St Stephen's Hospital in Hervey Bay is Australia's first fully integrated digital hospital. With 96 patient beds, the state-of-the-art ‘hospital of the future’ provides vital medical and surgical services to the Fraser Coast and is the first hospital in Australia to showcase the future of how technology can transform the healthcare experience. 

Our Opportunity:

We are currently seeking to appoint an experienced Allied Health Manager to our team in a new full time permanent opportunity!

Leading a multi-disciplinary team, you will strive towards a service that meets and exceeds best practice, evidence based clinical application and ensure your team are encouraged and supported in their own professional development.

An experienced Allied Health professional, you will provide hands-on, critical appraisal and clinical advice for allied health services, and advocate continuous improvement that contributes to safe, compliant and quality work practices.

Your leadership and applied clinical skills will underpin the ongoing success and development of St Stephens Allied Health services in the Fraser Coast region.

About You:

To be considered, you will demonstrate:

• A high level of knowledge, substantial experience and skills in Allied Health management including the ability to successfully meet budget, labour and key performance indicator targets;
• Proven Allied Health leadership, team development and managerial skills in an environment of organisational change in the delivery of Allied Health services;
• Previous experience in the planning, development and implementation of Allied Health services and / or service lines;
• Exceptional level of interpersonal and written communication skills including negotiation, conflict resolution, change management and partnership building;
• Operational Allied Health workforce management knowledge and skills with evidence of involvement in quality assurance and research activities;

While not essential, Private Hospital experience and knowledge of health fund contracts is highly desirable. Post Graduate qualifications in leadership and/ or management would also be advantageous.

About Us:

UnitingCare Health is one of the largest not-for-profit private hospital groups in Queensland and is a service group of UnitingCare Queensland. The hospital group is a major provider of healthcare services in Queensland which operates almost 1000 licensed hospital beds and employs over 4200 people.

Working as part of the UnitingCare Health team at St Stephens you’ll join a values led organisation, focused on putting people at the centre of everything we do.  We actively promote a healthy work life balance, and provide access to a range of benefits including

• Generous salary packaging options which increase your take home pay;
• Exceptional professional development opportunities and exciting career paths in both clinical and leadership streams;
• Flexible working arrangements;
• Free on-site parking and access to staff gym
• Access to internal job opportunities including Blue Care, UnitingCare Community (Lifeline) and ARRCS

To apply for this opportunity, please click on the 'Apply' button below to be taken to our online application process.

Applications Close Sunday, 19th of November 2017.

UnitingCare Health is committed to being a child safe, child friendly organisation for all children who come into contact with our services. It is our expectation that our employees will share in this commitment.  Therefore, employees and successful candidates in specified roles will be required to hold a valid ’Blue Card’ in line with the ’Working with Children Check’ requirements.

Criminal record checks will be conducted for all successful candidates.

Through our values UCQ are proud of our teams diversity, we believe in the strength of a diverse and inclusive workforce to help us achieve the best outcomes for the communities in which we operate and serve. We highly encourage applications from people who identify as a part of the Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Community.