Chief Strategy Officer

**Job no**: 810917
**Work type**: Full time
**Location**: Adelaide Metro Southern
**Categories**: Executive
- Southern Adelaide Local Health Network - Flinders Medical Centre - Office of the Chief Executive Officer
- Salary: $173,868 - $267,489 p.a. SAES1 | Full Time, Term Contract up to 3 Years

Our aim at Southern Adelaide Local Health Network (SALHN) is to be a high performing and accountable healthcare network that operates to Australian benchmark standards delivering high quality, reliable and respectful care. The delivery of SALHN strategic objectives is underpinned by its Excellence framework and integrated management system across five domains (safety, quality, delivery, people and cost). The focus of the excellence framework is a range of key performance indicators that provide clear visibility on our strategic and operational obligations, supported by these 5 domains ensures delivery of timely and effective care safely, acknowledging the importance of our people in service delivery and has beneficial consequences for overall costs.

The Chief Strategy Officer is accountable to the Chief Executive Officer and is responsible for the development and delivery of a range of strategic priorities to support the current and future delivery of health care service to the SALHN community. The Chief Strategy Officer will assist the Chief Executive Officer and board to shape the networks strategic direction and other members of the Executive team to:

- Provide strategic frameworks, create strategy and its support implementation through stakeholder engagement, fostering strong partnerships.
- Lead strategic implementation through the coordination and connection of strategic activities in the network
- Steward the network’s mission and values
- Lead clinical and operational service planning by strengthening clinical service delivery to commissioned activity, develop, and implement future service clinical service models aligned to SALHN’s strategic pillars - Our Clinical Services, Our Consumer, Our Relationships and Our Research.
- Lead strategic projects and influence the development and implementation of project management procedures to support the effective outcomes of key strategic and operational initiatives.
- Lead and support embedding a continuous improvement way of working into business as usual including leading/coaching improvement work and skills development programs as well as develop, maintain and evolve the integrated management system that enables reporting from ward to Board.
- Lead SALHN’s Excellence framework and related performance reporting including maintaining the framework, developing key performance indicators, monitoring including compliance to Service Agreement requirements, other key performance measures and reporting obligations.
- Lead SALHN’s Internal Audit procedures, encouraging engagement, and analysing results to best influence strategy and planning.
- Develop an effective media and communications strategy for the network.
- Lead the community engagement strategy and development of key strategic relationships with internal/external partners.
- Manage complex and competing projects often within short deadlines
- Responsible for the strategic direction of SALHN’s Project Management Office and Continuous Improvement Program
- Support Board and Executive, and related committees through leading secretariat support function

The Chief Strategy Officer works in partnership with key stakeholders, to deliver safe, co-ordinated, integrated and efficient health outcomes to the community. This includes partnering closely with the Professional and Clinical Leads, to develop a quality and continuous improvement culture, where accountability and performance for the achievement of consumer focused, integrated and outcomes are embedded in all aspects of service delivery.

The position is required to provide leadership in the achievement of the strategic aims of the South Australian Health Care Plan, SALHN’s Strategic Direction and Service Agreement in accordance with government policy, state-wide priorities and directions and identified population needs. Further the position is required to contribute to state-wide planning, services and programs.

For full details, please see the attached Role Description.

In addition to the annual salary and entitlements (superannuation & leave loading), we also offer salary sacrifice benefits, watch a short video about what salary packaging is.

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

COVID-19 vaccination is an essential requirement under the Public Health Act 2011 (Healthcare Setting Workers Vaccination) (COVID-19) to work in SA Health/health care setting.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. **Job Ref: 810917**

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