About Avant
Avant is Australia's leading medical defence organisation with a proud heritage of protecting Australian medical professionals for over 130 years.
Avant now represents 85,000 health practitioners and medical students across every state and territory, delivering market leading products and services to meet their professional, personal and practice needs. Building on this heritage, our vision is to be the most trusted professional partner in supporting doctors throughout their lives and careers.
As a mutual organisation, owned by members and run purely for their benefit, our members are at the centre of all we do. As well as providing products and services to our member, we play a broader community role by advocating for improvements in the healthcare system and in quality, safety and professionalism in medicine, through delivering education and research activities.
About the role:
Our Risk Advisory Service provides tailored risk management advice and education to doctors who are Avant members, as well as internal stakeholders and the broader medical community.
We are seeking a Risk Adviser to join our Sydney team on a 12 month max term contract.
This unique role will see you delivering our Risk Advisory Service through practitioner risk assessments, practice risk assessments, educational content, proactive measures to reduce claims and attending at events.
If you have previous nursing or GP practice management experience and looking for a change - this could be the ideal opportunity to broaden your experience and skills in a corporate insurance environment.
The key responsibilities include:
Delivery of risk advisory services to our members to improve the quality, safety and professionalism of medical practice
Develop and present medico-legal risk management content at events
Represent Avant in a manner consistent with Avant's member engagement values
Help build efficiency of risk advisory services process and align with Avant priorities
Engage with internal stakeholders to identify areas of risk and develop strategies to reduce potential claims exposure
Proactively engaging with Medical Professionals and Practices to highlight areas of concern and implement strategies to mitigate potential risks.
Skills and experience required:
Tertiary qualification in a health-related field
Extensive experience as a Practice Manager, Nursing or Health Management in a tertiary hospital setting
Previous demonstrated experience working in a clinical, practice or other healthcare environment
Previous exposure to evaluating and managing clinical quality and safety
Understanding of risk assurance principles
Excellent communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal
Strong relationship management and influencing skills
Understanding of current health legislation and ability to work proactively with doctors, societies and practices to understand risks
Please note: Avant Mutual is a vaccinated employer. Prior to the commencement of your employment by Avant, you are required to be fully vaccinated against the Covid-19 virus or have a medical certificate stating that you cannot receive a Covid-19 vaccination for valid medical reasons.
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