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 and \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. As a member of the Northern Health Nursing/Midwifery Education team, this important role will primarily assist in anticipating and responding to the clinical developmental needs of NH student and novice junior workforce nurses based in a new area of practice, working primarily for the COVID Workforce Initiative at all NH campuses. Clinically based, the position will liaise closely with the Nurse Unit Managers and other clinical educators to assist students and novice nurses to successfully provide safe and effective patient care across NH. This role involves aspects of performance review through formative and summative feedback and completion of appropriate appraisal processes as deemed by NH including performing assessments for mandatory and clinical skill development as required. This position is responsible for: The key focus of this role is providing “at the bedside” support. The may include but is not limited to: • Supporting staff to make clinical decisions within their individual scope of practice within the COVID junior workforce and acute subacute areas of NH • Identifying immediate and ongoing learning and development needs of staff in consultation with NUMs, Clinical Nurse Educators and other members of the team • Promoting evidence-based clinical practice, within existing policies and procedures, while supporting staff and students • Assisting and encouraging staff to achieve their mandatory training requirements • Encouraging and supporting clinical staff in their ability to provide appropriate support and guidance for junior staff. • As directed and supported by the Clinical Nurse Educator, contributing to education/training programs and relevant assessments (such as formative and summative evaluation of program participants) • Providing timely feedback to novice staff members, both in a formal and informal context • Promoting participation in relevant internal and external education/training programs • Participating in performance management of relevant staff, as directed and supported by the Clinical Nurse Educator • Maintaining appropriate documentation and data pertaining to the novice within the relevant clinical program area. • Provide direct clinical care as directed by the nursing workforce operations and in consultation with the Director of Education The Clinical Support Nurse may also at times, with the support of the Clinical Nurse Educator, contribute to wider initiatives, such as recruiting graduate nurses or other program partic...
ROLE STATEMENT. The Grade 2 Occupational Therapist will be accountable for providing evidence based Occupational Therapy services to palliative care patients through the application of competent clinical skills in assessment, intervention, and discharge planning. The Grade 2 Occupational Therapist (OT) within the renal outpatient services is required to provide quality patient centred care, through application of competent clinical skills in assessment, implementation of treatment and management. This position involves the provision of outpatient and community services for dialysis and Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) patients, living in the northern region. The OT will be responsible for completing pre-dialysis assessments for both peritoneal dialysis and home haemodialysis as well as the provision of OT interventions to support patients to maintain their preferred dialysis modality. The OT will also be responsible for delivering high quality and evidence based occupational therapy assessment and intervention for Northern Health nephrology patients attending the outpatient clinics or Northern Health dialysis units. This role will work closely with the renal allied health team, dialysis unit NUMs and nursing staff, nephrologists, chronic kidney disease education and other relevant operational staff. The Grade 2 Occupational Therapist will play a key role in assisting with preparation for Northern Health accreditation and participating in evaluation and development of the acute Occupational Therapy service at Northern Health. Supervision of Grade 1 Occupational Therapists, Allied Health Assistants and undergraduate students may be a requirement of this position. The role may 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. The Gr 2 Occupational Therapist may 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: • Grade 1 Occupational Therapist/s • Allied Health Assistant/s All employees: Quality, Safety, Risk and Continuous Improvement • Maintain an understanding of individual responsibility for patient safety, quality & risk and contribute to organisational quality ...
ROLE STATEMENT. Hospital Admission Risk Programs (HARP) provides services for people who are living with chronic diseases and complex needs, and who are at risk of hospital admission. The program delivers an integrated, coordinated healthcare, which provides the right care, at the right time, and in the right setting. Through a care coordination principle, HARP ensures the essential partnerships between the client, their carer/family, their General Practitioner (GP), hospital staff and other community organisations are developed and maintained. Care is provided by a Multi-Disciplinary team of Specialist Medical, Nursing and Allied Health Professionals. Their aim is to provide community based healthcare with the focus on preventing unplanned hospital admissions or emergency department presentations, and improving the quality of life for clients in the community. The grade 2 Physiotherapist will provide high quality, evidence based physiotherapy to patients with chronic disease or complex health needs in their home or residential care. The grade 2 Physiotherapist will be a leader in the physiotherapy department, involved in service development and contribute to our clinical education program for junior staff and students. The focus of this position is on addressing short-term mobility goals and to optimise safety and function, prevent functional decline and to inform team decision-making regarding long-term goals and service requirements. The position is currently based at Broadmeadows Health Service. 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 appr...
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. 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. Teachers appointed to Leading Teacher (Classroom) positions will have responsibility for developing and implementing outstanding teaching practice and educational leadership. The general duties provide an extension to the main teaching role and may include the following:
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. 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...
