Team Leader - Care in the Right Setting, Queensland Health

Job Description

Mackay Hospital and Health Service provides health services in a range of regional, community and rural settings. Join an expanding Health Service with a culture of collaboration, trust, respect and teamwork. Our workplace is fast-paced, challenging and supportive, where every employee plays a critical role in our success. Working for Mackay Hospital and Health Service whether in regional, rural and remote will give you unique opportunities that you won’t experience in any metropolitan hospital. The Care in the Right Setting team at the Mackay Base Hospital is seeking applications for a Team Leader to join their team on a temporary basis. Your opportunity To provide leadership, management and direction to various administrative staff within the Care in the Right Setting service, ensuring the delivery of such services in a professional and proficient manner whilst ensuring that operational effectiveness is maintained. About the Team The Care in the Right Setting service focuses on ensuring that our patients receive the right care, in the right setting to improve patient experience and outcomes. This service encompasses Hospital in the Home and Virtual Ward – hospital substitution services with the expressed aim to provide medical, nursing and allied health care to patients in their home environment. Hospital in the Home and Virtual ward utilise remote patient monitoring (digital platform) in a hybrid outreach / Remote Patient Monitoring model of care. Without these services eligible patients would otherwise be admitted to hospital for monitoring/treatment in a traditional inpatient bed. Other services in Care in the Right Setting include Interim Care Beds and the Watchhouse Model of Care in addition to our Geriatric Evaluation Management/Rehabilitation – Hospital in the Home, Geriatric Emergency Department Intervention service and Residential Aged Care Facility acute care Support Service which aim to improve outcomes for our older patients through concentrated processes to enhance older persons care in Residential Aged Care Facilities and the Emergency Department, support to Residential Aged Care Facilities improved continuity of care for older patients' post-discharge. About our Hospital and Health Service Mackay Hospital and Health Service has 6 hospitals, 2 multi-purpose health services and 4 community health centres that employ more than 3,700 staff. The district covers an area of approximately 90,000km2 and provides services to patients and their families in Bowen, Cannonvale, Clermont, Collinsville, Dysart, Glenden, Mackay, Middlemount, Moranbah, Proserpine and Sarina. Some of our great benefits on offer Competitive wages, salary packaging and leave entitlements Flexible working arrangements Education opportunities, Study and Research Paid parental leave Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Discounted Private Health Insurance Fitness Passport 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 and supply the requested documentation by attaching to their online application. Applications remain current for 12 months (permanent roles) or for the duration of the vacancy (temporary roles). #J-18808-Ljbffr