Director, Clinical Unit

at  Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission

POSITION ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS (SELECTION CRITERIA):

To be successful in this role you will need to demonstrate the following:

• Provide management leadership to the Clinical Unit team and oversee the effective and efficient delivery of its functions.
• Highly developed leadership and management skills, including ability to lead a team in a dynamic environment, foster a positive and supportive team culture and working relationships.
• Ability to work collaboratively and build relationships based on trust, credibility, and fairness
• Highly developed interpersonal, oral and written communication skills and demonstrated ability to influence and interact in an effective way and communicate information coherently and concisely to audiences with a range of backgrounds.
• Demonstrated experience in leading a team through large projects, including understanding change management requirements. Demonstrated professionalism, including responding to pressure and setbacks in a controlled manner.
• Knowledge, and expertise in leadership in clinical governance within complex organisational structures and understanding of and experience in implementing and embedding quality systems, quality assurance and continuous improvement activities.
• Ability to lead, mentor and develop others to build an effective, high functioning team.
• Demonstrated ability to set priorities, meet deadlines, work effectively under pressure and work effectively in a team environment.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills to evaluate complex issues from multiple perspectives and drive smart decision making.
• Capacity to work in a busy environment, successfully handling competing priorities and ability to effectively manage and prioritise workload distributed among a team to deliver agreed outcomes.
• Self-awareness of own performance and a commitment to personal development.
• Understanding of the role of the Commission as an integrated, risk-based regulator and how the role and function of the Chief Clinical Advisor Group supports the Commissions purpose and functions, including provision of clinical advice and subject matter expertise on behalf on the Chief Clinical Advisor and an understanding of the accountabilities and responsibilities of clinicians.

Essential Capabilities

• Current registration as a Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) supported by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA). (You must include your registration number in your CV).
• Extensive recent experience and an understanding of current clinical issues in the older person including clinical risk in residential and community aged care settings.
• Proficiencies in MS Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint and PowerBI tools.
• Flexibility to travel inter and intra state as required

Desirable

• Relevant post graduate studies

Position Duties

• Provide leadership and management to the Clinical Unit and oversee the effective and efficient delivery of its support function within the Commission.
• Support Clinical Advisors to analyse records and identify clinical issues to understand where further guidance is needed to support Commission staff capability.
• Demonstrate highly developed analytical and problem-solving skills including the ability to exercise good judgement, identify priorities and discriminate between options based on evidence.
• Report directly to the Senior Clinical Director and support them to fulfil their role, including representing the Commission and Chief Clinical Advisor Group when required.
• Contribute to initiatives and projects, particularly regarding the establishment and maintenance of clinical governance arrangements within the CCAG, Clinical Unit and across the Commission.
• Provide expert clinical advice and subject matter expertise to support to Commission staff in relation to the performance of regulatory activities.
• Provide relevant, contemporary, evidence-based advice to the Chief Clinical Advisor Executive and staff about clinical issues impacting Commission functions and the aged care sector.
• Provide professional and clinical leadership in a manner that promotes best practice, continuous improvement and a collegiate approach.
• Ensure compliance with legislative, regulatory and employer policy requirements

To be successful in this role you will need to demonstrate the following:

• Provide management leadership to the Clinical Unit team and oversee the effective and efficient delivery of its functions.
• Highly developed leadership and management skills, including ability to lead a team in a dynamic environment, foster a positive and supportive team culture and working relationships.
• Ability to work collaboratively and build relationships based on trust, credibility, and fairness
• Highly developed interpersonal, oral and written communication skills and demonstrated ability to influence and interact in an effective way and communicate information coherently and concisely to audiences with a range of backgrounds.
• Demonstrated experience in leading a team through large projects, including understanding change management requirements. Demonstrated professionalism, including responding to pressure and setbacks in a controlled manner.
• Knowledge, and expertise in leadership in clinical governance within complex organisational structures and understanding of and experience in implementing and embedding quality systems, quality assurance and continuous improvement activities.
• Ability to lead, mentor and develop others to build an effective, high functioning team.
• Demonstrated ability to set priorities, meet deadlines, work effectively under pressure and work effectively in a team environment.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills to evaluate complex issues from multiple perspectives and drive smart decision making.
• Capacity to work in a busy environment, successfully handling competing priorities and ability to effectively manage and prioritise workload distributed among a team to deliver agreed outcomes.
• Self-awareness of own performance and a commitment to personal development.
• Understanding of the role of the Commission as an integrated, risk-based regulator and how the role and function of the Chief Clinical Advisor Group supports the Commissions purpose and functions, including provision of clinical advice and subject matter expertise on behalf on the Chief Clinical Advisor and an understanding of the accountabilities and responsibilities of clinicians