AddressEmployment Type:
Permanent Full TimePosition Classification: Health Manager Level 5
Remuneration: $161,042 - $180,143 Per Annum + 11% Super + Salary Packaging
Hours Per Week: 40
Requisition ID: REQ464543
Applications Close: Sunday, 18th February 2024
Service Manager
Surgical Services
John Hunter Hospital
About the role:
Are you a leader who thrives on a challenge and is passionate about reviewing and improving processes?
This senior leadership position within Surgical Services at John Hunter Hospital may be for you.
- This position will hold overall responsibility and accountability for the operational management of Surgical Services within John Hunter Hospital.
- You will provide leadership and direction to ensure services are delivered consistently to every patient every time.
- You will promote excellence in all disciplines across the service to ensure continual improvement in work practice is executed to improve health outcomes for the patients who access these services.
- Reporting to the General Manager, you will be supported by the Surgical Services leadership team and the John Hunter Hospital Executive team.
- You will collaborate with Service Managers of all specialities, to support one another and work towards delivering consistent, high-quality care for patients throughout the facility.
- You will assist in the Ministry of Health surgery review which aims to reduce surgery waitlists. This will involve attending meetings 2-3 times per week and actioning outcomes.
- You will collaboratively work with a range of professional groups and critical organisational partners.
Where you’ll be working:
The position is within the Surgical Services Leadership Team, which is a challenging but rewarding environment. You will be joining a team of multi-disciplinary professionals who work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
Newcastle is NSW's second-largest city with a prime coastal location. It boasts stunning beaches, a gorgeous coastline, NSW's largest saltwater lake, National Parks, and is located close to the Hunter Valley Wine region – there is so much to explore and enjoy! As a centre for manufacturing, mining, retail, health, tourism, education, IT, call centres, and finance, Newcastle and the Hunter offers real employment choices for your partner and excellent schooling options for your children.
See what Newcastle has to offer:
- Newy with Kids
- Hunter Hunter
This position is for you if:
- You hold tertiary qualifications in health administration, business, or a related degree with a health-related focus and/or relevant equivalent extensive senior management experience in line with the position.
- You have a thorough understanding of the waitlisting model of care within the Ministry of Health or are someone who can easily adapt to learning this.
- Have experience in the surgery speciality in your chosen field.
- Are passionate about reviewing and improving processes.
- Enjoy being challenged and can juggle many projects at one time.
- You have the ability to lead and manage the vision, planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of Surgical Services to ensure the efficient, effective, and timely delivery of healthcare services.
Benefits:
- Relocation assistance - packages can be discussed
- Sustainable Healthcare: Together towards zero
- ADO's each month (for full-time employees)
- 4 weeks annual leave (pro-rata for part-time employees)
- Salary packaging options
- Fitness Passport
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
- Opportunity to work and collaborate with a range of non-clinical and clinical professionals
Need more information?
- Click here for the Position Description
- Find out more about applying for this position
For role-related queries or questions contact Julie Tait on **********@health.nsw.gov.au
Information for Applicants:
If you have permanently relocated specifically to take up your new position with HNELHD, there may be costs related to your relocation that you can Salary Package in addition to 'normal' Salary Packaging if you meet the eligibility criteria.
We are unable to accommodate visa sponsorship for applicants requiring a visa for this position.
An eligibility list will be created for future permanent full or part-time and temporary full or part-time vacancies.
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This is a Category A position.Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with NSW Health policy directive PD2023_022: Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specific Diseases for Category A positions prior to offer. All new employees must agree to comply with the requirements outlined in the policy.
All NSW Health workers are required to have completed a primary course of a COVID-19 vaccine which has been approved or recognised by the Therapeutics Goods Administration (TGA). New applicants must have completed the vaccination course prior to commencement with NSW Health or provide an approved medical contraindication certificate (AIR Immunisation History Statement) certifying the worker cannot have any approved COVID-19 vaccines available in NSW.
Acceptable proof of COVID-19 vaccination is the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) Immunisation History Statement (IHS), or AIR COVID-19 Digital Certificate, or AIR COVID-19 and Influenza IHS. Booster doses are highly recommended for all health care workers who have completed the primary course of COVID-19 vaccinations.?
Salary Packaging: is beneficial to most HNELHD employees and may increase your take-home pay! Salary package a range of personal expenses including novated motor vehicle leases, relocation expenses, and HECS/HELP debt. Find out more by contacting SalaryPackagingPLUS! via *********@salarypackagingplus.com.au or 1300 40 25 23.
HNE Health employees may be eligible for a range of benefits?such as allocated days off (ADO) for full time employees, long service leave, paid maternity leave, and salary packaging options including meal expenses.
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