Executive Level 1

**Job Reference Number **22-MBDIV-15231
**Classification **Executive Level 1
**Job Title **Assistant Director
**Division **Medical Benefits Division
**Branch **Reviews Branch
**Section **Clinical Support and Financing Section
**Location **Woden ACT
**Status **Ongoing
**Employment type **Full-time
**Salary Range **$108,680 to $123,951 per annum
**Security Clearance **Baseline (Protected, Highly Protected, Restricted, Confidential)***
**Desirable Qualifications **Data analyst
**Contact Officer Name**:David O’Neill
**Phone**:0423 781 332

**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 the Department of Health and Aged Care 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 Medical Benefits Division (MBD) supports the Government for the benefit of all Australians by:

- providing more affordable access to medical services for all Australians through a

contemporary Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) that is based on clinical evidence and
which supports the provision of high quality services
- working with various participants in the private health sector to support cost-effective

private health insurance products, encourage membership and maintain the sustainability
and stability of private health insurance
- administering a range of schemes that support access to medical services through improving

the affordability of medical indemnity insurance for health practitioners.
**Branch Responsibilities**
The Medicare Reviews Unit supports the clinical review of the more than 5,700 MBS items to
provide an MBS that is aligned with contemporary clinical evidence and practice, and the
implementation of changes in consultation with stakeholders.

**Section Responsibilities**
The Clinical Support and Financing Section is responsible for parliamentary liaison, branch budget
and finance, data and costing coordination and contract management. The section is also
responsible for the implementation of MBS Review recommendations agreed by Government for
blood products, colorectal and oral and maxillofacial services.

The work of this section requires extensive stakeholder engagement with various areas of the
Department, other Federal agencies, external Medical Peak bodies, health practitioners and
consumers. It also includes the drafting of policy documents, discussion papers, minutes, new policy
proposals, legislation instructions, correspondence and briefs. It also provides advice and modelling
as needed to inform costings in preparation for Budget.***

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Lead and provide direction to a small team in the development of financial appraisals and

business cases for proposed changes or additions to the MBS, modelling the financial impact
to Government.
- Provide robust advice for senior executives to inform the Budget and MYEFO strategy.
- Build, foster and manage effective relationships with key internal and external stakeholders

to enhance collaboration across the Division and inform costings models.
- Think strategically and display sound judgement in challenging environments to negotiate

and influence outcomes.
- Work independently, under broad direction, to analyse and solve complex problems and

contribute to the development of strategic direction of relevant policy and programs.
- Oversee the development and management of complex datasets to ensure meaningful

insights and patterns are generated.
- Proactively plan, manage risk and exercise good judgement in prioritising competing

deadlines and escalating issues to support quick resolution.
- Communicate with influence to a range of audiences.
- Display resilience and a commitment to personal development.
- Provide high quality policy/program advice, including research and analysis of policies and

data.
- Other duties as required commensurate with the skills and capabilities of an officer at level.***

**Key Capabilities**:

- Strong leadership skills with the capability to deal with ambiguity and uncertainty in a

strategic and dynamic way.
- Strong management skills including the ability to organise your individual and teams work

activities and complete tasks within tight timeframes and set parameters.
- High level communication capabilities (written and oral) which support the development

and maintenance of purposeful stakeholder engagement. This includes a demonstrated
ability to communicate information coherently and concisely to audiences with a range of
backgrounds and cultures (includes public speaking).
- Capacity to ef