You are invited to join a dynamic team with Cairns Acute and Community Services as Director of Intensive Care (Womens and Perioperative Services). In this role you will be required to provide effective leadership, governance and performance of Intensive Care, Women’s Health and Perioperative services within the Cairns Hospital and for the operational performance of the following service areas; Perioperative Services, Surgical Wards, Womens Health and the Intensive Care Unit.

Job details

About us: The Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service covers a large geographic area with a diverse and growing population. The Health Service provides a wide range of primary care, acute and specialist services. We're committed to improving the health and wellbeing of people in Far North Queensland by providing high quality acute health care services.

About your role: 

Strategy and Operational Planning: 

• Develop annual operating plan for this portfolio to meet the strategic direction of the HHS.
• Ensure robust plans are developed to meet the KPI's related to this role as outlined in the HHS's service level agreement with the Department of Health
• Oversee the development and strategies to ensure disaster preparedness and emergency incident response.

Safety and Quality:

• Actively participate in improvements in patient centred care
• Ensure appropriate policies, training and development, performance measures and risk management processes are in place to deliver excellent in service delivery.
• Ensure a commitment to innovation and research to improve service delivery.

Leadership and Management:

• Lead and manage direct reports to ensure compliance with clinical and corporate governance including legislation, policies and procedures and workplace health and safety.
• Ensure appropriate management and governance systems and strategies are in place to effectively manage and improve service standards, patient/consumer and staff safety, equitable access to services, employee engagement/productivity and organisational risk within legislative/statutory requirements.

Relationships and Engagement:

• Foster and promote an environment of participation and collaboration for service development and improvement across the CHHHS and broader community of stakeholders through consultation with other government departments/agencies, non-government organisations and community groups.
• Actively contribute in high level forums (internal and external) to influence policy and strategic direction.

As a Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service employee, not only will you receive competitive remuneration, you will also have access to:

• Generous superannuation
• Salary packaging
• Annual incremental increases
• Career training and development
• Flexible work arrangements
• Wellness programs

Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) evidence as required for your employment in accordance with legislation/government policy and Directives.

For more information about this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.

Why choose Cairns?

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You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Cairns and Hinterland here: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/cairns_hinterland

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

Applicants are to apply online. If the information requested in the ‘how to apply’ section is not provided, you may not meet the requirements for further consideration of your application.

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• 1. CHHHS Information for Applicants v.20 (PDF, 939KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  Documentation preparation guide (PDF, 229KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  CAH633632 Role Description (PDF, 321KB)
  Role Description