Closes: 18 April 2024 Classification: Senior Officer Grade B Salary: $140,226 - $157,418 plus superannuation Position No: 64843 - 02H6X Directorate: Advertised (Gazettal date): 10 April 2024 Contact Officer: Rachel Backhouse on What can we offer you: City living without the traffic – click here to see why you should live in .Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.Flexible working conditions.11.5% Superannuation.Reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates (subject to review and approval).About the Role:The Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) Policy Lead plays a pivotal role in driving the development and execution of VAD initiatives across the CHS Network. This position involves close collaboration with the ADON VAD Implementation to provide strategic leadership, direction, planning, operational expertise, and policy insights. The primary objective is to provide evidence-based clinical practice and policy expertise to support CHS staff in delivering high-quality patient care and service delivery for VAD, aligning with the impending commencement of VAD legislation in the ACT.This role presents a unique opportunity to contribute significantly to the successful implementation of VAD within the CHS Network, ensuring the highest standards of patient care and service delivery in compliance with legislative requirements.For more information regarding the position click here for the Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination Policy.Notes: This is a temporary position available for 3-6 month with possibility of extension and/or permanency.For more information on this position and how to apply "" Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community-based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the . Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our community Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply. Canberra Hospital Expansion Project – CHS is constructing a new critical services building called 'Building 5' which is a 44,000sqm nine storey building specifically designed to deliver state-of-the-art acute clinical services at the Canberra Hospital. Building 5 is the largest healthcare infrastructure project undertaken in the Territory's history and it represents the largest clinical and operational change program to ever be implemented by Canberra Health Services. Building 5 integrates with a number of existing buildings at the Campus including Building 1 and Building 2, to facilitate a seamless public thoroughfare, patient transportation and back-of-house logistics distribution. North Canberra Hospital - As of 3 July 2023 Calvary Public Hospital Bruce transitioned to CHS and became North Canberra Hospital. The transition will deliver a health system networked under one provider and will provide increased workforce opportunities for staff at both CHS sites. The ACT Government will be building a new northside hospital on the existing hospital campus in Bruce to meet the growing health care needs of our community, with construction to commence mid-decade providing more beds, increased services, and increased career opportunities. #LI-DNI Note This is a temporary position available for 3-6 month with possibility of extension and/or permanency. Career interest categories: Administration and Governance Healthcare, Medical and Allied Services Leaders and Senior Management Nursing Policy, Programs and Projects
