Clinical Governance Officer

4 weeks ago

Melbourne City Centre, Australia Department of Justice and Community Safety Full time

Monitor and review the performance of health and mental health service providers in the custodial setting.
- Fixed term until February 2024.
- VPS Grade 5: $105,479 - $127,621 plus superannuation.

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

About the business unit
Justice Health is the business unit of the Department of Justice & Regulation responsible for the delivery of health services for persons in Victorian prisons, and for children and young people in the Youth Justice system.
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.
The CGO will be required to review critical incidents, complex medical and mental health issues, complaints and assist with providing expert advice to senior executive of Justice Health and others as required.

**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.

Occasional travel to other locations within Victoria will be required. The CGO takes part in the afterhours on call roster process.
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.
- Understanding of the key issues impacting on clinical service delivery for vulnerable cohorts.

**Qualifications**:

- A tertiary qualification in the health industry and eligibility to practice under the Health Professions Registration Act.
- Current APHRA registration as a Registered Nurse will be highly regarded.

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 required by the department (from time to time).

**Acceptable evidence includes**:
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- COVID-19 digital certificate (available via your myGov account)
- Your immunisation history statement (available via your myGov account)

Other documentation outside the above will not be accepted as evidence of having received your COVID-19 vaccine doses.

**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 impa

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