ROLE STATEMENT. The Grade 1 Physiotherapist will be involved in rotations across Northern Hospital Epping, Broadmeadows Hospital, Craigieburn Centre and Bundoora Centre. There are a total of 23 rotations across Northern Health’s site offering acute, subacute and community/outpatient rotations (centre based & home based therapy). This role may be included in a four month rotation in which one of the five working days is rostered on the weekend. It may also involve doing home visits and servicing Northern Health clients at Kilmore District Hospital or Aged Care Facilities (partner organization). Working together with their supervisors and senior staff, the Grade 1 Physiotherapist will provide quality client care through the application of competent clinical skills in assessment, planning, implementation of treatment and management for clients in their designated work area. The Grade 1 will be involved in service improvement within the physiotherapy department through participating in projects to develop the service further. The role will require staff to be flexible with their working hours to meet the changing operational demands and can include working after hours, on weekends and public holidays. Staff will be required to travel and work across the various Northern Health campuses, programs, and partner organisations. All employees: Quality, Safety, Risk and Continuous Improvement • Maintain an understanding of individual responsibility for patient safety, quality & risk and contribute to organisational quality and safety initiatives • Follow organisational safety, quality & risk policies and guidelines • Maintain a safe working environment for yourself, your colleagues and members of the public. • Maintain an understanding of individual responsibility for patient safety, quality & risk as outlined in Northern Health Clinical Governance & Patient Experience - Trusted Care • Contribute to organisational quality and safety initiatives. • Escalate concerns regarding safety, quality & risk to appropriate staff member, if unable to rectify yourself. • Promote and participate in the evaluation and continuous improvement processes. • Comply with principles of Patient Centred Care. • Comply with Northern Health mandatory continuing professional development requirements. • Comply with requirement of National Safety & Quality Health Service Standards and other relevant regulatory requirements. • All employees of Northern Health must comply with the health service’s Staff Health / ...
ROLE STATEMENT. The Registered Nurse or Midwife will be accountable for the delivery of quality patient care and outcomes in a manner consistent with the professional code of conduct, legal requirements and organisational policies and procedures, within a framework of continuous quality improvement, and economic resource utilisation. The Grade 2 Registered Nurse or Midwife will work within scope of practice guidelines. All employees: Quality, Safety, Risk and Continuous Improvement • Maintain an understanding of individual responsibility for patient safety, quality & risk and contribute to organisational quality and safety initiatives • Follow organisational safety, quality & risk policies and guidelines • Maintain a safe working environment for yourself, your colleagues and members of the public. • Maintain an understanding of individual responsibility for patient safety, quality & risk as outlined in Northern Health Clinical Governance & Patient Experience – Trusted care procedure. • Contribute to organisational quality and safety initiatives. • Escalate concerns regarding safety, quality & risk to appropriate staff member, if unable to rectify yourself. • Promote and participate in the evaluation and continuous improvement processes. • Comply with principles of Patient Centred Care. • Comply with Northern Health mandatory continuing professional development requirements. • Comply with requirement of National Safety & Quality Health Service Standards and other relevant regulatory requirements. • All employees of Northern Health must comply with the health service’s Staff Health / Workforce Immunisation procedure (as amended from time to time) together with any relevant State Government and Departmental directives. This requires all employees to be vaccinated for various diseases such as, but not limited to influenza and Covid-19.
ROLE STATEMENT. The Grade 2 Speech Pathologist is accountable for providing a high standard of clinical services to Northern Health clients through the application of competent clinical skills in the assessment, planning, implementation of treatment and management of communication and swallowing disorders in the adult population. The Grade 2 Speech Pathologist will be an active member of the multidisciplinary team and promote Speech Pathology skills and services within relevant settings. They will support the development of staff and students and will be actively involved in quality projects and research across Northern Health sites. They will be expected to work with skilled clinicians from other clinical areas, internal and external to Northern Health. The role will require staff to be flexible with their working hours to meet the changing operational demands and can include working after hours, on weekends and public holidays. Staff will be required to travel and work across the various Northern Health campuses, programs, and partner organisations. Compliance with mandatory training as per NH Policy is a requirement of this role. Failure to complete this training within required timeframes may result in a suspension of duties until training is completed. This position is responsible for: • Providing high quality assessment and management of Northern Health patients presenting with disorders of communication and swallowing • Supervising staff and students • Developing relationships and representing Speech Pathology on internal and external collaborations • Promoting and participating in quality improvement processes All employees: Quality, Safety, Risk and Continuous Improvement • Maintain an understanding of individual responsibility for patient safety, quality & risk and contribute to organisational quality and safety initiatives • Follow organisational safety, quality & risk policies and guidelines • Maintain a safe working environment for yourself, your colleagues and members of the public. • Maintain an understanding of individual responsibility for patient safety, quality & risk as outlined in Northern Health Clinical Governance & Patient Experience - Trusted Care • Contribute to organisational quality and safety initiatives. • Escalate concerns regarding safety, quality & risk to appropriate staff member, if unable to rectify yourself. • Promote and participate in the evaluation and continuous improvement processes. • Comply with principles of Patient Centred Car...
ROLE STATEMENT. The Grade 1 or 2 Dietitian Clinical Skills • Demonstrate a client focus in the provision of care. • Assess client, plan and implement appropriate intervention at Grade one or two level with limited support, in the area of adult nutrition • Involve clients and carers’ in decision making regarding their care and negotiate agreed plans of action. • Provide specialist dietetics services and facilitates discharge planning for in- and out-patients • Integrates evidence based practice into clinical work • Provide a patient focus in the provision of services and care. • Utilize negotiation and conflict resolution skills. • Maintain knowledge of relevant community resources, information and referral processes, and utilise this knowledge in clinical practice. • Record appropriate information and outcomes (e.g. in medical histories) in an accurate and timely manner. • Provide written reports to relevant outside organisations as required. • Practice within relevant professional and ethical standards. • Possess an understanding of culturally and linguistically diverse communities (CALD) • Maintain in the client’s histories, a written record of progress as required as set out in “Northern Health Allied Health Documentation Standards Policy”. Supervision/Professional Leadership • Represent discipline/allied health on working parties, committees and meetings as required • Act as a role model/mentor for others in the department • Participate in supervision in accordance with the Northern Health Allied Health supervision framework Teaching/Research/Training • Willing to participate in research projects • Actively participate in in-service training • To be responsible for education of undergraduate students, other undergraduate and hospital staff, and work experience students under the supervision and direction of the senior team members Maintenance of Equipment and Resources • Ensure equipment and resources are utilised and maintained according to departmental protocols • Be responsible for the prudent use of nutrition support products including oral nutrition supplements, enteral feeds and related products • Ensure resources including dietetics patient information sheets are developed, utlised and maintained according to departmental protocols General • Compliance with mandatory training as per NH Policy is a requirement of this role. Failure to complete this training within required timeframes may result in a suspension of duties until training is completed. All employees...
ROLE STATEMENT. The Anticoagulation Stewardship Pharmacist/Team Leader has a responsibility for the organisation, implementation and supervision of clinical pharmacy services. This role has governance responsibilities for the service including ensuring the competency, credentialing, supervision and professional development of the pharmacy team. They will have a leading role in ensuring excellence in client care, evidence-based practice, service improvement and risk management. The Senior Clinician will work closely with the Deputy Director of Pharmacy, Associate Director and Director of Pharmacy to monitor, evaluate and develop their service area and supervise the performance of their team. They will work collaboratively with the Pharmacy Department to achieve the strategic outcomes of the Department. The Team Leader also has a key role in the student program and for driving research and innovation. They will ensure they and other xxxx pharmacists conduct pharmaceutical review activities in accordance with department requirements, SHPA standards of practice, accreditation and legislative requirements. The Anticoagulation Stewardship Pharmacist/Team Leader will form part of the Anticoagulation Stewardship Team, along with the Haematology Unit, to provide governance over anticoagulant use across NH. This team will provide oversight of anticoagulants, high cost reversal agents (e.g. protamine) and the management of complex haematology conditions such as heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) across inpatient, peri- operative and ambulatory settings. The Anticoagulation Stewardship Pharmacist/Team Leader may also be a member of the Pharmacy Strategy and Leadership Group that reports to the Director of Pharmacy on matters to ensure focus on the pharmacy vision and achievement of strategic goals. The role will require staff to be flexible with their working hours to meet the changing operations demands and can include working after hours, on weekends and public holidays. Staff will be required to travel and work across the various Northern Health campuses, programs, and partner organisations. Compliance with mandatory training as per NH Policy is a requirement of this role. Failure to complete this training within required timeframes may result in a suspension of duties until training is completed. This position is responsible for: These may include but are not limited to: • Regularly monitor and assess the medicine management system to enhance medication safety and appropriate...
ROLE STATEMENT. The Grade 2 Podiatrist will ensure excellence in client care, evidence-based practice, service improvement and risk management with a role in the student program, research and innovation. The Grade 2 Podiatrist will work collaboratively with relevant Northern Health teams and programs to achieve the strategic outcome of the Podiatry service. As a member of the Northern Health Podiatry department, the clinician will be required to assist and participate in supervision and ensure maintenance of competency, credentialing and professional development. The Podiatrist will be flexible in service delivery models adjusting to the needs of inpatients and ambulatory care patients. This role contributes to providing high quality service through active participation in the Podiatry Department Work Plan and the Northern Health Supervision model. The clinical focus of this position will primarily include Inpatient and Ambulatory streams. This position involves working as a member of the multidisciplinary services and providing Podiatry intervention to patients of the Northern Health. This role will also provide weekend cover at Northern Hospital, Epping. This role may change as the service develops and grows. The role will require staff to be flexible with their working hours to meet the changing operational demands and can include working after hours, on weekends and public holidays. Staff will be required to travel and work across the various Northern Health campuses, programs, and partner organisations.
ROLE STATEMENT. The Access Review Roster will include individuals who are responsible for scientific review of requests for data held within SAGE. Members are selected from the research community based on knowledge and expertise in both content and methodology. Process: Applications for data will be evaluated by 3 reviewers, of which one may include the data depositors. Reviews may be provided by research scientists from the Child and Youth Data Lab (CYDL), PolicyWise staff members, or other research affiliates of PolicyWise. Reviews may also be provided by members of the Review Roster, particularly when the appropriate methodological and/or content expertise does not exist internally, or when the appropriate internal reviewers are in Conflict of Interest with the applicant or team members. External reviewers may be members of the national or international research community. Designated data relevance reviewers are assigned based on the deposit agreement. A PI depositing data may delegate the option to the data manager. Membership: Internal Reviewers (may include PolicyWise or CYDL staff) External Reviewers (identified and invited by the Grants Manager on behalf of the Scientific Director) Designated Data Depositors (primary custodians of the data, or their designate, and as outlined as per deposit agreement)
ROLE STATEMENT. Reporting to the EMR Training Manager, this role will be responsible for the design, development and delivery of high quality and comprehensive training for clinical and certain non-clinical staff at Northern Health. Within your allocated Learning Stream, you will be required to deliver EMR training to end-users across all NH sites through a variety of modalities to ensure staff receives the correct level of training, relevant to their role and responsibilities, both prior and during the EMR ‘Go Live’. Additionally, you will be responsible for liaising with the EMR project team and other NH departments to implement agreed design and workflow processes while providing subject matter expertise to help facilitate safe clinical workflows. KEY WORKING RELATIONSHIPS Internal: • NH EMR Project team members • Chief Nursing Information Officer (CNIO) • Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO) • NH Executive, Clinical Leaders, Divisional Directors, Senior Clinicians and Management • Other NH clinical and non-clinical staff, educators, stakeholders, strategic partners, community participants, and/or contractors including Govt. Dept. representatives • NH Associate Director, Organisation Capability • NH Learning Management System (LMS) Administration and eLearning Design team External: • Vendor (Cerner) • EMR teams at other health services
ROLE STATEMENT. Provides high level policy formulation and advice. Undertakes research and analysis to inform the development of housing service delivery strategies and policies to support strategic directions. Ensures the translation of strategic policy into operational policy processes and procedures.
ROLE STATEMENT. This position is responsible for managing rosters, supervision, support, training, recruitment and organisation of Xxxx Clerks reporting to HIS by ensuring that all the general clerical duties relating to the function of each area are completed efficiently and effectively. The role is multi-skilled and requires an in depth knowledge of all roles and responsibilities within the areas. The Xxxx Clerk Manager will ensure that the collection and processing of patient information supports the delivery of timely services to clients and stakeholders, and supports revenue streams for Northern Health. The Xxxx Clerk Manager works closely with Nurse Unit Managers sharing joint reporting responsibility of the Xxxx Clerks and some tasks. This position is responsible for Xxxx Clerks in the following areas: Wards 1 to 6 Wards 9 to 12 including Maternity Assessment Centre Wards 16 to 20 Weekend Roving Palliative Care Hospital in the Home All employees: Quality, Safety, Risk and Continuous Improvement Maintain an understanding of individual responsibility for patient safety, quality & risk and contribute to organisational quality and safety initiatives Follow organisational safety, quality & risk policies and guidelines Maintain a safe working environment for yourself, your colleagues and members of the public Maintain an understanding of individual responsibility for patient safety, quality & risk as outlined in Northern Health Clinical Governance & Patient Experience - Trusted Care Contribute to organisational quality and safety initiatives. Escalate concerns regarding safety, quality & risk to appropriate staff member, if unable to rectify yourself Promote and participate in the evaluation and continuous improvement processes Comply with principles of Patient Centred Care Comply with Northern Health mandatory continuing professional development requirements Comply with requirement of National Safety & Quality Health Service Standards and other relevant regulatory requirements.
