Clinical Governance Support Officer

**Date**:5 Feb 2025

**Location**: 50 Flemington Rd, AU

**Company**:theroyalch

**The Hospital**:
The Royal Children’s Hospital’s (RCH) Vision is “A world where all kids thrive”.

RCH is a cornerstone member of the Melbourne Children’s Campus, partnering with Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics and The Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation.

RCH has cared for the children and young people of Victoria for more than 150 years since it was founded in 1870. A full range of paediatrics and adolescent health services are provided plus tertiary and quaternary care for the most critically ill and medically complex patients in Victoria, Tasmania, southern NSW and other states around Australia and overseas. The Hospital has more than 6,000 staff, a budget of $850M, 12 wards and 350 beds. Annually, the RCH has 300,000+ Specialist Clinic appointments, 90,000+ Emergency Department presentations and 20,000 elective surgeries.

The RCH is committed to the Child Safe Standards.

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact.

For further Information on RCH is available here.

**About the Role**:
**What you’ll achieve**:

- Coordinate credentialing processes and data management for JMS, including verification of medical qualification(s), Australian Health Practitioner's Regulation Agency (Ahpra) professional registration requirements, as police/’fit-to-work' checks, and Working with Children Checks.
- Update/update electronic personnel profiles for JMS specific to credentialling information.
- Monitor JMS compliance with ongoing credentialing and/or legislative requirements and take appropriate action to address issues as they arise.
- Oversee the management the senior medical staff credentialing records and credentialing database (CGOV).

Classification for this position will range from AO41 - AO45 classification codes (base salary $81,463 to $90,392 per annum, plus superannuation).

**Your Skills and Experience**:

- Recognised undergraduate/graduate-entry or postgraduate qualification in a related filed AND/OR 2-3 years recognised equivalent industry experience
- Demonstrated understanding and experience of clinical goverance requirements specific to heath workforce and healthcare practice environments
- Demonstrated experience in managing a defined administrative portfolio/s, project/s and/or service program/s specific to hospital/healthcare settings
- Well-developed self-management / personal organisation skills
- Well-developed written and verbal communication skills

If this sounds like you, click **here** to view the position description.

**About the Department**:
The Medical Workforce Unit oversees the centralised recruitment, onboarding and coordination of junior medical staff (JMS)/paediatric trainees, working both on-site at RCH and rotating through various external Victorian secondment sites.

**What we Offer**:

- Salary Packaging - Increase your take home pay
- Employee Assistance Program

**Other Requirements**:

- Current National Criminal Record Check, or willing to obtain
- Valid Working with Children Check
- Compliance with RCHs “Staff Immunisation - Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases” procedure

**Application Process**:
To apply, you will need a resume and a tailored cover letter outlining your skills, experience, and suitability for the position in line with the requirements of the position description.

**Why work at the RCH?**

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact. We offer the opportunity to work in world-class facilities, surrounded by Royal Park and only a short tram trip from the heart of Melbourne city.

We also offer discounted staff parking, salary packaging, and an award-winning health and wellbeing program.

It is a requirement of your employment that you be vaccinated against Influenza annually for Category A and B roles, in compliance with any public health orders in place at the relevant time, unless you have a medical exception in line with those public health orders, which has been accepted by The Royal Children’s Hospital. Applicants will be required to provide their Australian Government Immunisation History Statement, it is a requirement of the RCH to collect, record and hold vaccination information.

It is also a requirement of your employment that you comply with any direction given by The Royal Children’s Hospital that you be vaccinated against, or prove immunity to, any other disease, unless you have a relevant exemption