Operations Manager Mental Health

The Hospital:

The Royal Children's Hospital's (RCH) Vision is "A world where all kids thrive".

RCH is a cornerstone member of the Melbourne Children's Campus, partnering with Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics and The Royal Children's Hospital Foundation.

RCH has cared for the children and young people of Victoria for more than 150 years since it was founded in 1870. A full range of paediatrics and adolescent health services are provided plus tertiary and quaternary care for the most critically ill and medically complex patients in Victoria, Tasmania, southern NSW and other states around Australia and overseas. The Hospital has more than 6,000 staff, a budget of $850M, 12 wards and 350 beds. Annually, the RCH has 300,000+ Specialist Clinic appointments, 90,000+ Emergency Department presentations and 20,000 elective surgeries.

The RCH is committed to the Child Safe Standards.

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact.

For further Information on RCH is available here.

Operations Manager, Mental Health:

• Excellent employee benefits including salary packaging
• Hub of medical precinct in Parkville, Melbourne
• Work for Australia's leading Children's Hospital
• Full time/fixed term role - 12 months

About the Role:

This is a fixed term, full time position to cover parental leave for 12 months (from March 2024 to March 2025) at 80 hours per fortnight within the Mental Health Department at the RCH.

You will be responsible for the operational management of the Mental Health service including providing operational oversight supervision to the team and site coordinators across the hospital and community arms of the service, the senior administrative team leader, discipline seniors, the family violence advisor, consumer and carer consultants. You will also manage the budget of the Mental Health service.

What you'll achieve:

The Operations Manager leads clinical operations of the Mental Health department as agreed with the Director including specified responsibilities for elements of strategic, clinical, operational, professional and stakeholder governance (including risk management). This involves ensuring effective departmental performance and quality service delivery with the resources available (human resources, financial, research and other supports) to align with the RCH Strategic Plan, in order to build and maintain a robust, flexible and sustainable Mental Health service that delivers high quality care for infants, children, adolescents and their families.

Classification for this position is AO99.

Your skills and experience:

• Tertiary Qualification or equivalent in Allied Health (Psychology, Occupational Therapy, Social Work or Speech Pathology) or Nursing qualification
• Current Registration as an Occupational Therapist, Psychologist or Registered Nurse with the applicable Health Practitioner Board or a qualified Social Worker or Speech Pathologist.
• Depending on discipline, required years of experience for a Grade 3 Allied Health clinician or Registered Psychiatric Nurse Grade 4, in accordance with the EBA will apply
• Extensive Human resource and people-management experience including recruitment, training and performance management
• Considerable experience in strategic financial planning, budget modelling, monitoring and reporting within a health context

If this sounds like you, click here to view the position description.

About the Department:

For further information about our Mental Health Department click here: Careers at the RCH : Mental health careers

What we offer:

• Salary Packaging - Increase your take home pay!
• Ability to join Fitness Passport - Your pass to an extensive choice of fitness facilities
• Parkville location and close to public transport

Other requirements:

• Current National Criminal Record Check, or willing to obtain
• Valid Working with Children Check
• Compliance with RCHs "Staff Immunisation - Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases" procedure

Application process:

To apply, you will need a resume and a tailored cover letter outlining your skills, experience, and suitability for the position in line with the requirements of the position description.

Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced.

For more information about this position please contact Chidambaram Prakash, Acting Director Mental Health Department, ph: +61409800*** or email: ***************@rch.org.au

Why work at the RCH?

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact. We offer the opportunity to work in world-class facilities, surrounded by Royal Park and only a short tram trip from the heart of Melbourne city.

We also offer discounted staff parking, salary packaging, and an award-winning health and wellbeing program.

The RCH is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse background, all members of the LGBTQI community and people with disability.

It is a requirement of your employment that you be fully vaccinated against Covid-19, and Influenza annually for Category A and B roles, in compliance with any public health orders in place at the relevant time, unless you have a medical exception in line with those public health orders, which has been accepted by The Royal Children's Hospital. Applicants will be required to provide their Australian Government Immunisation History Statement, it is a requirement of the RCH to collect, record and hold vaccination information.

It is also a requirement of your employment that you comply with any direction given by The Royal Children's Hospital that you be vaccinated against, or prove immunity to, any other disease, unless you have a relevant exemption

Are you ready to join our team?

Apply online by clicking on the "Apply" button

Applications close 21 March 2024