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Clinical Governance Officer

4 months 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: Other

Reference: VG/DJ6755-NOV23

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?
- ** Monitor and review the performance of health and mental health service providers in the custodial setting.**:

- **Ongoing full time opportunity to expert and authoritative clinical advice.**:

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

The Department of Justice and Community Safety is seeking a Clinical Governance Officer - Mental Health to provide a critical role within Justice Health.

**_ Please note there will be a VPS Salary increase effective 01 December 2023_**

**About the Business Unit**

Justice Health is the business unit of the Department of Justice and Community Safety (DJCS) responsible for health, mental health and alcohol and other drug (AOD) services in Victoria's prisons and Youth Justice centres. Justice Health sets the standards for the delivery of these services, monitors service delivery, and manages contracts with service providers across public prisons and Youth Justice facilities.

**About the Role**

Reporting directly to the General Manager, Clinical Governance the Mental Health Clinical Governance Officer, will be primarily responsible for monitoring and reviewing the performance of mental health service delivery across adult custodial settings. The Mental Health Clinical Governance Officer will work alongside other Clinical Governance Officers in the Clinical Governance team and will conduct regular location-based audits of mental health service provision to ensure accordance with the mental health standards of the Justice Health Quality Framework (2014).

The Mental Health Clinical Governance Officer will provide expert and authoritative clinical advice on solutions to highly complex and sensitive issues to ensure the delivery of quality mental health service provision, and support continuous improvement in mental health services in adult custodial facilities.

Travel to other locations within Victoria will be required. The Mental Health Clinical Governance Officer will be expected to take the Justice Health after hours incident phone on a rostered basis.

Some of your duties will include:

- Contribute to the development and implementation 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 providers and senior management to ensure accountability for clinical practice and patient safety
- Investigate and address health service issues raised by people in custody, or by other representatives who are advocating on their behalf (e.g. carers and family members, health service providers, the Health Complaints Commissioner, Ombudsman Victoria)

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 ability to provide expert clinical advice within a challenging and complex health environment.
- Demonstrated understanding and awareness of the key issues impacting health, mental health, and/or AOD services to vulnerable cohorts.
- Demonstrated experience in a quality focused role coupled with a thorough understanding of Risk Management principles.

**Qualifications**
- Current APHRA registration as a Registered Psychiatric Nurse will be highly regarded and / or significant experience working in acute mental health in primary or tertiary settings.
- A tertiary qualification in the health industry and eligibility to practice under the Health Professions Registration Act.

**How to Apply**

**_ FOR INTERNAL VPS EMPLOYEES:_**

**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