- Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Lyell McEwin & Modbury Hospitals – Elizabeth Vale & Modbury
- Salary: $125,970 p.a. – MAS3 - Ongoing Full-Time
About Us:
The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) provides care for more than 400,000 people living in the northern metropolitan area of Adelaide and boasts newly redeveloped wards and Emergency and Outpatient Departments, with plans for the addition of more brand-new facilities in the near future. NALHN provides a full range of high-quality medical, surgical, maternity, diagnostic, emergency and support services. NALHN offers a range of primary health care services across the northern metropolitan area of Adelaide, with a focus on providing preventive and health promoting programs in the community, and transition and hospital substitution and avoidance programs targeted at chronic disease and frail aged.
With a workforce of almost 6,500 employees, NALHN works to ensure quality and timely delivery of health care, whilst building a highly skilled, engaged and resilient workforce based on a culture of collaboration, respect, integrity and accountability.
Our core values of respect, integrity and accountability underpin our commitment to provide excellence in care, innovation, creativity, leadership and equity in service provision and health outcomes to the Northern area communities.
At NALHN Everyone Has a Story, Everyone Matters, Everyone Contributes and Everyone Grows.
Benefits of working at NALHN:
From salary packaging to flexible working arrangements, a large range of opportunities for movement and career progression, you’ll find there are lots of benefits of working with Northern Adelaide Local Health Network.
Salary packaging is an option for saving money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed.
Across SA Health there are always opportunities for you to develop your skills and career at any of our metropolitan or regional sites.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants from interstate or overseas.
About You:
If you are dedicated, compassionate and enthusiastic with experience in delivering strategic operational and organisational improvement projects, and you are looking for an opportunity to join a dynamic, growing healthcare network where you will be part of a supportive team delivering high quality care to the community, then this could be the opportunity for you. This position will offer you professional growth opportunities within a supportive and inclusive culture.
In this role you will have strong interpersonal and communication skills which will enable you to successfully problem solve, resolve conflicts and negotiate, including the ability to engage in difficult conversations, whilst building and maintaining relationships. An ability to effectively manage multiple, diverse and competing priorities and demonstrated resilience within a stressful and complex environment is essential to this role.
About the Role:
An exciting opportunity is presented to work within the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network as the Director, Projects & Improvement.
The Director, Projects and Improvement Office, reports to the Chief Operating Officer (COO) and is accountable for enabling and supporting the delivery of key Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) strategic operational and organisational improvement projects as directed by the COO.
In this role you will be responsible for the oversight of the Projects and Improvement Office (PIO) program-level milestones, risks, and issues.
The Director facilitates and coordinates the Projects and Improvement Office, prioritising and allocating activities to align with skills and NALHN priorities.
Key responsibilities of this role include:
- Actively problem solving and facilitating intra-divisional discussions and strategic prioritisation.
- Being the escalation point for projects, where barriers / issues cannot be overcome through existing structures.
- Identifying and facilitating support for on-the-ground improvement activities including providing advice, coaching, and support, ensuring the PIO is enabling divisions and wards to meet the identified improvement goals utilising the NALHN Continuous Improvement Way.
- Supporting NALHN in developing, delivering, monitoring, and reporting to appropriate bodies, including the NALHN Governing Board, SA Health, and the SA Government as required, on all strategic and priority projects and initiatives.
- Supporting the Project and Improvement Facilitators working across NALHN and the executive team in the achievement of relevant key performance indicators and strategic and operational improvements and projects across all NALHN Health Directorate sites.
- Having accountability for the ongoing support, evolution, and expansion of TEAM North as a key tool for supporting NALHN’s improvement, communication, and engagement from floor to board.
- Supporting the change management required in NALHN Directorates across multiple sites and transition improvement activities to relevant teams as appropriate.
- Delivering key education, training, workshops, Community of Practice functions and other activities to drive NALHN’s capability across both Improvement and Project Management methodologies, aligned with NALHNs Continuous Improvement Way and Project Management Framework
To be eligible for this position, you must hold an appropriate tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline or demonstrated equivalent relevant experience.
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check.
Check(s)
- National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. aged care employment or work involving vulnerable clients)
Immunisation Risk for this position is – Category B (indirect contact with blood or body substances)
SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job Ref: 864288
Enquiries
Stacey Rider
Executive Assistant
Phone: (08) 8182 9230
E-mail: stacey.rider@sa.gov.au
Application Closing Date
3 May 2024 - 11.55PM
Attachments
864288 - Director, Projects & Improvement - MAS3 - role description.pdf
* Refer to the SA Health Career Website - How to apply for further information.
