Principal Clinical Oversight Officer

Join to apply for the Principal Clinical Oversight Officer role at Department of Justice and Community Safety, Victoria22 hours ago Be among the first 25 applicants Join to apply for the Principal Clinical Oversight Officer role at Department of Justice and Community Safety, Victoria Apply expert clinical skills to ensure the robust oversight of healthcare services across the Victorian correctional systems through audits, reviews and investigations Ongoing, full-time opportunity About This Role Apply expert clinical skills to ensure the robust oversight of healthcare services across the Victorian correctional systems through audits, reviews and investigations Ongoing, full-time opportunity VPS6: $138,631 - $185,518 plus superannuation The Department of Justice and Community Safety (the department) is seeking a Principal Clinical Oversight Officer, to provide a critical role within Justice Health.
About The Business Unit Justice Health is part of the Corrections and Justice Services (CJS) group in the Department of Justice and Community Safety and supports the Minister for Corrections.
CJS also comprises Corrections Victoria; Policy, Strategy and Service Design; Group Services and Coordination; and Justice Services (which includes Community Correctional Services and other justice programs).
CJS plays an integral role in developing safer and more resilient communities and in delivering a trusted justice and community safety system.
The Adult Health Oversight Unit Is Responsible Foroversight of the delivery of health services across the Victorian adult correctional systemensuring service providers work collaboratively to ensure integrated and coordinated approaches to meeting the needs of people in custodydriving ongoing improvements to service delivery.
The Adult Health Oversight Unit achieves this through working collaboratively with people in custody, health service providers, Corrections Victoria staff and public health providers.
About The Role The role of Principal Clinical Oversight Officer is to apply expert clinical advice to ensure the robust oversight of healthcare services across the Victorian correctional systems through audits, reviews and investigations, provide expert clinical input to inform service design and system improvements and develop and maintain sound systems, policies and procedures that foster a culture of accountability, whilst encouraging innovation and problem solving.
The Principal Clinical Oversight Officer works closely with other Principal Clinical Oversight Officers, and Manager - Legal and Coronial to ensure subject matter expertise informs reviews into deaths and incidents.
The Principal Clinical Oversight Officer works closely with contracted service providers to facilitate prompt resolution of clinical issues and promote positive outcomes for individual service users; accountability and continuous improvement.
Some Of Your Duties Will Include Apply expert clinical skills to ensure the robust oversight of healthcare services across the Victorian correctional systems through audits, reviews and investigations.
Provide expert clinical input to inform service design and system improvements.
Develop and maintain sound systems, policies and procedures that foster a culture of accountability, whilst encouraging innovation and problem solving.
To learn more about this role before applying, please read the attached position description.
About You To be successful in this role, you will have: Demonstrated experience in delivery of healthcare services in highly sensitive and complex environments.
Demonstrated experience in monitoring healthcare service delivery.
Qualifications A tertiary qualification in a health or related field.
Current AHPRA registration How To Apply Please click the Apply button on this advertisement.
Applications should include a resume and covering letter.
Attachments can be uploaded in.doc,.docx,.pdf,.txt or.rtf formats.
The successful candidate will be required to undergo pre-employment checks which may include national police checks and misconduct screening.
If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process, or require an alternative format to any of the application material, please don't hesitate to get in touch with the contact person listed on this ad.
Important Information CHILD SAFE STATEMENT OF COMMITMENT: The Department of Justice and Community Safety is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and young people.
We seek to prevent harm of any kind impacting children and young people and have zero tolerance for racism, child abuse and inequality.
Children and young people's rights, relationships, identity, and culture must be recognised and respected, their voices heard, and their concerns acted upon.
We aim to foster a culturally safe, child safe and child friendly environment for all children and young people we have contact with, deliver services to, or are impacted by our work.
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