You will be assessed on your ability to demonstrate the Metro North Values and their corresponding Lominger™ competencies within the context of the “Key Accountabilities”. The ideal applicant will be able to demonstrate the following:

• Respect – demonstrates interpersonal savvy, manages conflict appropriately, communicates effectively and balances the needs of all stakeholders with utmost respect to all people at all times.
• Teamwork – collaborates effectively, develops talent, values differences and builds effective teams to bring about best use of resources to deliver healthcare services.
• Compassion – is patient / client focussed, demonstrates self-awareness and the effects of behaviour on others, deals with or manages ambiguity and complexity, demonstrates resilience in the delivery of patient services or support in the delivery of services to patients.
• High Performance – cultivates innovation, is action oriented, drives results and supports Metro North Health’s vision and purpose to exceed expectations of our patients and stakeholders.
• Integrity – demonstrates sound decision quality, ensures accountability, demonstrates courage in the face of adversity and works effectively / manages complexity to ensure work output and decisions are ethical and invariably of a high standard.

More detail on the Metro North Values can be found below 9. Role Description with further information on the health service.

This successful applicant will carry out the following Key Accountabilities in accordance with the Metro North values and the corresponding Lominger™ competencies as detailed in 1. Selection Criteria

Clinical Directors of Departments are expected to demonstrate leadership qualities and have a significant role in managing and planning within their service lines and departments, and to provide a leadership role model for other staff.

Responsibilities - Redcliffe

• Provide professional leadership of the Orthopaedic Department at Redcliffe Hospital.
• Along with the Deputy Directors of Orthopaedics, review and refine current services at Redcliffe Hospital to align with Caboolture requirements and develop new models of care required for the Redcliffe Hospital Expansion project.
• Work strategically with other medical professionals, allied health and other professional groups to deliver multidisciplinary care for relevant patient cohorts.
• Support and foster innovation and development of contemporary models of care.
• Collaborate with surgical leadership at STARS to optimise flow of medical workforce and patients.
• Take a lead role in managing medical workforce within the Orthopaedic department including recruitment, leave management and rostering.
• Manage clinical governance and patient safety with the Orthopaedic Departments, ensuring that incidents, complaints and patient safety activities are actioned and that learning from previous incidents is shared widely.
• Undertake annual performance review, personal development planning and job planning for your Senior Medical Team.
• Work collaboratively with the Medical Director Surgical Service Line to manage resources and budget for your clinical area.
• Promote a research-driven culture and actively support research and education initiatives and promote these across all disciplines. Specifically foster the translation of evidence-based research data and recommendations to support decision making and workforce capacity building.
• Be a champion for change, addressing natural resistance in a constructive manner.
• Promote an education culture through active performance assessment and development practices through all departments for SMO's and RMO's including continuing professional development (CPD).
• Ensure that requirements for orthopaedic registrar training accreditation are monitored, supported and actioned as required.
• Work collaboratively with Facility, Stream leadership and peer Service Lines across the Hospital and Health Service to ensure harmonious and collaborative processes to ensure seamless patient care.
• Represent the Orthopaedic department at relevant meetings or delegate appropriately to ensure engaged and collaborative orthopaedic department participation.

Responsibilities - Caboolture

• Work closely with the Executive team and Service Line Directors at Redcliffe and Caboolture Hospitals to provide strategic leadership for the design and implementation of a new Orthopaedic service at Caboolture Hospital
• Work collaboratively with the Caboolture Orthopaedic project implementation officer to deliver an effective, patient centred, contemporary orthopaedic service at Caboolture Hospital
• Provide professional Leadership at Caboolture Hospital in respect of clinical care, workforce management, financial considerations and Safety & Quality commensurate with the phase of implementation of the new department.

- Ongoing General and/or a relevant Specialist registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency as a Medical Practitioner which is supported by

• A medical degree from a registered tertiary institution acceptable by AHPRA for registration in Australia.
• Fellowship or membership of the appropriate College or Association within Australia as recognised by the Australian Medical Council (AMC) for the maintenance of Specialist Registration.

- All such Qualifications should be submitted to AHPRA for inclusion on their website in which case, this will provide evidence of qualification. Copies of the required information must also be provided in sufficient time to enable the awarding of Scope of Clinical Practice (SoCP) prior to the commencement date.
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​- The successful applicant must hold and maintain appropriate Scope of Clinical Practice (SoCP) relevant to the role, awarded by a Metro North Health Credentialing and SoCP delegate.

• Information presented for this application may be presented to the Credentialing and SoCP Committee.
• All appointments are subject to maintenance of SoCP.
• SoCP is further limited by the Clinical Services Capability Framework (CSCF) for the facilities in which clinical work is to be undertaken.
• This process must be completed prior to commencement.

Other conditions of employment listed in 8. Employment Terms & Conditions

• This role reports directly to the Medical Director Surgical Service Line, Redcliffe Hospital for compliance with hospital policy and procedures, for general behaviour and standards, practice and care as per the organisational chart in the role description.
• This role has professional reporting lines to both the Director Medical Services, Redcliffe Hospital and the Director Medical Services, Caboolture Hospital.
• This role will work directly with affiliated professions/positions across RedH/CabH that do not report to this role e.g. nursing/allied health/finance.
• The role has direct financial and human resource delegations in accordance with Metro North Health Financial Sub-Delegations Manual and Human Resource Sub-Delegations Manual.

Metro North HHS annual budget $3.22 billion

To be discussed with the Principal Consultant

• Opportunity to step into a newly created role in a major metro hospital.
• Leadership of a large, complex organisation in a matrix management environment that will require a highly skilled system leader.
• Play a pivotal role in the design and implementation of a new service at Caboolture.
• Leading and embedding this cultural expectation will require dedicated and exemplary efforts, both individually as well as collectively and collaboratively as part of the executive and wider organisation.

Service Locations: Redcliffe and Caboolture

Classification: Senior Medical Officer (SMO) Level L25-L27 or L18-L24.

After Hours and On-Call Requirements

The Department of Orthopaedics has an on-call roster with a recall requirement of 60 minutes and all Senior Doctors are expected to contribute to the roster which is developed by the Clinical Director or delegate. This roster may include the requirement to contribute to on call and after-hours work. This may include management of patients referred from other facilities as required.

If requested, on-site accommodation may be provided for call. As per Policy C51 an additional fifth week’s leave (above the standard 4 weeks) is provided in compensation for being available on public holidays.

Rosters

The medical officer will perform the duties in accordance with working arrangements set out in the medical officer's work roster as agreed from time to time with the Medical Director in accordance with operational requirements - as outlined in appropriate Award and Certified Agreement provisions.

It is a requirement that the medical officer will fairly and equitably take part in rosters over holiday periods to ensure adequate clinical care is provided to patients as agreed with the Medical Director Surgical Service Line.

Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) Requirements (Health Employment Directive No. 01/16)

It is a condition of employment for this role for the employee to be, and remain, vaccinated against the following vaccine preventable diseases during their employment:

• Measles
• Mumps
• Rubella
• Varicella (chicken pox)
• Pertussis (whooping cough)
• Hepatitis B

Further vaccinations may be required due to particular risks for a role; examples include:

• Hepatitis A – Workers in regular contact with untreated sewerage
• Q Fever – Research or Laboratory staff regularly handling specimens

All new employees who will be working in clinical areas must be assessed for their risk of tuberculosis and screening undertaken if required.

Declaration of outside practice: Given the extensive nature of the duties for this position, it is incumbent on the Service to understand exactly what other duties you may have. As such, notification of all other medical officer engagements is required, whether as an employee, contractor or business owner, including nature of engagement, location, working times and duration.

Disclosure of Serious Disciplinary History: Under the Public Sector Act 2022, applicants are required to disclose any previous serious disciplinary action taken against them.

Additional Information

• Health Care Workers in Queensland Health whose occupation poses a potential risk of exposure to blood or body fluids must be immunised against Hepatitis B according to the National Health and Medical Research Council Australian Immunisation Handbook and the Queensland Health Infection Control Guidelines.
• Pre-employment screening, including criminal history and discipline history checks, may be undertaken on persons recommended for employment. Roles providing health, counselling and support services mainly to children will require a Blue Card, unless otherwise exempt. Roles providing services to National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) participants require an NDIS worker screening check.
• Applicants will be required to give a statement of their employment as a lobbyist within one (1) month of taking up the appointment. Details are available at: https://www.forgov.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0033/185919/lobbyist-disclosure-policy_0.pdf
• Employees who are appointed to Queensland Health may be required to undertake a period of probation appropriate to the appointment. For further information, refer to Probation HR Policy B2 https://www.health.qld.gov.au/system-governance/policies-standards/doh-policy/policy/qh-pol-197.pdf
• All relevant health professionals, who in the course of their duties formulate a reasonable suspicion that a child or youth has been abused or neglected in their home/community environment, have a legislative and a duty of care obligation to immediately report such concerns to Child Safety Services, Department of Communities.

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