Aps Level 6

2 weeks ago

Canberra, Australia National Health Funding Body Full time

**Job Reference Number **23-QAADIV-19342

**Classification **APS Level 6

**Job Title **Policy Officer, Strengthening Providers Branch

**Division **Quality And Assurance Division

**Branch **Strengthening Providers Branch

**Section **Several

**Applications open date **Tuesday, 8 August 2023

**Applications closing date **Tuesday, 22 August 2023 at 11:30pm AEST

**Location **Canberra, ACT Brisbane, QLD

**Status **Ongoing

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

**Salary Range **$91,092 - $102,765

**Security Clearance **Baseline

**Mandatory Experience **To be eligible for this position the applicants must have
regulatory policy experience.***

**Desirable Qualifications **Qualifications in a relevant field such as health, science, social or
public policy, business, management, or law.

**Contact Officer Name**:Stacey Messer
**Phone**:0733602567

**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 a 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 consumers aligning with other care

and support sectors including the key initiatives of:

- leading the development and implementation of an expansion of the NDIS worker

screening scheme to the aged care sector
- design of a worker registration scheme covering a Code of Conduct for Aged Care;
worker screening; ongoing training and English proficiency requirements.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Provide specialist advice and analysis on the design, development and

implementation of effective regulatory policy and reform.
- Analyse, interpret and evaluate complex information from a broad range of sources

to inform future policy direction.
- Support the development of communication and engagement resources.
- Contribute to the development of team objectives

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