Health Service Manager

This position qualifies for a Recruitment Incentive Package up to the value of $10,000 (pro-rata part-time/temporary positions less than 18 months), and a reoccurring Annual Retention Bonus valued up to $10,000 (pro-rata part time), under the NSW Health Rural Health Workforce Incentive Scheme.
This scheme recognises the role key health workers play in enabling the delivery of rural and remote health services and aims to provide incentives over and above award entitlements, to attract and retain staff in these areas.
To recognise ongoing service in this role, once the successful candidate has served a qualifying period, they will become entitled to a reoccurring Annual Retention Bonus valued up to $10,000 (as taxable income).
For more information, please discuss incentive options with the contact person for this role.

• Are you an experienced clinician or have a background in Primary Health Nursing with strong people management experience and ready to make your next career move?
• We are looking for a flexible and agile leader to work across two remote communities working closely with the Royal Flying Doctor Service and Aboriginal organisation Maari Ma
• Key to your success, will be your strong leadership and team culture development coupled by your ability to grow capability in your team to improve the patient experience in the rural communities we serve.
• The Wilcannia Multi-Purpose Service (MPS) has a 24-hour 2 bed emergency department and 8 residential aged care beds
• White Cliffs operates as a Primary Health Clinic within hours emergency service and emergency services after hours on call

What you will be doing

We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Health Service Manager to lead and grow our Wilcannia MPS and White Cliff Remote Health teams. You are a change enabler and culture champion, with exceptional clinician skills that thrives being hands on working on the floor sharing best practice, whilst being responsible for all resources including people, facility management and community relationships. 

You will be empathic, flexible, and adaptable and a good listener.  Your role will involve integrating into the community whilst maintaining healthy professional and personal boundaries.  You will be proactive, have recent experience in emergency medicine including triage, and be comfortable working in a remote location where you are the most senior clinician available.

Some of your responsibilities include but are not limited too:

• Provide safe patient care to a 24/7 MPC across Wilcannia and White Cliffs
• You will be the face and ambassador representing FWHLD where you will grow your community connections including schools and NGO’s
• Triage experience and recent emergency department experience
• Auditing, compliance and training
• Being on call and travel is required as part of this role

What we offer

• Rural Incentive applies to this role
• 12 paid ADO’s per year
• Salary packaging (pay less tax) and enjoy up to $9k for living expenses + $2.6k meal & entertainment + relocation packaging that may be available to you + Remote Housing Benefit
• Novated leasing
• Isolation & climate allowance
• Professional development through frequent online and face-to-face learning opportunities

About the Far West LHD

The Far West Local Health District is one of 15 LHDs under NSW Health, providing high quality public health services to the communities in far west NSW. Our vision is to create excellence in rural and remote healthcare.

Key to our success of course, is our people. Our workforce is inclusive and diverse. We employ well over 800 clinicians and support staff across our 9 health facilities in Broken Hill, Balranald, Dareton, Ivanhoe, Menindee, Tibooburra, Wentworth, White Cliffs and Wilcannia.

In the Far West LHD, we are working together to make a real difference to the health outcomes for our communities. We encourage you to consider joining our friendly team for a meaningful and rewarding career in rural and remote healthcare.