Clinical Governance Officer
Clinical Governance Officer
Support greater patient outcomes through driving excellence in compliance, as part of the RFDS Clinical Governance Team!
Classifications
- Admin / Secretarial / Office Support
- Administration
- Full-time
Key points
- Join a high-performing team who are passionate about what they do!
- Free Airport Parking
- Great work life balance with work from home flexibility!
Description
About us:
The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) is one of the world's largest and most comprehensive aeromedical organisations. The RFDS in Queensland provides excellence in and access to primary health care and aeromedical services across the state. Our emergency retrieval service operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, delivering the finest care to more than 330,000 Australians each year, that’s one person every two minutes! In addition to aeromedical retrievals of the critically ill or injured, the RFDS also delivers a broad range of essential primary and preventative healthcare services, including telehealth, mental health, oral health and health promotion.
As the RFDS soar towards its 100th year of providing the finest care, in the furthest corner, we have a number of innovative initiatives on the horizon. With projects in the pipeline, it’s an exciting time to join the RFDS with many new prospects around the corner!
About the Role:
The Clinical Governance Officer coordinates all activities relating to credentialing and scope of clinical practice for all RFDS Medical Officers, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Dentists, Social Workers, Psychologists and Mental Health Nurses. The Clinical Governance Officer achieves compliance with RFDS credentialing policies through administration and processing of applications, renewals and variances, database and file maintenance, and regular auditing.
This is a full-time opportunity to join our high-performing and passionate Clinical Governance Team on a 6-month contract, with the potential to extend!
Key Duties:
- Coordinate the credentialing committee including liaising with credentialing committee members, preparation of agendas and associated papers, minuting meetings as they occur and the monitoring of action items as outcomes to the meetings
- Liaise with clinicians to complete a smooth credentialing process for RFDS or prospective RFDS clinicians
- Process credentialing applications and variation files via credentialing database C-Gov.
- Screen practitioners' applications and supporting documentation to ascertain their eligibility against RFDS policy, identifying discrepancies in information and conducting follow-ups.
- Process credentialing applications with Queensland Health departments where required.
- Maintain RFDS credentialing online database, C-Gov, and relevant documentation on SharePoint along with the broader clinical governance systems and databases.
- Monitor AHPRA and professional membership expiration and renewals.
- Demonstrated experience with credentialing database C-Gov (highly desirable)
- Demonstrated experience in minute taking for senior level meetings including organisation of meetings start to end and tracking of action items
- Proficiency using Microsoft Office applications particularly Word and Excel
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate and influence effectively with a range of internal and external stakeholders
- Excellent organisational and time management skills with demonstrated ability to establish priorities, manage workloads and identify when to reschedule and reorganise work to reflect changes in priority
- Ability to achieve outcomes autonomously with general supervision as well as within a multidisciplinary team
- Demonstrated ability to quickly learn organisational systems and databases
We value our people, and we are passionate about making a difference for people who live, work and travel in remote, rural, and regional Australia. By joining the Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section), you will have access to the following:
- Work with a great team of people who are passionate about our purpose and proud of their contribution
- Competitive Base Salary + Superannuation
- Access to generous not-for-profit tax-free benefits up to$18, 500
- Free Airport Parking!
- Full Uniform Allocation
- Access to our Employee Assistance Program including counselling, nutrition sessions, financial sessions
- Opportunity to be a part of the iconic Royal Flying Doctor Service team!
Interested?
For further information regarding this role please contact RFDS Talent Acquisition on 07 38527553 or recruitment@rfdsqld.com.au
Applications close on the 8th of April 2024 however; shortlisting will begin before this date. Please do not delay in applying!
Royal Flying Doctor Service acknowledges the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the first inhabitants of the nation and the Traditional Custodians of the land. The RFDS is committed to eliminating all forms of discrimination in the provision of healthcare. We embrace diversity and welcome all people irrespective of faith, ethnicity, sexual orientation or gender identity.
Successful candidates will be subject to a Police Check and may be required to undergo a medical assessment and pre-employment drug and alcohol testing.
