Coordinator Qld Children's Gender Service

About Queensland Children's Gender Service
The Queensland Children's Gender Service (QCGS) sits within the integrated Child & Youth Mental Health Service providing specialist outpatient care at Queensland Children's Hospital and statewide through telehealth and local partnerships. The aim of the QCGS is to improve the health, wellbeing, and function of Queensland children diverse in gender identity through affirmative, family focused, interdisciplinary assessment and specialist care. Being trans or gender diverse is viewed as part of the natural spectrum of human diversity by Children's Health Queensland and the clinical guidelines that inform our care.
Role Details
The position of Coordinator QLD Children's Gender Service will:
Provide coordination and leadership in the delivery of gender assessment and treatment services for children and young people including the development and implementation of assessment and treatment protocols, governance systems and collaborative work agreements with health providers in other Queensland Health Hospital and Health Services.
Develop and lead partnerships, service level agreements (SLA)/ memorandums of understanding where appropriate and other collaborative relationships with HHSs, primary care, other health providers and community organisations involved in the delivery of assessment and treatment of young people with gender dysphoria in Queensland.
Lead and develop a community of practice across Queensland child & youth public health services in responding to the needs of gender diverse children and young people through education delivery, research coordination and consultation liaison.
Operationally support leadership of the gender clinic team within Queensland Children's Hospital to deliver clinical services.
About Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service (CHQ HHS)
Children's Health Queensland is a recognised leader in paediatric healthcare, teaching and research, delivering a full range of clinical services and training, tertiary and quaternary care and health promotion programs to children and young people from across Queensland and northern New South Wales.
Our interprofessional workforce of more than 5,000 people deliver responsive, integrated and internationally recognised person-centred care through a network of services and facilities, including the Queensland Children's Hospital, Jacaranda Place, Ellen Barron Family Centre, our Child and Youth Community Health Service, our Child and Youth Mental Health Service, and other statewide services and programs including specialist outreach and telehealth services.
Inclusion and diversity
To encourage inclusive practices in recruitment, we are committed to increasing our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workforce and building inclusive cultures that respect and promote human rights and Workforce Diversity and Inclusion. CHQ is an equal opportunity employer.
Some of the great benefits of working at CHQ HSS
If you're looking for a rewarding career, and you're excited to contribute to the development of Australia's best paediatric health service, come and join the team at CHQ and enjoy a range of benefits including:
Opportunities for professional growth and development
Competitive renumeration
Annual pay increases
12.75% employer superannuation contribution
17.5% annual leave loading
Salary packaging
Employee wellness and assistance program
Work/life balance, variety, and flexibility
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