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SalaryExciting things are happening at Catholic Healthcare! This year we'll celebrate 30 years in care, we now have 5000+ employees and as a result of rapid growth in the Home and Community space, we have a fantastic opportunity in the newly created role of Practice Manager. Reporting to our Chief Communities Officer, this is a senior leadership role supporting our growth and innovation in line with our strategic pillars. This is a unique opportunity to create the practice from scratch, whilst adding value to our clients, communities and practitioners.We have a well established team of Community nurses with strong clinical support through senior RN's, as well as a rapidly growing team of Physio's and OT's. Our Home and Community services look after clients right across NSW and we're looking to bring the whole function together through a strategic, innovative and driven Practice Manager looking to work for a leading values based Aged Care provider like us!The ideal applicant for this role is a Nursing or Allied Health Professional (OT or Physio preferred) with current APRHA registration (or equivalent registered body). Prior experience in Community Practice is a must, as is the ability to manage commercial performance of Allied Health and Nursing services. A highly autonomous role with internal support services, your ability to build relationships with stakeholders, think and act strategically whilst pursuing continuous improvement across a fast-growing team will see you succeed.Day to day this role looks like:
- Lead the delivery of Allied Health and Nursing services, including actioning internal and external referrals, are delivered in a timely manner to meet client needs and respond to risk.
- Partner with Regions to deliver high-quality, integrated services in line with the HCS strategy and CHLs model of care compliant with employment and legislation frameworks including Aged Care standards.
- Embed Quality Assurance, clinical governance and continuous improvement systems and processes in the practice, including regular file and internal audits, client risk reviews, and clinical governance meetings.
- Review Frameworks, Policies, and Procedures in partnership with Practice, Quality and Risk.
- Recruit new team members within approved budgetary headcount; conducting interviews and making selection decisions.
- Facilitate access to professional development, education, or support such as external communities of practice as well as student placements and graduate programs.
- Lead clinical forums for update/sharing/clinical discussion and identify training opportunities through analysing clinical indicator and internal audit reports
- Provide thought-leadership within the Allied Health community space, finding new and innovative ways for Catholic Healthcare to be a market leader.
- Oversee the budget and profit and loss statement for the portfolio in line with business plan
- Drive growth and utilisation of Allied Health and nursing services for existing CHLs clients through internal leads and referrals.
- Grow Practice Delivery offering model through analysis and insights from data on unspent funds, avoidable hospitalisations, and discharges to Residential Care.
- Develop and implement fee for service model.
- Support delivery and operationalisation of CHL's High care, Respite, and connected community's model.
- Nursing or Allied Health Qualification (OT or Physio preferred) with current APRHA Registration (or equivalent registered body)
- At least 3 years' experience in Community Practice
- Demonstrated knowledge of Aged Care Standards
- Demonstrated understanding of clinical supervision processes
- Extensive people leadership experience across multi-disciplinary teams.
- Excellent digital literacy in Microsoft suite and highly developed written and verbal communication
- Strong organisation and time management skills
- Current NSW Driver's License
Brands: Catholic HealthcareType: Full-TimeExperience: Mid-Senior Level
