General Manager, Clinical Governance

Location: Melbourne | CBD

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Department of Justice and Community Safety

**Salary**: $129,379 - $173,138

Occupation: Other

Reference: VG/DJ7166M

At the Department of Justice and Community Safety, we’re looking for people who want to make a difference. People who take pride in their work. People who get things done. People who are committed to making Victoria a safer place.

We embrace diversity and strive to have a workforce that reflects the community we serve. We’re all about recruiting the best people, regardless of gender, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, or cultural background. If you think you can do the job and would be a good fit for our department, we’d love to hear from you.

The department is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and recognises that children’s rights need to be respected, their views welcomed and valued, and their concerns taken seriously and acted upon.

For more information on working with us and our recruitment process, please visit justice.vic.gov.au/careers
- ** Lead a team responsible for oversight, monitoring and continuous improvement of clinical service delivery**:

- **Ongoing full time opportunity to take a lead role in critical incident reporting and risk management**:

- **VPS Grade 6: $129,379 - $173,138 plus superannuation.**

The Department of Justice and Community Safety is seeking a General Manager, Clinical Governance to provide a critical role within Justice Health.

**About the Business Unit**

Justice Health is the business unit of the Department of Justice and Community Safety (DJCS) responsible for health, mental health and alcohol and other drug (AOD) services in Victoria's prisons and Youth Justice centres. Justice Health sets the standards for the delivery of these services, monitors service delivery, and manages contracts with service providers across public prisons and Youth Justice facilities.

Justice Health works in collaboration with other DJCS areas such as Corrections Victoria and Youth Justice, as well as the Department of Health to fulfil these functions. This collaboration helps to ensure that people in custody are effectively transitioned back to the community from prison.

**About the Role**

The General Manager, Clinical Governance, will be required to lead, empower and build capability in high performing teams. The General Manager, Clinical Governance will be accountable for leadership, coordination and management of the Clinical Governance team responsible for overseeing contracted service provider performance for primary health, forensic mental health and alcohol and other drug (AOD) services across the public and private prison system in Victoria.

Some of your duties will include:

- Provide direction and management in the oversight and monitoring of health, mental health and AOD programs
- Facilitate, coordinate and evaluate actions undertaken to address any gaps in service provisions identified through quality improvement activities using evidence-based practice and quality improvement principles and techniques to improve patient safety, access and standards of clinical care
- Develop and maintain sound clinical governance and risk management frameworks that foster a culture of accountability, whilst encouraging innovation and problem solving

To learn more about this role before applying, please read the attached position description.

**About you**

To be successful in this role, you will have:

- Demonstrated leadership and management experience in health, mental health, and/or AOD systems
- Demonstrated understanding and awareness of the key issues impacting health, mental health, and/or AOD services to vulnerable cohorts
- Demonstrated ability and experience in the monitoring of health service provision.
- Demonstrated ability to provide expert clinical advice within a challenging and complex health environment.
- Knowledge of the Victorian health, mental health and/or AOD systems and the interface with other relevant service systems is highly desired.

**Qualifications**
- A relevant qualification in health or social sciences is essential
- Current registration with APRHA or similar is desirable
- Post graduate management qualifications are desirable.

**How to Apply**

**_ FOR INTERNAL VPS EMPLOYEES:_**

**IMPORTANT INFORMATION**:
**CHILD SAFE STATEMENT OF COMMITMENT**:
The Department of Justice and Community Safety is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and young people. We seek to prevent harm of any kind impacting children and young people and have zero tolerance for racism, child abuse and inequality. Children and young people's rights, relationships, identity, and culture must be recognised and respected, their voices heard, and their concerns acted upon. We aim to foster a culturally safe, child safe and child friendly environment for all children and young people we have contact with, deliver services to, or are impacted by our work.