frameworks
- Coordinate the Graduate & RUSON/M programs across the organisation.
To be successful in this role you will have current registration as a registered Nurse/Midwife with NMBA, appropriate tertiary qualifications (Masters level) and possess an enthusiastic commitment to develop and implement innovative workforce strategies that support the Monash Health workforce and strategic direction.
You must be a skilled communicator with excellent change management skills and the ability manage a team, diverse projects and competing priorities to ensure exceptional patient care is maintained across the organistaion.
You possess a broad understanding of healthcare, including current workforce trends and directions and you have the ability to lead the implementation of workforce strategies to ensure Monash Health has the right workforce, in the right place, at the right time, to ensure the provision of high-quality patient outcomes.
How to Apply
Monash Health recognises the value of equal employment opportunity and is committed to patient safety and promoting fairness, equity, and diversity in the workplace. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles.
Applications will only be accepted via the Monash Health online Mercury System only. Email applications will not be considered.
Existing Monash Health Employees should apply using your Monash Health employee account. For any queries regarding employee accounts contact Recruitment Services at .
Offers of employment can only be made once all required probity checks have been completed. These include:
- reference checks;
- a clear Police Check conducted within the last three months;
- a current Victorian Employee Working with Children’s Check (or proof of payment for same);and
- proof of immunisation.
As part of our selection process, you may be invited by email to participate in an on-camera video interview.
Under the Victorian Public Health orders, all employees working within the Public Health system must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and Influenza and are required to provide acceptable evidence of their vaccination status. The current orders require evidence of three doses for COVID-19.
All applicants to positions with Monash Health will need to upload acceptable evidence of full vaccination against COVID-19 and Influenza as part of their application. Acceptable evidence is a copy of your Immunisation History Statement which can be accessed via myGov.
Offers of employment will only be made to candidates who can provide evidence that they meet full vaccination status.
Selection Criteria Registered Nurse/Midwife with NMBA/AHPRA
Ability to work across Monash Health sites
Completed Masters level education in relevant area
Demonstrated experience in workforce planning and management
A minimum of 3 year's experience in a Senior Leadership/management position.
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