• Technical leadership role focusing on improving health in regional and remote areas of Tasmania
• Permanent Full-time position
• Competitive salary ($100,000 - $105,000) + super + not-for-profit salary packaging option
• Hobart location preferred (Launceston or Ulverstone by negotiation)

About the opportunity

Join our Partnership and Integration team if you're passionate about improving healthcare systems and working with different partners. We focus on understanding health policies, improving system factors, and enhancing population health. We use diverse skills to create innovative solutions and aim to strengthen service coordination for an effective healthcare system.

In this newly created position, you'll be part of a fast-paced, collaborative, and motivated team focused on strategic health reform, testing new integrated care models, and making a real difference in local communities. Plus, you'll have the opportunity to travel across Tasmania, and enjoy a culture of continuous improvement.

What you would be doing

Working closely with Manager – Partnership and Integration your focus will be working with prioritised local communities and co-designing tailored interventions that address specific local needs and conditions. This will include:

• Management and coordination of local projects
• Consulting with local providers and consumers
• Forming working groups
• Developing multidisciplinary models of care specific to local needs that are sustainable in primary health
• Coordinating the development of statewide primary health workforce strategies to address current shortages

Here's what you’ll look like

Ideally your skills and experience may include:

• Regional planning – leadership and/or participation in system level activity or whole-of-system frameworks
• Stakeholder engagement – proven success in improving approaches to appropriate community level planning and engagement (e.g. place-based approaches)
• Innovation – demonstrated leadership in creativity and innovation, including the ability to effectively and efficiently test how evidence-informed models and strategies may be applied for improved integration of care in health or related systems
• You’ll be a culture champion – understanding that every day, you play an important part of what makes Primary Health Tasmania a great place to work

Benefits of working with us

• Salary packaging up to $15,900 – less tax means more take home pay
• Up to $2,650 of pre-tax income can be used to pay for entertainment expenses (meals, holiday accommodation etc.)
• Hybrid working option – blend of working from the office and home-based office (after 6 months of employment)
• Discounted private health insurance
• Generous leave and family care benefits, such as; additional 5 days of paid Carer’s Leave per year, paid Parental Leave, 3 days of paid leave between Christmas and New Year
• Friendly and inclusive workplace culture which embraces the diversity of its people

Here’s some information about us

We are a not-for-profit organisation funded by the Australian Government to connect care and keep Tasmanians well and out of hospital. We are one of 31 Primary Health Networks (PHNs) in Australia and operate statewide with offices in Hobart, Launceston and Ulverstone. Our people and our values are an important part of what makes Primary Health Tasmania a great place to work. Everything we do is underpinned by our core values – respect, collaboration, results and professionalism.

How to apply

If you demonstrate an incredible work ethic and have a strong desire to make your mark in a dynamic workplace environment, we want to hear from you.

To apply, please submit a current resume and a cover letter describing your motivation for applying and how your unique skills, experience and values align with the requirements of the role as outlined in the Position Description found on our website: here.

To learn more about this opportunity please contact Nathan Jilich, Manager – Partnership and Integration on phone 03 6215 8514.

A position description is attached.

Please note: We may commence interviews prior to this date and close the vacancy early if the right candidate is found, so, please apply as soon as possible.   

Diversity Statement

We welcome and encourage applications from people across our diverse community, especially from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants. We recognise the richness that diversity brings to our workplace and believe everyone has the right to feel safe, respected, valued and heard regardless of their ages, nationalities, abilities, religions, genders, sexualities and cultural identities.

Primary Health Network Program – an Australian Government initiative