Improvement Coach

Employment Type: Permanent

Hours: 38hrs hours per week

Location: Melbourne, Victoria

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Contact: Dora Vaz De Carvalho,  

Where there's life, there's Mercy.

Where there's care, there's You.

Through the battles and the breakthroughs, we're there. Where will you be?

For over a century, our incredible teams have provided care for people when they need it most. Our people feel great pride in this, and they value the security and stability we offer. But it also means so much opportunity - to build on all that's gone before, to grow your impact and gain experience that's hard to find elsewhere.

As a for-purpose organisation with over 10,000 dedicated, compassionate people, we continue to offer more services and deeper care than ever before. With Mercy, you'll have the chance to make an impact and gain experience that's hard to find elsewhere.

At Mercy Health, it's all about taking what we have and making it better.

To do that, we need you.

Join us as at Mercy Health, and help our teams deliver even greater outcomes.

About the opportunity

•    Coaching and facilitating cross-functional teams through improvement initiatives across the business

•    Providing formal and informal training on improvement methodologies

•    Leading large scale improvement initiatives

•    Supporting business performance analysis through process mapping, data analysis and root cause analysis
 

What you'll bring

•  Experience and/or sound knowledge of Improvement across both methodology, principles and behaviours.

•    Demonstrated ability to identify and seize improvement opportunities.

•    Demonstrated experience successfully leading improvement initiatives.

•    Demonstrated ability to coach staff, develop and implement tools that staff can use for the purpose of improvement.

To thrive in this role, you will have:

•    Highly developed communication skills – written and verbal.

•    Ability to work autonomously.

•    Demonstrated success working in complex, diverse and evolving environments

•    Ability to drive engagement, vision and purpose – creating a culture where people are motivated to do their best by painting a compelling picture of the vision and strategy that motivates others to action.

•    An authentic and engaging style, with an agile approach to change and improvement

•    Capacity to work full time and travel across sites

You're resilient, compassionate and have a whole lot of heart. Most importantly, you are committed to delivering exceptional patient-centred care.

You will also be required to provide evidence of, or in the process of obtaining:

• A current Police Record Check and Working with Children Check.

• Proof of current influenza vaccination and other vaccination status consistent with public health orders.

Ready to help us shape the future of healthcare?

Join us and make a meaningful difference in people's lives - and your career.

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Please contact us if you would like to find out more or communicate any requirements to ensure we provide you with a fair and equitable interview and selection process.

We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung peoples, traditional Custodians of the Land in which our Head Office is based, on traditional lands of the Kulin Nation and recognise their deep connections to the land, sea, and culture.

We extend this acknowledgment to the many Traditional Lands that we operate across Australia and pay our respects to Elders past and present.

The team at Mercy Health is as wonderfully diverse as the patients, residents, clients and communities we support. We're proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). Mercy Health strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, sexualities, genders, abilities and cultural backgrounds.