Director, Legal Services,

3 days ago

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Office of the Health Ombudsman Full time $120,000 - $180,000 per year

The Director, Legal Services is responsible for the effective and efficient management of the General Counsel stream of the Legal Services Team.

The role will be required to establish, maintain, and further develop strong relationships with key stakeholders, including the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA), and other key government entities (such as, where necessary, the Queensland Police Service and/or the Crime and Misconduct Commission).

In this role you will:

  • Along with the Executive Director, lead and manage the day-to-day operations of the Legal Services Division to ensure operational and legislative targets are met, including managing staff workloads, providing formal guidance and supervision, and ensuring staff function in an effective, efficient, and economical manner.
  • Along with the Executive Director, lead and manage the unregistered practitioner matters including the preparation of interim and permanent prohibition orders for unregistered practitioners.
  • Lead the prosecution of unregistered complaints and other matters that are referred to the Magistrates Court.
  • Undertake litigation in immediate action reviews before QCAT including, advising on evidence, holding discussions with legal representatives for practitioners, and preparing matters for hearing.
  • Comply with directions, timetables, and orders issued by QCAT or the Court including directions hearings and conferences and ensure lawyers in the General Counsel legal stream do likewise.
  • Assist with the review of briefs of evidence submitted by officers and provide technical advice to ensure successful prosecutions of disciplinary referrals.
  • Provide high quality and timely legal services on complex matters across a broad range of legal areas affecting or likely to affect the Health Ombudsman and Director of Proceedings. These include statutory interpretation, administrative law, QCAT review jurisdiction, criminal law, evidence, health law, contract law and information privacy and RTI.

The role description will outline any qualifications, licences and specific requirements of the role. If you are interested in this job we encourage you to read the attached role description and talk to the contact officer.

  • Applications will remain current for a period of up to 12 months and may be considered for other vacancies (identical or similar).
  • Appointments are subject to criminal history checks in accordance with section 52 of the Public Sector Act 2022.
  • Prior to appointment, current and previous public sector employees are required to disclose any history of serious disciplinary action in accordance with section 71 of the Public Sector Act 2022.
  • All employees are required to disclose any interest/s that conflict, may conflict or may be perceived to conflict with the discharge of their duties in accordance with section 182 of the Public Sector Act 2022.

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