Regional Manager Job at HammondCare (Canberra)

Job Description

A rewarding opportunity to be involved in an Advisory Care & Partnerships initiative looking to support people living with dementia who are transitioning from hospital settings back to their homes or into residential care. The Hospital to Aged Care Dementia Support Program has been running for 6 months and is at a key time point as it business as usual. Delivered in 11 Jurisdictions in Australia across every State and Territory, the Regional Manager supports a National multidisciplinary team. This role plays a role in the conduit between national policy and implementation intersecting the acute and aged care sectors to improve the transition experience out of hospital.

Job Responsibility

Provide professional, capable and aligned leadership for the DSA service utilising HammondCare’s Mission and Mission In Action
Establish and maintain clinical supervision, governance and behaviour management systems as part of a national team, with a local and borderless service delivery ethos
Significant stakeholder engagement during start up and ongoing with key stakeholders in State Government, the aged care sector and acute care sector leadership teams to provide details on the program, ensuring smooth partnerships for service delivery, problem solving as needed and ongoing engagement during program delivery
Ensure the service meets its administrative, financial, risk and quality and reporting goals of the DSA program through a team-based approach
Supporting state based Team Leaders to manage stakeholder engagement at the service level through local management in aged care and hospital settings
Support the National Program Manager, Team Leaders and Clinical Lead to develop strategic plans for each State and be part of the solution to continuous improvement of service delivery
Manage and motivate the service delivery team and ensure they are service and missionally aligned
Leadership on the utilisation of data management and reporting systems and ICT platforms to support and enhance service delivery
Provide high levels of service quality through clinical supervision, governance and behaviour management role modelling
Support the National Management structure to provide line management and clinical governance to DSA

Requirements

Commitment to engage and align with HammondCare’s Christian Mission, Motivation and Mission in Action
Tertiary qualifications in Nursing / Allied Health or a Health-related degree
Eligibility for registration as a Health Practitioner in Australia (AHPRA), or appropriate to qualification
Previous experience working at a senior level in a multi-disciplinary or multi-site environment including budgeting skills, systems thinking, IT systems experience
Strong ability to manage, motivate and develop a team and effectively work with other staff
Strong negotiation and conflict resolution skills
High level communication and interpersonal skills, particularly between industry and government
Strong planning and organising skills with the ability to prioritise tasks to meet deadlines
Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail
Good customer management skills for delivery of services to HammondCare and external customers
Strong administrative and computer skills
Ability to work independently and as part of a team
Empathy and patience

Nice to have

Desirable evidence of study and or qualifications in dementia
Desirable demonstrated high level experience and knowledge in supporting older people and carers living with dementia, with particular emphasis on psycho-social approaches to case management

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