• Exciting opportunity to make a difference to regional health outcomes.
• Initial focus on older persons and palliative care.

The role

The Health Services Commissioning Lead – Older Persons Health and Palliative Care has overarching responsibility for leading and developing a broad range of programs that support the funded healthcare stream to achieve their key performance indicators and contribute to the delivery of NQPHN’s strategic objectives. Programs are aimed at improving access to high quality primary care, supporting the target community to achieve improved health outcomes, and reducing pressures on local tertiary care services. This is achieved through managing the commissioning of primary care services, through all phases of the commissioning cycle.

Commissioning is a strategic, evidence-based approach to planning and purchasing services, based on local priorities and needs. Thus, the role involves leading and developing a team with responsibilities for fostering collaborative relationships with key stakeholders and employing co-design approaches in commissioning work.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate:

• Degree qualifications in a health-related discipline and five years’ experience in a leadership role within the health, community, or aged care sector.
• Demonstrated understanding of the health challenges of older persons and the opportunities and challenges for the palliative care sector in the North Queensland region. 
• Demonstrated understanding of health commissioning processes, strategic health service design and delivery in a community environment, and strong clinical governance practices.
• Demonstrated project management experience, systems thinking, and a high-level ability to conduct cohesive networking and stakeholder engagement with the health sector across the NQPHN region.
• Demonstrated experience in leading, developing, and contributing to a multi-disciplinary and multifaceted team across geographical locations.
• Demonstrated interpersonal, communication (oral and written), and conflict and negotiation skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work with diverse communities, including Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples and Australian South Sea Islanders peoples in our region.

About you

Energised by a fast-paced environment, you will be comfortable working in a dynamic and maturing organisation. You are passionate about building relationships and making a difference to health outcomes for North Queensland communities. You are a leader that will genuinely live the NQPHN values and thrive on the opportunity to develop and empower your team.

If this sounds like you and you are looking for an opportunity to be part of a passionate and driven team and contribute to achieving our mission of ‘Northern Queenslanders live happier, healthier, longer lives,’ we’d love to hear from you.

Benefits

• Ongoing training and development opportunities on offer.
• Annual leave loading of 17.5%.
• Opportunity of flexible work arrangements.
• Employee Assistance Program (also available for immediate family members).
• Generous salary sacrifice benefits.

NQPHN aims to be an employer of choice for Indigenous Australians, and we encourage Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people to apply for this role.

To view the position description, please click here.

Your application should include:

• cover letter including response to the key selection criteria (no more than two pages)
• your resume
• your salary expectations.

To submit an application for this position, please send your application to recruitment@nqphn.com.au

Applications close Monday 13 March 2023 at 8am.

The role

The Senior Service Planning and Design Officer – NQ Health Priorities has responsibility for ensuring commissioned health services are tailored, comprehensive, and appliable to the needs of users by planning and designing programs and projects that are effective and in alignment with NQPHN’s strategic objectives.

This includes:

• providing operational support across the Commissioning portfolios to ensure planning and design initiatives are effective and achieve key strategy and operational outcomes
• working in collaboration with other NQPHN functions to best inform Commissioning planning and the design of health services.

Role-specific

• Adopt a holistic approach to service planning and design by using the Department of Health’s Commissioning Cycle to guide the delivery of health services.
• Provide best practice expertise for planning and service design in a commissioning environment, with consideration for:
  • PHN objectives, needs assessments, and national priorities
  • leadership, governance, and organisational capacity
  • engagement and consultation, autonomy, and responsibility
  • priority setting and decision-making
  • decommissioning and direct service delivery
  • performance measurement.
• Work collaboratively with internal engagement teams to identify health intel and data that identifies priorities that can be utilised to improve commissioning and service planning activities.
• Where relevant, support and liaise with healthcare professionals, the community, and other relevant stakeholders, as required, to inform service planning and design.
• Support the development of resource materials required for effective service planning and design and ensure distribution as appropriate.
• Undertake administrative tasks such as the production and distribution of correspondence, reports, and/or presentations relating to service planning and design.
• Support the team in ensuring the agreed performance outcomes for the programs across all commissioning portfolios are delivered, monitored, and reported in line with recommended frameworks and guidelines.
• Support and collaborate within the team to ensure an integrated approach to commissioning.

Benefits

• Ongoing training and development opportunities on offer.
• Annual leave loading of 17.5%.
• Opportunity of flexible work arrangements.
• Employee Assistance Program (also available for immediate family members).
• Generous salary sacrifice benefits.

If you are looking for the opportunity to be part of a passionate and driven team and contribute to achieving our mission of ‘Northern Queenslanders live happier, healthier, longer lives,’ we’d love to hear from you.

NQPHN aims to be an employer of choice for Indigenous Australians, and we encourage Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people to apply for this role.

To view the position description, please click here.

Your application should include:

• cover letter including response to the key selection criteria (no more than two pages)
• your resume
• your salary expectations.

To submit an application for this position, please send your application to recruitment@nqphn.com.au

Applications close Monday 13 March 2023 at 8am.

The role

This position is responsible for maintaining an effective system of corporate governance for the NQPHN Board and its Committees. The position has a primary accountability to the Board of Directors and on a day-to-day basis the occupant of the position is required to consult with and take directions from the NQPHN Chairperson. The NQPHN Chairperson may direct the occupant of the position to liaise, coordinate, and work with the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the execution of tasks, particularly relating to preparations for, logistics of, and the administrative support to meetings of the Board of Directors and its Committees.

The occupant of this position will assume and provide a high level of advice, confidentiality, and accountability, which may include preparation of Board Briefs as directed by the Chairperson and/or the Board of Directors.

The occupant of the position is required to possess a thorough understanding of corporate governance in the not-for-profit sector and is required to provide advice and guidance to Directors.

• Advise the Board and its Committees on governance matters whilst working closely with the Chair and CEO and holding the Board’s objectives to account.
• Monitor compliance with Board and Committee policy and procedures.
• Coordinate the timely completion and dispatch of Board and Committee papers.
• Ensure that Members’ and Directors’ meetings are properly called and held (subject to delegation/instruction from the Board).
• Ensure business at Member, Board, and Committee meetings are accurately captured in the minutes and complete minutes in a timely and accurate manner post meetings.
• Ensure the necessary registers are established and properly maintained and ensure the Company’s financial records are maintained and reports are prepared in accordance with legislative requirements and the principles of good governance.
• Help to organise and facilitate the induction and professional development of Directors.
• Advise the Board and its Committees on good practice in corporate governance including giving guidance on the legal implications of the way it discharges its duties, follows policy and procedures, runs meetings, and makes decisions.
• Provide or procure advice for Directors regarding the application of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) and the ACNC Act 2012 (Cth), NQPHN’s Constitution, and other legal and regulatory requirements.
• Assist with the organisation of Board Performance Reviews.
• Ensure all necessary documents are prepared and lodged with the ACNC, State fundraising regulators, and ASIC, including statutory reporting returns.
• Understand and ensure the Company complies with its statutory obligations, ensuring requirements of the ACNC, ASIC, and other regulators are met.
• Develop, implement, communicate, and maintain corporate governance compliance policies, processes, and procedures.
• Promote the Compliance Framework to safeguard the integrity of the organisation.
• Demonstrate, uphold, and model organisation values in all dealings and interactions within and outside NQPHN.
• Deliver agreed Work Plan Goals – to be developed in conjunction with the Chair.
• Delegated authority (budget funds or otherwise): approval of expenditure as agreed with Chair and the NQPHN Board.

Key selection criteria

• Professional qualification in Governance and Company Secretary or willingness to complete the relevant course.
• Demonstrated experience in a comparable role with a not-for-profit or private sector organisation.
• A clear understanding of the provisions of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), which affect the Company.
• Conversant with relevant statutory requirements, ensuring their compliance and keeping abreast of new legislative developments.
• Aware of the laws and procedures governing meetings, particularly the rules of the Company’s Constitution on quorum requirements, voting procedures, and proxies.
• Ability to record appropriate minutes, record actions, and manage the business of the Board and Committees.
• Demonstrated ability to take direction, determine priorities, and manage workloads in order to meet agreed timelines and objectives.
• Advanced ability with the Microsoft Office suite of programs.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Benefits

• Ongoing training and development opportunities on offer.
• Annual leave loading of 17.5%.
• Opportunity of flexible work arrangements.
• Employee Assistance Program (also available for immediate family members).
• Generous salary sacrifice benefits.

If you are looking for the opportunity to be part of a passionate and driven team and contribute to achieving our mission of ‘Northern Queenslanders live happier, healthier, longer lives,’ we’d love to hear from you.

NQPHN aims to be an employer of choice for Indigenous Australians, and we encourage Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people to apply for this role.

To view the position description, please click here.

Your application should include:

• cover letter including response to the key selection criteria (no more than two pages)
• your resume
• your salary expectations.

To submit an application for this position, please send your application to recruitment@nqphn.com.au

Applications close Monday 13 March 2023 at 8am.

Bowen Medical Centre currently have a casual nursing position available. 

You must be registered, flexible with days, and be able to cover sick days and holidays of current nursing staff. 

To apply, please email your resume to the Practice Manager Sharon Bradford at practicemanager@bowenmedical.com.au 

Location: Cairns servicing Cape York communities Status: Full time fixed term (until 30 June 2024) Salary: $89,606 - $99,207 p.a. plus super

Under section 25 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 Qld, there is a genuine occupational requirement for the incumbent to be Indigenous to the Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community

About us Apunipima Cape York Health Council is a community controlled Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander health service, which provides culturally appropriate, family centred, primary health care services to the communities and people of Cape York. About the opportunity This position will support the home care sector to attract, train and retain Care Workers engaged to support older Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Cape York.

It is a condition of employment for this position that the employee be vaccinated against COVID-19 in accordance with organisational policy requirements.

Pre-employment screening for vaccination against Vaccine Preventable Diseases will be conducted for the successful applicant.

About you

To be successful in this role you will have:

• relevant qualification in the home care and/or aged care sector
• experience engaging with external stakeholders in the home care and aged care workforce.
• experience engaging with RTOs with regard to training in the Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector
• high level knowledge of the aged care sector, preferably as it relates to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander remote communities
• understanding of the historical and contemporary issues that impact on Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people and their communities, particularly in Cape York
• ability to communicate sensitively and effectively with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in accordance with community protocols and customs
• a current Blue Card positive notice or exemption, or willing and able to obtain prior to commencement.

Why Apunipima? Apunipima is a great place to work, with opportunities to grow and develop and an environment of respect. As the Home Care Workforce Coordinator, you will be provided with an attractive remuneration package, five weeks annual leave, annual leave loading, generous salary packaging opportunities, and more! How to apply Don't miss the opportunity to join Apunipima. If you're interested in this role, view the Position Description and submit an application online at Work For Us (apunipima.org.au), including your resume, referee details and answers to the screening questions. Applications close on Sunday, 5 March 2023.

To download a copy of the job ad, click here. If you would like to have a confidential discussion about this role, or if you have any questions, please contact Ian Ludwick, Learning and Development Manager on 0437 181 978 or email ian.ludwick@apunipima.org.au

Vacancy Reference Number: 7130

Apunipima Cape York Health Council is an equal opportunity employer.

www.apunipima.org.au

Thrive Medical is a small community general practice located in Cairns North. The team at Thrive Medical are committed to providing high quality care for their patients and foster a welcoming and friendly environment.

The practice nurse role can include:

• patient triage
• immunisations (including childhood) and advice
• Pfizer vaccinations
• minor and complex wound management
• electrocardiogram (ECG)
• spirometry
• assisting with minor surgical procedures
• sterilisation
• chronic disease management
• health assessments
• ordering medical and vaccine supplies
• monitoring medication expiry dates
• monitoring cold chain procedures and recommendations
• maintaining a clean and safe work environment
• cervical screenings.

To be suitable for this position you must have:

• a current AHPRA registration.

Preferred qualifications include:

• endorsed immunisation certification
• cervical screening qualifications.

 The person Thrive Medical is looking for:

• is professional
• is compassionate
• is a team player
• is passionate about healthcare excellence
• has previous experience in a general practice (preferred) 
• has the ability to work independently. 

What Thrive Medical offer

• A friendly and supportive workplace.
• A beautiful physical work environment close to town.
• Approximately 15 hours per week (Tuesdays and Wednesdays).
• Working within business hours only 8am to 5pm (no weekends).
• A regular roster.
• Orientation and training.

How to apply

To apply, please email your resume and cover letter to the manager at manager@thrivemedical.com.au

Applications close Friday 24 March 2023.

To learn more about Thrive Medical, visit https://thrivemedical.com.au/