Executive Officer - Division of Surgery
Full-time Temporary
Closes: 07 July 2024
Classification: Senior Officer Grade C
Salary: $121,389 - $130,392 plus superannuation
Position No: 23879 - 02IGG
Directorate: Canberra Health Services
Advertised (Gazettal date): 21 June 2024
Contact Officer: Tonia Sydney on
Tonia.Sydney@act.gov.au
or
(02) 5124 7061
What can we offer you:
- City living without the traffic – click here to see why you should live in Canberra.
- 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 Division of Surgery is responsible for delivering inpatient and outpatient surgical services to the community within the ACT and surrounding region. The Division includes Surgical Bookings and Pre-Admission Clinic, Anaesthesia, Pain Management Unit, Operating Theatres, Post-Anaesthetic Care Unit, Day Surgery Unit and Admissions / Extended Day Surgery Unit, Intensive Care Unit, Capital Region Retrieval Service, ACT Trauma Service, specialist surgical ward areas, medical and nursing outpatient services, and the Trauma and Orthopaedic Research Unit.
Reporting to the Director of Operations, the Executive Officer provides high level support and coordination to deliver the objectives and priorities of the Division. This role is responsible for the coordination and preparation of government business including briefings and correspondence, internal minutes, cabinet submissions and assembly material, and divisional business and projects.
To be successful you will be confident in a fast-paced work environment, be adaptive and responsive, with the ability to quickly acquire knowledge and understanding of situations and subject matter and cultivate productive working relationships with a range of stakeholders.
For more information regarding the position click here for the Position Description.
Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:
- Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
Note: This is temporary position available for six months with possibility of extension.
For more information on this position and how to apply “click here”
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 CHS website.
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.
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Career interest categories:
Healthcare, Medical and Allied Services