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Clinical Governance Officer

4 weeks ago


Melbourne, Australia Department of Justice and Community Safety Full time

Location: Melbourne | CBD

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Department of Justice and Community Safety

**Salary**: $105,479 - $127,621

Occupation: Risk Management

Reference: VG/DJ6354-MAY

At the Department of Justice and Community Safety, we’re looking for people who want to make a difference. People who take pride in their work. People who get things done. People who are committed to making Victoria a safer place.

We embrace diversity and strive to have a workforce that reflects the community we serve. We’re all about recruiting the best people, regardless of gender, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation or cultural background. If you think you can do the job and would be a good fit for our department, we’d love to hear from you.

The department is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and recognises that children’s rights need to be respected, their views welcomed and valued, and their concerns taken seriously and acted upon.

For more information on working with us and our recruitment process, please visit justice.vic.gov.au/careers

We’re proud of the important work we do across Victoria. Want to be part of it?
- **Utilise your clinical skills to monitor the performance of health and mental health service providers in the custodial setting.**:

- **Ongoing opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service.**:

- **VPS Grade 5: $105,479 - $127,621 plus superannuation.**

The Department of Justice and Community Safety (the department) is seeking a Clinical Governance Officer to provide a critical role in Justice Health.

**About the business unit**

Justice Health's objective is to improve the health of adults and young people in Victorian custodial settings. As a business unit of the Department of Justice and Community Safety, Justice Health is responsible for overseeing the delivery of health, mental health and alcohol and other drug (AOD) services to persons in Victoria's adult and youth justice facilities by contracted service providers.

Justice Health sets the policy and standards for health care in all Victorian prisons and youth justice precincts and monitors and reviews the performance of health service providers. Justice Health is also responsible for facilitating an integrated approach to health service planning and service delivery, leading health prevention and promotion activities, and facilitating the release of health information to community health care providers, legal representatives, and individuals.

**About the role**

The Clinical Governance Officer (CGO) will be primarily responsible for monitoring and reviewing the performance of the health and mental health service providers. The CGO will conduct regular location-based audits of health and rehabilitation services and will provide expert and authoritative clinical advice on solutions to highly complex and sensitive issues to ensure improved quality of services in this service area.

Some of your duties will include:

- Contribute to the development of sound clinical governance and risk management frameworks that foster a culture of accountability, whilst encouraging innovation and problem solving, for health service providers
- Provide clinical advice and direction in clinical risk management to ensure accountability for clinical practice and patient safety
- Implement and maintain data systems to analyse and record health statistics and undertake audits, clinical reviews and assessments, as required

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 a highly sensitive and complex health environment
- Demonstrated experience in a quality focused role coupled with a thorough understanding of Risk Management principles.

A tertiary qualification in the health industry and eligibility to practice under the Health Professions Registration Act is required.

**How to apply**

**_ FOR INTERNAL VPS EMPLOYEES:_**

**IMPORTANT INFORMATION**:
**MANDATORY VACCINATIONS**:
The department is committed to providing and maintaining a working environment which is safe and without risk to the health of its employees consistent with the department's obligations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (Vic). Therefore, there is a requirement that all DJCS employees be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to undertake duties outside of their homes.

At interview stage and prior to commencement of employment with the department, you will need to provide evidence that you are vaccinated against COVID-19 with **three doses** of a COVID-19 vaccine.

Upon commencement of employment with the department you will be required to provide evidence that you have an up-to-date vaccination status within the timelines specified by the department into the DJCS Service Portal. This includes evidence of **three doses** of a COVID-19 vaccine


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