Where you'll be working

Northern Sydney’s vision is to be "leaders in healthcare, partners in community wellbeing". Our purpose is “embracing discovery and learning, building partnerships and engaging our community to deliver excellent health and wellbeing.”

We build teams and health services that embrace our values; Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment (CORE). Our CORE values and the behaviours that underpin them, shape the way we work together, with our patients and consumers, to deliver excellent health and wellbeing. If you’d like to be part of our journey we want to hear from you.

NSLHD is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity, Workforce Health and Safety, Ethical Practices and the principles of Cultural Diversity. Aboriginal people are encouraged to apply and, where found suitable, will be given higher priority. 

• Leadership to the multi-disciplinary staff of the  Macquarie Hospital Wellbeing Unit
• An environment that maintains a high standard of patient focused recovery orientated, professional clinical service.
• Coordination and collaboration in the delivery of integrated physical health care interventions and quality improvement activities.
• A framework that supports the implementation of the NSW Policy Directive PD2017_033; Physical Health Care within Mental Health Services  and PD2017_041; Nutrition Care.

Candidates will need to meet the following criteria:

• Consistently demonstrates behaviours that reinforce the CORE Values of our organisation; Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment. Demonstrates these behaviours with all stakeholders; colleagues, direct reports, as well as our patients and consumers, and those that care for them.
• Recognised qualifications in health related discipline ie Social Work, Registered Nurse List A, Psychologist, Occupational Therapy with eligibility for registration/ association with appropriate professional boards/ bodies and a relevant post graduate qualification or equivalent relevant experience.
• Experience in the coordination and management of a clinical multidisciplinary team, including program planning, integrated care and resource allocation.
• Ability to motivate and manage staff and capacity to improve services and manage service relationships.
• Demonstrated successful management of financial and organisational resources with good computer skills (Microsoft Office).
• Proven organisational skills and ability to manage change in a positive manner, with excellent negotiation skills and the ability to deal with conflict situations.
• Experience in clinical practice improvement, safety improvement programs and risk management strategies.
• Current NSW Drivers Licence, Class C.

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For role related queries or questions contact Elisabeth Manning on Elisabeth.Manning@health.nsw.gov.au

Applications Close:  23 February 2018