Program Coordinator - Diabetes, Cairns Diabetes Centre, Allied Health Services - Cairns

The Diabetes Centre is the major specialist referral and resource centre in Far North Queensland and provides diabetes services to the Torres, Cape, and Cairns and Hinterland Health Service areas. The team provides both in reach services to Cairns Hospital and outreach or teleHealth Services to the Cairns Hinterland Hospital Health Service (CHHHS) and Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service (TCHHS). You are invited to join the dynamic team with Allied Health Services as a Psychologist or Social Worker or Occupational Therapist or Dietitian or Podiatrist, or Clinical Nurse Consultant (Program Coordinator - Diabetes).

The Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service covers a large geographic area with a diverse and growing population. The Health Service provides a wide range of primary care, acute and specialist services.

Our staff are a part of the community we serve, and we strongly believe that health outcomes are enhanced by involving our community in the planning and evaluation of local Health Services.

About us:

Our values were developed by our staff, patients and community. They guide our work and actions every day. Our staff are part of the community we serve. We believe that we can improve health outcomes by involving our community in the planning and evaluation of their local Health Services.

About you:

In your new role you will…

• Demonstrate an ability to provide high level diabetes clinical services, leadership, and coordination within a multidisciplinary environment.
• Demonstrate ability to lead program, project, and quality management activities including the ability to prepare relevant reports, strategic responses and documents for change management processes and to advance program outcomes.
• Demonstrate knowledge and experience in the analysis and synthesis of health-related data to inform and support health service planning processes and priorities.
• Demonstrate advanced knowledge and experience of contemporary evidence-based practice and clinical service delivery models in diabetes management and ability to apply this knowledge strategically to achieve a redesign and innovations solutions to complex health system issues.

About your opportunity:

In this position you will provide advanced clinical expertise and project/program management skills to develop, implement, and coordinate an integrated multidisciplinary diabetes service for CHHHS. The Program Coordinator role will work towards ensuring CHHHS has a high quality, safe and sustainable diabetes service that meets the health care needs of people living with diabetes.

About your role:

• Provide high quality advice in the development, implementation, and management of the Connected Community Pathways Program, in collaboration with key stakeholders and the governance committees employing effective change management strategies to facilitate achievement of program KPI's.
• Lead with influence at various levels to facilitate the operation, organisation and cultural change associated with the investment in and implementation of innovative models of diabetes care.
• Manage and maintain strategic partnerships with a range of internal and external stakeholders to ensure the delivery of project objectives. Consultation, negotiation and advocacy with other service providers and managers through networking and collaborative partnerships is a key component of this role.

Mandatory inclusion:

 As a Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service employee, not only will you receive competitive remuneration, you will also have access to:

• Generous superannuation
• Salary packaging
• Annual incremental increases
• Career training and development
• Flexible work arrangements
• Wellness programs

Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) evidence as required for your employment in accordance with legislation/government policy and Directives.

For more information about this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.

Why choose Cairns?

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You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Cairns and Hinterland here: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/cairns_hinterland ( https://www.health.qld.gov.au/cairns_hinterland )