Join Us as the Direc­tor of Med­ical Ser­vices (DMS) and Shape the Future of Health­care in the West Arn­hem region of the NT!

About The Team

The posi­tion is an Exec­u­tive role and part of the Red Lily Pri­ma­ry Health Care team that pro­vides pri­ma­ry health care in the West Arn­hem region (includ­ing home­lands). Coor­di­na­tion with oth­er com­mu­ni­ties and teams with­in Red Lily and beyond will be nec­es­sary to ensure that the com­mu­ni­ties receive high qual­i­ty ser­vices and achieve opti­mal out­comes. You will be required to work close­ly with the Direc­tor of Pri­ma­ry Health­care in imple­ment­ing the Red Lily pri­ma­ry health­care ser­vice model.

About the Benefits

• Offer­ing up to 0.4 FTE Dar­win based. Ask us if you want to make this up to 1 FTE position!
• High­ly com­pet­i­tive Pro Rata Salary that can reach up to $309,678 com­ple­ment­ed by Superannuation
• Flex­i­bil­i­ty and work-life balance
• Ongo­ing train­ing and ongo­ing pro­fes­sion­al devel­op­ment options
• Salary pack­ag­ing of up to $18,550 per year (FBT Tax Free!)
• 6 weeks of annu­al leave (pro rata)
• Sup­port­ive team environment
• Explore the region’s unique land­scapes and peo­ple, with oppor­tu­ni­ties for fish­ing, hik­ing and swim­ming in the pic­turesque surroundings

About the Role

A key focus of the role includes pro­vid­ing the Exec­u­tive and the Board with advice on strate­gic plan­ning and imple­men­ta­tion of med­ical ser­vices. The DMS will share lead­er­ship of the Red Lily Health Clin­i­cal Gov­er­nance Frame­work includ­ing high lev­el sup­port to all Red Lily Health Clin­i­cians. The DMS leads the deliv­ery of med­ical ser­vices in the West Arn­hem communities. 

Main Respon­si­bil­i­ties

1. Over­see­ing com­pre­hen­sive pri­ma­ry health care ser­vice deliv­ery and lead­ing a mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary team.
2. Devel­op­ing and imple­ment­ing sys­tems for clin­i­cal care deliv­ery and work­force management.
3. Pro­vid­ing med­ical advice and estab­lish­ing link­ages with oth­er health providers for opti­mum care coordination.
4. Lead­ing clin­i­cal qual­i­ty, safe­ty ini­tia­tives, and con­tin­u­ous improve­ment efforts.
5. Man­ag­ing and sup­port­ing the pro­fes­sion­al devel­op­ment of clin­i­cal staff.
6. Enhanc­ing ser­vice access and income through Medicare billings and refer­ral path­ways optimisation.
7. Main­tain­ing pro­fes­sion­al devel­op­ment and com­pli­ance with voca­tion­al reg­is­tra­tion requirements.
8. Pro­mot­ing a cul­ture that respects and sup­ports Abo­rig­i­nal and Tor­res Strait Islander peo­ples’ health and wellbeing.

Please note: This role involves vis­it­ing remote com­mu­ni­ties on reg­u­lar basis.

Before you reach out and apply, we need you to have:

• AHPRA Reg­is­tered as a Med­ical Practitioner
• RACGP or FACRRM
• Expe­ri­ence in lead­er­ship and coordination
• Abil­i­ty to pro­vide clin­i­cal ser­vices across the remote areas with­in the West Arn­hem region
• An under­stand­ing of and com­mit­ment to the prin­ci­ples of con­tin­u­ous qual­i­ty improvement
• An under­stand­ing of how the prin­ci­ples of Equal Employ­ment Oppor­tu­ni­ty and Work Health and Safe­ty apply to the deliv­ery of pri­ma­ry health care services
• Demon­strat­ed com­put­er lit­er­a­cy, par­tic­u­lar­ly in the use of elec­tron­ic health record
• Abil­i­ty to trav­el to remote areas for peri­ods of time by road and light aircraft
• NT Ochre card and Crim­i­nal His­to­ry Clearance
• Full rights to work in Australia.

Desir­able: Pre­vi­ous expe­ri­ence work­ing in a remote health environment. 

We wel­come the oppor­tu­ni­ty to dis­cuss your indi­vid­ual career aspi­ra­tions and work life needs. Click the apply but­ton now lodg­ing your expres­sion of inter­est. We hope to work togeth­er for bet­ter Health in West Arnhem. 

For more info and to access the posi­tion descrip­tion go to: https://​jobs​.swa​gapp​.com/​jobs/…