Surgical Services Project Officer

Job Description:

• Fitzroy location
• Ongoing training and development opportunities
• Full time 12 months fixed term, 0.8 FTE considered.

About the Role

St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne aims to reduce the Elective Surgery Length of Stay by 2% over the next 12 months. To achieve this, the Surgical Services have identified several priority areas for improvement.

The Project Lead will play a pivotal role in driving and delivering these improvements across Surgical Services. They will lead key projects, including:

• Orthopaedic Arthroplasty Length of Stay Optimisation
• Implementation and Expansion of Criteria-Led Discharge
• Reduction of Colorectal Length of Stay

In addition to these focus areas, the Project Lead will identify and pursue other opportunities to enhance surgical service delivery, optimise patient flow, and contribute to improved patient outcomes, aligning with the hospital’s broader continuous improvement goals.

• Utilise improvement methodologies to drive and deliver high priority projects in partnership with the Inpatient Surgical Services Operations Manager, Nurse Unit Managers, Heads of Unit and clinicians.
• Build relationships and communicate with a broad range of internal stakeholders to secure ongoing engagement.
• Collect, collate and draw insights from qualitative and quantitative data for sharing with project teams.
• Track and manage high-level project risks, timelines, deliverables +/- budget (where applicable).
• Prepare and facilitate project meetings and internal reports.
• Participate in external project commitments with Department of Health, Safer Care Victoria and other stakeholders, including reporting.

Classification Range:

• ANUM
• NUM
• Clinical Nurse Consultant
• Allied Health Grade 2 - 4

Your Contribution

• Undergraduate qualification as a health professional or within another relevant field.
• Intermediate demonstrated experience in process/continuous improvement/project management.
• Intermediate qualitative and quantitative analysis skills.
• Experience with root cause analysis tools such as process mapping, fishbone and 5 Why.
• Proficiency in Office 365 including SharePoint, Teams, Planner, Forms, Outlook, PowerBI, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio.
• Ability to engage effectively with stakeholders at all levels.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• A valid Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check, or willing to obtain

Other non-essential requirements include:

• Clinical Experience and understanding of elective surgery pathways.
• Post-graduate qualification in healthcare, improvement, business or analytics.
• Formal training in quality management, project management, process improvement or equivalent such as Lean Six Sigma.

What We Offer

• A focus on wellbeing initiatives, with regular events and programs
• Confidential, solutions-focused employee counselling
• A healthy work/life balance encouraged. Full time employment comes with a monthly Accrued Day Off (additional day off per month!)
• Ability to join Fitness Passport - Your pass to an extensive choice of fitness facilities
• Salary Packaging – Increase your take home pay!
• In the heart of Fitzroy, CBD at our doorstep, close to some of Melbourne’s best cafes, public transport and lots of carparks
• Discounts and Promotions always available through our Foundation
• Regular opportunities for professional development to assist you to reach your career goals
• Flexible Working Arrangements
• Culture of continuous improvement

About the Surgical Services Team
The Surgical Services Project Officer will be located at the main campus of St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne in Fitzroy. They will have dual reporting to Surgical Services and Continuous Improvement. The primary workspace will be with the Continuous Improvement team which provides specialist improvement capability to the organisation to lead and drive improvement. This team works from a non-clinical space with other support departments such as Quality and Patient Safety, Infection Prevention and Control, Decision Support Unit and Finance. However, the Surgical Services Project Officer will regularly visit clinical spaces within walking distance at the main campus in Fitzroy and at St. Vincent’s Hospital on the Park in East Melbourne and is likely to work from these locations at times. They are setup to work in a mobile fashion as the needs of the organisation require. Remote working is supported on days where an on-site presence is not required to progress work.

Working at St Vincent’s
St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is a leading teaching, research and tertiary health service. SVHM provides a diverse range of adult clinical services and is driven by values of Compassion, Justice, Integrity and Excellence.

Application

• Please attach your resume and cover letter to your application.
• To request a copy of the Position Description, please contact TalentHealthVIC@svhm.org.au and include the JR Number

Please direct any queries related to the role to John.Groves@svha.org.au

Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced.

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities. Inclusion is essential to our mission and diversity reflects the community we serve.

Please visit our website, for further information regarding our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment at SVHM

SVHA has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases in healthcare settings. You may therefore be required to undergo mandatory immunisations/vaccinations (including flu vaccinations).
 

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Reconciliation Action Plan:

At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

For further information, visit https://www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation or get in contact at indigenouscareers@svha.org.au

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