Head of Internal Audit

SA Health

Job reference: 848716

Location:

MODBURY

Job status:
Ongoing

Eligibility:
Open to Everyone

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Northern Adelaide Local Health Network
Finance Division Modbury:


Salary: $119,317

• $123,822 p.a.
  
• ASO
• Ongoing Full-Time**
  About Us:The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) provides care for more than 400,000 people living in the northern metropolitan area of Adelaide and boasts newly redeveloped wards and Emergency and Outpatient Departments, with plans for the addition of more brand-new facilities in the near future. NALHN provides a full range of high-quality medical, surgical, maternity, diagnostic, emergency and support services. NALHN offers a range of primary health care services across the northern metropolitan area of Adelaide, with a focus on providing preventive and health promoting programs in the community, and transition and hospital substitution and avoidance programs targeted at chronic disease and frail aged.

With a workforce of almost 6,500 employees, NALHN works to ensure quality and timely delivery of health care, whilst building a highly skilled, engaged and resilient workforce based on a culture of collaboration, respect, integrity and accountability.

Our core values of respect, integrity and accountability underpin our commitment to provide excellence in care, innovation, creativity, leadership and equity in service provision and health outcomes to the Northern area communities.

At NALHN Everyone Has a Story, Everyone Matters, Everyone Contributes and Everyone Grows.

Benefits of working at NALHN:

From salary packaging to flexible working arrangements, a large range of opportunities for movement and career progression, you'll find there are lots of benefits of working with Northern Adelaide Local Health Network.

Salary packaging is an option for saving money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed.

Across SA Health there are always opportunities for you to develop your skills and career at any of our metropolitan or regional sites.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants from interstate or overseas.

About You:

Are you a dedicated, compassionate and enthusiastic Head of Internal Audit looking for an opportunity to join a dynamic, growing healthcare network where you will be part of a supportive team delivering high quality care to the community? If so, then this could be the opportunity for you.

This position will offer you professional growth opportunities within a supportive and inclusive culture.

In this role you will have strong interpersonal and communication skills which will enable you to successfully problem solve, resolve conflicts and negotiate, including the ability to engage in difficult conversations, whilst building and maintaining relationships.

An ability to effectively manage multiple, diverse and competing priorities and demonstrated resilience within a stressful and complex environment is essential to this role.

About the Role:

An exciting opportunity is presented to work within the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network as a Head of Internal Audit within the Finance Division.

NALHN has a high performing Finance, Audit and Risk team and working in this team will expose you to contemporary internal audit and risk practices.

Internal Audit at NALHN is not only about compliance and has undertaken efficiency and quality audits that have been well received by Executive and Management.

Also, NALHN is serious about the implementation of audit recommendations and has a sophisticated follow up system ensuring that Internal Audit makes a difference.

The Head of Internal Audit is accountable to the Chief Executive Officer for the planning, execution and delivery of internal audits for NALHN

This includes:

• Formulating and implementing the network's internal audit frameworks, plans and procedures that impact on whole of Network operations;
• Providing expert advice, consultancy and recommendations on internal audit and assurance matters to executives, divisions and services within the NALHN;
• Conducting independent assurance and consultative reviews of critical business processes and service lines in accordance with professional standards;
• Providing advice on risk, controls and governance; and
• Leading, managing, supporting, building and enhancing the assurance capabilities within the NALHN.

To be eligible for this position, you must hold a tertiary qualification in Accounting, Finance, Business Studies, Economics or other related discipline.

Check(s)

• National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving no contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (general employment)

Immunisation Risk for this position is - Category C (mínimal patient contact)
SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vacci

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