Service Manager

Job Requisition ID: 2142- Legal Entity: Monash Health- Location: Clayton, VIC, AU, 3168- Employment Type: Full Time Fixed Term and / or Part Time Fixed Term- Posting Date: 29 Nov 2024

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**Service Manager, Pathway to Good Health**

**EFT 0.6 for a period of two years from date of commencement (please note the opportunity to combine with Job No. 2154 ((Service Manager, FASDConnect), expanding role to **1.0 FTE**)**

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Service Manager to be part of the Victorian Government’s Pathway to Good Health initiative, providing health assessment and comprehensive care plans for children entering statutory care settings.

**About the Monash Health Developmental and Community Paediatric Unit**

The Developmental and Community Paediatrics Unit within the Monash Children’s Hospital provides outpatient multidisciplinary assessment of children with complex developmental and behavioural presentations onsite at Monash Children’s Hospital and in community settings. It provides services including the Victorian Fetal Alcohol Service and Paediatrician in Schools. This Unit will lead the Pathway To Good Health (PTGH) initiative for Southern Melbourne area (Greater Dandenong, Cardinia and Casey LGAs).

**About the Pathway To Good Health (PTGH) program**

The Southern Melbourne PTGH program is a new partnership between the Monash Health Developmental and Community Paediatric Unit and the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing. As one of the seventeen PTGH services statewide, it will facilitate health screening, assessment, referral and health planning for children in care. The service also seeks to improve system integration between health and child protection systems and ensure that children are linked with the right intervention service to support continuity of care.

**About the Role**

The Service Manager, PTGH manages the operational and financial activities of the service, ensuring seamless service delivery and alignment with activity and funding targets. As a member of the leadership team the Service Manager will ensure strong communication between internal and external stakeholders and, in particular, foster an effective working relationship between Child Protection Services (Department of Families, Fairness and Housing), the Victorian Dept of Health, and the Monash Health clinical team.

**About You**:

- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- A problem solver who is adaptable and detail oriented
- Experience in budget management and healthcare operations management
- Experience working in multidisciplinary teams

**What We Offer**:

- Opportunity to work with a passionate and enthusiastic highly specialised multidisciplinary team, to deliver a new statewide project
- Access to Monash Health in-house learning portals to further expand your skills & knowledge base
- Avenues to further develop your leadership & project management skills
- Mentorship & career guidance
- A supportive learning environment

**Position Description can be **found here**

We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity. We are committed to patient safety, promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace and to Child Safe Standards. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and our five ICare values. To learn more about our organisation visit **monashhealth.org.**

**How to Apply**

Applications will be screened upon receipt and selection activity may commence prior to the closing date.

**Applications close 13th December, 2024.