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Salary Primary Objective
This role provides leadership, management, and coordination of comprehensive primary and population health care, ensuring cultural integrity and high standards of clinical care and client flow. The position sits within the Health Services Section and leads a multidisciplinary team of Registered Nurses, Doctors, Aboriginal Health Practitioners and Allied Health Professionals.
Staffing and budget responsibilities
This role reports to the Director of Nursing and Midwifery and has responsibility for cost center management and Medicare.
Direct reports include
Registered / Remote Area Nurses
Midwives
Aboriginal Health Practitioners
Reception and Administration staff
Drivers and Cleaners
GPs for timesheet and leave requirements and provision of support when working within the clinic.
Key Responsibilities
Responsible for PHC operations including clinical and personnel management to the PHC team.
Provides support to Miwatj program integration and visiting health providers.
Ensure the clinic operates in a safe and efficient way and ensuring relevant legislation, guidelines, safety and quality standards are adhered to by all staff.
Ensure that the clinic is equipped to deliver an appropriate level of primary health care and emergency service.
Has oversight to meeting National Key Performance Indicators (nKPI) for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Primary health care and cycles of care aligned to the Medicare program.
Maintains accreditation standard and contributes to continuous improvement processes.
Plays a key role in the development of guidelines, policy and standards for Miwatj Health to support various complex care models in the primary health care practice areas
Ensures effective and efficient oversight the of allocated budge and delivers upon medicare generation.
Has direct line management of a multi-disciplinary team including management of rostering, payments, leave requests, study requests and personnel issues.
Partakes in clinical patient care in peak periods of demand.
Leads by example to foster a positive workplace culture through good leadership practices and role modelling behavior
Qualifications/Professional registration/other requirements
Eligible for registration with AHPRA as a Registered Nurse
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