Executive Level 1

2 weeks ago

Canberra, Australia National Health Funding Body Full time

**Job Reference Number **23-QAADIV-16618

**Classification **Executive Level 1

**Job Title **Assistant Director

**Division **Quality And Assurance Division

**Branch **Executive Branch

**Section **Executive Section

**Location **Canberra, ACT & Brisbane, QLD

**Status **Ongoing

**Employment type **Full-time & Part-time

**Salary Range **$108,680 to $123,951

**Contact Officer Name**:Monique Versace
**Phone**:0403 231 556

effective aged care regulatory policy to improve the quality, safety and integrity of the aged care

system. Assistant Directors will support the leadership of a small collaborative team and contribute

to reforms that benefit older Australians who access aged care services in the key areas of consumer

protection, provider governance, workforce regulation and support of the aged care system

regulator. The work of the Branch is varied, fast paced and focussed on delivering real world

outcomes by implementing recommendations of the Royal Commission on quality, safety,

transparency and accountability and governance.

advice on legislative amendments and lead their team to deliver high priority government
commitments. They will also build and leverage collaborative relationships across the Ageing and
Aged Care Group, Quality Assurance Division, Regulatory bodies, Aged Care peak bodies, other key
stakeholder groups and state and territory governments to develop opportunities for regulatory
alignment across the national care and support sector.

A Merit list will be created to fill these roles and will be considered for future roles in the Division

**Eligibility**
- To be eligible for employment with the Department of Health and Aged Care

applicants must be an Australian citizen at the time an offer of employment is made
- An applicant’s suitability for employment with Health will also be assessed through a

variety of pre-employment check processes, such as:

- Satisfactory completion of an Australian Federal Police criminal history check,

and where relevant a Working with Children and Vulnerable People Check.
- Completion of a medical declaration and pre-employment medical (where

required).
- Providing evidence of qualifications.

**Division Responsibilities**

The Quality and Assurance Division supports the provision of safe, inclusive and quality care

for older Australians through legislative reform, the design and implementation of projects

and programs that increase consumer choice and improve transparency, and ensuring

effective regulatory processes for aged care providers and workers in order to improve

quality, safety and integrity of the aged care system and protect consumers. We also have a

focus on fraud prevention and minimisation, and assuring value for money, with a specific

focus on home care packages.

**Branch Responsibilities**

The Strengthening Providers Branch (the branch) supports the design and implementation

of effective aged care regulatory policy to improve the quality, safety and integrity of the

aged care system for the benefit of consumers. To inform policy design and implementation,

the branch is responsible for engagement with other functions within the Department of

Health and Aged Care (the Department), the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission

(ACQSC) and stakeholders, including consumers, providers, peak representative

organisations, and relevant Australian, state and territory agencies.

The branch is comprised of four sections:

- Consumer Protection
- Approved Provider Governance
- Worker Regulation
- Regulator Policy and Engagement

**Section Responsibilities**

**Consumer Protection**

The section is responsible for delivering policy and reforms to strengthen consumer

safeguards in aged care services, including the key initiatives of:

- the Serious Incident Response Scheme for both residential aged care and in-home

aged care
- regulating the use of restrictive practices in residential aged care.***
- Elder abuse and sexual assault.

**Approved Provider Governance**

The section is responsible for improving governance of aged care providers funded under

the Aged Care Act 1997 including the key initiatives of:

- lifting provider governance capability
- developing and introducing stronger requirements for approved providers’

constitutions, accountability and transparency of operations with a focus on care

quality and consumers.

**Regulator Policy and Engagement**

The section is responsible for leading policy and reforms to support a robust aged care

system regulator and leads the formal engagement between the Department and the Aged

Care Quality and Safety Commission (ACQSC). Key initiatives led by the section include an

independent capability review of ACQSC and strengthening their regulatory functions as

recommended by the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety.

**Worker Regulation**

The section is responsible for delivering policy and reforms to strengthen worker regulation

to safeguard aged care c

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