Nursing Director - Patient Transfer and Integrated Care

Applications close 2 May 2024 @ 11:55pm

The Role

As a member of the Senior Leadership Team the Director, Patient Transfer and Integrated Care (PTIC) plays a key role in the development of Ambulance Tasmania’s strategic and business plans, and the development and enhancement of service delivery models.

The Director, PTIC ensures the delivery of a high-quality Patient Transfer service and Integrated Care Coordination by:

• Providing strategic clinical and operational leadership for the Patient Transfer and Integrated Care initiatives within AT, including secondary triage, mental health telehealth, Extended Care Paramedic, Community Paramedic, Mental Health Co-Responder Programs, Interfacility Patient Transfer and Non-Emergency Patient Transfer programs.
• Planning and implementing operational and strategic objectives to promote a culture of continual improvement and ensure high levels of operational resilience and redundancy.
• Setting and monitoring performance standards, including operational, clinical, and financial standards, and ensuring compliance with legislative and regulatory requirements
• Leading quality improvement and quality assurance processes relevant to the portfolio, including evaluation of projects.

Note: - Please refer to the Statement of Duties for all the selection criteria of this position to address in your application.

Details of Appointment

Permanent full time, day worker (with On-call) position working 76 hours per fortnight, commencing as soon as possible.

*notwithstanding hours may be negotiated with the successful applicant

• Applicants should note that, for a period of twelve months from the date of publication, this selection process may be used to fill subsequent or similar full time and part time vacancies.

Salary: 

$145,444 per annum. Our Employer 11% superannuation contribution is on top of this amount.

You’ll have access to salary package a range of benefits including living expenses up to $9,010 + $2,650 in meal entertainment each FBT year + other benefits if eligible.

• Salary range is in accordance with Nurses and Midwives (Tasmanian State Service) Agreement 2023

Eligibility:

Successful applicants will be required to meet the essential criteria:

1. Registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia as a Registered Nurse

2. Current Driver’s Licence

   *Registration/licences that are essential requirements of this role must remain current and valid at all times whilst employed in this role and the status of these may be checked at any time during employment. It is the employee’s responsibility to ensure that registration/licences remain current and to advise the Employer if their circumstances change. This includes notifying the Employer if a registration/licence is revoked, cancelled or has its conditions altered.

Applicants should note the following criteria are desirable:

1. Relevant post graduate tertiary qualification.
2. Specialist knowledge and expertise gained through experience to provide operational program management, strategic policy and planning and research in health.
3. Advanced knowledge of contemporary emerging education, health and professional development issues and their impact on health service delivery.

Download the Statement of Duties and any Associated Documents

We encourage you to review the Applicant Guide, Statement of Duties, prior to applying for an overview of the duties, program, selection process and selection criteria.

Statement of Duties

• 525238 Nursing Director - Patient transfer and Integrated Care G8-4 (March 2024) CSU .pdf
• 525238 Nursing Director - Patient transfer and Integrated Care G8-4 (March 2024) CSU .docx

Applicant Guide

• Department of Health - Applicant Guide June 22.pdf
• Department of Health - Applicant Guide June 22.docx

For More Information 

Michelle Baxter
Executive Director of Operations
0456 379 ***
*******@ambulance.tas.gov.au