Primary Care Coordinator

**Employment Status**

Permanent Full Time

**Program**

Public Health & Healthcare Partnerships

**Location**

Newcomb CHC

**Hours Per Fortnight**

80

**Position Summary**
- Gain invaluable experience leading a high performing primary care team
- Enjoy a role that will be varied, challenging and rewarding
- Ongoing permanent full time role (80 hours per fortnight)

**About Barwon Health**

Guided by our values, Barwon Health is Victoria's largest regional health care service and is also the largest employer in the Geelong and surf coast region, employing over 8700 staff. Barwon Health’s core facilities include the renowned University Hospital Geelong precinct in central Geelong, the McKellar Centre precinct in North Geelong, the innovative Sunrise Centre, Barwon Health North a vital services that includes child and family health support, renal dialysis, medical imaging, and urgent care. Four Aged care centres spanning the Region, Mental Health Services that are delivered through a number of programs across the Geelong and Barwon South West region. Community Health and Dental service and world renowned Research that that advances health and wellbeing for all. Explore all of our comprehensive services here.

**Newcomb Community Health**

Barwon Health has five major community health centres, Corio, Belmont, Newcomb, Torquay and Anglesea which provide a range of services to the Barwon region. Services provided by the Newcomb Community Health Centre include podiatry, physiotherapy, psychology, social work, nutrition, speech pathology, community health nursing and occupational therapy. Barwon Health Community Nursing is a HACC funded service and also provides care for clients requiring Hospital in the Home, Post-Acute and Palliative care.

**About the role**

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Clinician with a strong Primary Care background to fill a full time permanent role.

This role will lead the Primary Care Health Team, based in the Eastern Suburbs of Geelong. This role is part of the broader East Area Health Team, focusing on delivering high quality care, linking into a range of services delivered from the Newcomb Community Health Centre and locally in our community.

This role will coordinate daily operations of the team and assist in planning, implementation and organisation of care aligned with the model. It will ensure that the team strives to achieve excellent health outcomes for the community, by providing person centred and integrated service that enables efficient and effective care delivery.

Working in partnership with services at their site, will see the Coordinator be proactive in identifying opportunities, which support partnership approaches to health delivery.

**About the culture**

There is a strong and supportive team culture in our services. Working together across a range of disciplines staff have a focus on clients and their health improvement or improving self-management skills to enhance living with chronic illness. Our team culture can be best described as forward striving, involved, empathetic and innovative.

**What we offer**
- Excellent working conditions with a high sense of job satisfaction
- Geelong and Barwon Health is an attractive destination with a sunny climate, notoriously laidback lifestyle and great pay rates
- To find out more about the Geelong region, visit our Moving to the Region page on the Barwon Health website.
- Located in the centre of Geelong's CBD is an easy commute from all suburbs
- Access to employee wellness program
- A genuine community feel - we look after each other
- Wide range of professional development that enhances your careers
- Doorstep to the Great Ocean Road, Bellarine Peninsula and the Surf Coast
- Attractive salary packaging benefits Living Expenses capped at $9,010 which includes repayments on mortgages, credit cards, personal loans and rental payments and Meal Entertainment & Accommodation capped at $2,650 which includes food and drink consumed in a social or entertainment settings and some accommodation expenditure

**Diversity and Inclusion**

At Barwon Health we are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce where we value each person’s uniqueness. We embrace diverse life experiences and the perspectives of our people, whilst providing high-quality health care to all members of our community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, religion, cultural background, disability, or sexual orientation.
- This role must be fully vaccinated for Covid -19 and influenza and meet the requirements of the Barwon Health immunisation policy_.

**Selection Criteria**

Essential: Can you please list Barwon Health's values?
Essential: Can you please choose one of Barwon Health's values and describe a situation in the workplace where you have displayed this value?
Essential: At least 7 years’ experience as a health professional
Essential: Extensive experience in delivering community based services.
Essential: Proven ability to lead