Director Paediatric Infant Perinatal Emergency Retrieval service (PIPER)

The Hospital:

The Royal Children’s Hospital’s (RCH) Vision is “A world where all kids thrive”.

RCH is a cornerstone member of the Melbourne Children’s Campus, partnering with Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics and The Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation.

RCH has cared for the children and young people of Victoria for more than 150 years since it was founded in 1870. A full range of paediatrics and adolescent health services are provided plus tertiary and quaternary care for the most critically ill and medically complex patients in Victoria, Tasmania, southern NSW and other states around Australia and overseas. The Hospital has more than 6,000 staff, a budget of $850M, 12 wards and 350 beds. Annually, the RCH has 300,000+ Specialist Clinic appointments, 90,000+ Emergency Department presentations and 20,000 elective surgeries.

The RCH is committed to the Child Safe Standards. 

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact.

For further Information on RCH is available here.

About the Role:

This position is fixed term for 3 years at up to 1.0 FTE within the PIPER service.

You will be responsible for the overall leadership for the Paediatric Infant Perinatal Emergency Retrieval (PIPER) service in line with RCH wide vision and strategy. You will be responsible to the Chief of Critical Care for the overall leadership, and the strategic and operational performance of PIPER, as determined by key performance indicators - local, hospital-wide and statewide. You will ensure PIPER consistently provides the highest quality care, education and research, whilst maintaining a sound and sustainable financial position, strong staff engagement and support, plus effective relationships with health services across Victoria, the community, and consumers of care.

What You’ll Achieve:

• Manage a multidisciplinary team, ensuring that RCH policies and procedures and statewide requirements are appropriately adhered to.
• Set the direction of the Paediatric Infant Perinatal Emergency Retrieval (PIPER) in clinical care, education, research and quality in line with the hospital’s strategic direction and priorities, and DoH requirements.
• Identify, build and maintain strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including DoH, Regional and Metropolitan hospitals and Ambulance Victoria.
• Lead the educational activities of PIPER to facilitate a learning environment.
• Promote and facilitate good quality original research and quality improvement initiatives in PIPER, including building and supporting relevant internal and external research collaborations.
• Lead PIPER in the development of the Electronic medical record.
• Develop and manage the PIPER budget and establishment EFT to ensure PIPER activity is within budget.
• Effectively manage rosters, leave, performance management, overtime and recall.
   

Classification for this position will be in accordance with relevant Enterprise Agreement as per professional discipline.

Your Skills and Experience:

This role is open to clinical and non-clinical applicants.

For Senior Medical Staff applicants

• Eligible for full specialist registration with the Medical Practitioners Board of Australia.
• Fellowship with a relevant College.

For non-Senior Medical Staff applicants

Management and leadership qualifications appropriate for the role
 

For All Applicants:

• Experience in a major public teaching hospital or similar health service provider preferably at department/director level with demonstrated experience of leading a department and/or large group of professionals.
• A higher research or management degree.

If this sounds like you, click here to view the position description.

About the Department:

PIPER is a state-wide service providing retrieval of critically unwell patients from Victoria, Northern Tasmania, and Southern New South Wales. PIPER receives over 6000 emergency referrals per year.  It’s role and contact number are well known in every Victorian health service that cares for babies, children, and pregnant women.  PIPER is accessed through a single point of entry and services three distinct patient populations – children, newborns, and high-risk pregnant women. While it is best recognised for its retrieval services, PIPER also provides an emergency consultation service, accounting for 25% of its referral activity.

What we Offer:

• Early Learning Centre childcare
• Parkville location and close to public transport
• Discounted on-site car parking
• Culture of continuous improvement

Other Requirements:

• Current National Criminal Record Check, or willing to obtain
• Valid Working with Children Check
• Compliance with RCHs “Staff Immunisation - Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases” procedure

Application Process:

To apply, you will need a resume and a tailored cover letter outlining your skills, experience, and suitability for the position in line with the requirements of the position description.

For Senior Medical Staff applicants only*

You must attach certified credentials (AHRA specialist registration, copy of Medical Degree, copy of Fellowship with a relevant College and Indemnity) and a completed “SMS Application for Appointment Form” into their respective attachment field in the system when you are completing your application.

For all non-Senior Medical Staff applicants only*

You must upload certified credentials (copy of Qualifications and (only if applicable) AHPRA registration or copy of your membership in Victoria of an appropriate Professional Body) and a completed “Application for appointment - Non-Senior Medical Staff form’ which can be accessed in this link. You must attach all those documents into the SMS Application for Appointment attachment field in the system when you are completing your application. Please note you don’t have to upload anything else into the other attachment fields available.

Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately, we encourage you to apply promptly!

For more information about this position please contact Ed Oakley, Chief of Critical Care – ed.oakley@rch.org.au or 0408332583.

Why work at the RCH?

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact. We offer the opportunity to work in world-class facilities, surrounded by Royal Park and only a short tram trip from the heart of Melbourne city.

We also offer discounted staff parking, salary packaging, and an award-winning health and wellbeing program.

The RCH is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse background, all members of the LGBTQI community and people with disability.

It is a requirement of your employment that you be fully vaccinated against Covid-19, and Influenza annually for Category A and B roles, in compliance with any public health orders in place at the relevant time, unless you have a medical exception in line with those public health orders, which has been accepted by The Royal Children’s Hospital.  Applicants will be required to provide their Australian Government Immunisation History Statement, it is a requirement of the RCH to collect, record and hold vaccination information.

It is also a requirement of your employment that you comply with any direction given by The Royal Children’s Hospital that you be vaccinated against, or prove immunity to, any other disease, unless you have a relevant exemption

Are you ready to join our team? 

 Apply online by clicking on the “Apply” button

Applications close 23 September 2024