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Form of workGeneral Practitioners required – casual hours. Contractor agreement to 30 June 2025
HealthPathways Clinical Editor
Location: Dubbo, Orange, Bathurst or Broken Hill
How to Apply:
Please download the Information Package (including Position Description) from the WNSWPHN website: https://wnswphn.org.au/workwithus
Applications should be submitted via email by 11.59pm 8 April 2024 to: **@wnswphn.org.au
Western NSW Primary Health Network (WNSW PHN) is currently seeking General Practitioners to join our team.
The Western NSW Primary Health Network (WNSW PHN) funds a range of health services and programs to improve access to care and better health for our communities.
HealthPathways is an initiative between primary and secondary health providers in developing sustainable, clear, concise and localised clinical care pathways from a whole-of-system perspective. The aims of this program are to:
- Achieve new and innovative systems that will keep people healthy and out of hospital.
- Assist patients to be cared for and remain healthy within their communities.
- Facilitate the access and delivery of quality clinical services to patients by primary care providers in a timely and coordinated manner.
The HealthPathways Clinical Editor develops and localises pathways, engaging with subject matter experts to gather, edit, validate and maintain clinical content.
Working closely with the Health Pathways Manager and Clinical Leads, this position will focus on the relevance of content for localisation of assessment, management and referral pathways for use by local GPs, medical specialists and allied health services via the HealthPathways web portal.
If you have any questions about this position after you have read this document, please contact Sonya Berryman on 0417 810 ***.
WNSW PHN is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply.
Selection Criteria
Essential
- General Practitioner
- Has a strong belief in implementing and documenting quality improvement.
- Has a good understanding of applying evidence to practice.
- Is able to distil a simple and clear process from complex information.
- Understands the flow of patients through their local health system.
- Experience in working with Aboriginal people, organisations and communities in view of planning and implementing services and achieving outcomes for Aboriginal people.
- High level interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to communicate clearly both orally and in writing, with the ability to prepare complex reports and submissions
- Awareness of information technology and technical writing.
- Ability to liaise, consult and negotiate with a range of internal and external stakeholders including senior clinical and executive staff.
- Understanding of the emerging needs of the community and the importance of an integrated network between primary and secondary care.
- Capacity to travel within western NSW; hold a current driver’s license.
- Experience working in the health, NGO or community services sectors.
About Western Health Alliance Ltd (WHAL)
trading as Western NSW Primary Health Network (WNSW PHN)
The Western NSW PHN (WNSW PHN) is one of 31 Primary Health Networks across Australia. We are an independent, not-for-profit organisation funded by the Commonwealth Department of Health, established to support frontline health and wellbeing services. Our focus is to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of primary health care, ensuring people receive the right care in the right place at the right time.
WNSW PHN is an agile and high performing organisation that responds to the identified needs of the community, Commonwealth and State health policy, and the development needs of primary health care providers. We work closely with general practice, Aboriginal Medical Services and other health care providers, Local Health Districts, non-government organisations and the broader community to plan and fund programs that support local health services to meet the health needs of our communities.
How to Apply:
Please download the Information Package (including Position Description) from the WNSW PHN website: https://wnswphn.org.au/workwithus
Please do not apply via Seek.
Submit your application via: **@wnswphn.org.au and include:
- Your resume
- A cover letter, which addresses the selection criteria in the Position Description.
As part of your application, you must provide a separate statement addressing each of the selection criteria as well as your resume. If you do not provide these two documents, your application will automatically not be accepted.
