Manager - Newborn Hearing Screening Program

**SA Health**
**Job reference**: 864974

**Location**: 5006 - NORTH ADELAIDE

**Job status**: Short Term Contract

**Eligibility**: Open to Everyone
- **Women's and Children's Health Network, Newborn Screening Program, Allied Health and Aboriginal Liaison, North Adelaide 5006**:

- **Salary - **Classification - ASO8 - Administrative Services Officer L8 - $ to $119,317 - $123,822**:

- **Employment Full time - Term Contract (temporary 12 Months)**
- On top of this, as an employee of Women’s and Children’s Health Network, you will have access to Salary Sacrifice benefits with _MAXXIA_ which allows for generous salary sacrifice arrangements each FBT year as a special benefit for employees of the local Health Networks. A Meal Entertainment allowance per FBT year can also be salary sacrificed out of your pre-tax income to cover costs over and above the Everyday living expenses benefit._

**Overview**

The **Women’s & Children’s Health Network** provides state of the art health care for women, babies, children and young people across South Australia. We are the state’s leading provider of specialist care for children with acute and chronic conditions as well as being SA’s largest maternity and obstetric service.

Our community-based services also reach hundreds of thousands of babies, children and young people, their families and communities across South Australia through our various services and programs in areas such as our Mental Health, Child & Family Health services, Youth Health and Aboriginal Health services.

Join our team and contribute to providing South Australia’s women, babies, children and young people with the best health care through both within our hospital or via our many and varied community services and programs.

**The Opportunity**

We currently have an exciting opportunity to join the Newborn Hearing Screening Program team as **Manager Statewide Newborn Hearing Screening Program **in a** full time** capacity,** for 12 months.**

Reporting to the Operations Manager, Allied Health, the Manager Newborn Hearing Screening will provide leadership and strategic direction to the South Australian Newborn Hearing Screening Program (NHSP).

In this role you will:

- Coordinate the South Australian Newborn Hearing Screening Program (NHSP) for all infants born in public and private South Australian Hospitals, including those that require follow-up
- Manage all aspects of operational, strategic, service development, human, financial and physical resources allocated to the NHSP
- Monitor and manage NHSP performance and reports on performance against agreed indicators to internal and external stakeholders
- Provide high-level expert advice, professional leadership and advocacy at a state and national level on newborn hearing screening policy issues and national benchmarks

**About You**

To be successful in this role, you will have:

- Exceptional ability to plan, lead, implement, evaluate and manage complex projects within the framework of the corporate objectives and in consideration of operational, political, financial and strategic issues.
- Excellent written and verbal skills with high level ability to articulate and present complex concepts clearly and concisely.
- Ability to identify, analyse and conceptualise problems to formulate and execute appropriate solutions and present high level written reports.
- Extensive experience in managing projects, staff, business plans and budgets within a large and complex organisation.
- Demonstrated substantial experience in implementing strategies at a regional, state or national level.

To find out the specifics, including the **key selection criteria** and **special conditions**, please go to the attached role description.

**Benefits of Joining us**

Not only will you be able to use your skills and abilities in a both a challenging and rewarding role contributing to some of South Australia's most vulnerable women, babies, children and young people, you will also receive and attractive annual salary package with employer superannuation contributions and leave loading as well as the opportunity to maximise your salary through salary sacrifice arrangements.

**Application Instructions**

**Other Important Information**

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time.

Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

**Check(s)**
- DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
- National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. work involving vulnerable clients)

**Immunisation Risk for this position is - Category A**

SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. **Job ref**:864974**

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