About the role

The DMA provides specialist professional medical administration leadership, support, co-ordination and direction across the hospital, with particular focussed responsibilities in clinical and operational governance of several key areas: medical/clinical services generally as well as medical workforce and medical education. Key outputs include the delivery of high-level leadership and management advice across priority action areas including managing the complex industrial and professional relationships of the hospital with doctors and coordination of professional medical aspects. The DMA deputises for the DMS as and when required.

About you

You will be assessed on your ability to demonstrate the following values within the context of the “Key Accountabilities”. The ideal applicant will be able to demonstrate the following:

• 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
• Professional Capability
• Professional standards: creates and sustains professional standards of excellence in service delivery and patient care.
• Drive for results: A strong commitment to making service performance improvements within the Program and a determination to achieve positive service outcomes for users.
• Leadership Capability
• Self-awareness: knowing your own strengths and limitations and understanding your own emotions and the impact of your behaviour on others in diverse situations.
• Holding to account: the strength of resolve to hold others to account for agreed targets and to be held accountable for delivering a high level of service.
• Effective and strategic influencing: being able and prepared to adopt a number of ways to gain support and influence diverse parties, with the aim of securing health improvements.
• Management Capability
• Communication: adopt appropriate strategies to gain support and influence others; communicate effectively in the public domain and with senior boards and external stakeholders.
• Business planning: create strategic plans that meet Program, hospital and whole of government priorities and position the organisation to meet future challenges.
• Financial management: develop, interpret, monitor and analyse trend data within the Program utilising organisational financial and establishment reports; forecast, monitor and manage Program revenue and expenditure; and participate in developing strategic procurement plans for the Program.
• Research Capability
• Research culture: creates and sustains a culture of world class research and innovation
• Collaborative research: creates an environment which supports integrated research across professional disciplines.

Benefits when working for us

• Rewarding career and development opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas
• Value driven organisation which provides a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance
• Flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases
• Benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75% and access to salary packaging

Be part of a world-class, dynamic and growing health service that embraces technology and innovation, excellence in healthcare, quality teaching and cutting edge research. Metro North Health is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace for all employees. We offer unique and rewarding professional development opportunities in a safe and flexible work environment with a focus on putting our people first. You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Metro North here: https://metronorth.health.qld.gov.au/careers ( https://metronorth.health.qld.gov.au/careers )

Job ad reference number: PCH559734
Close date: 10/05/24

Find out about the role in more detail and how to apply in the attached Role Description.

APPLICATIONS RECEIVED VIA THIRD PARTIES (RECRUITMENT AGENCIES ETC.) WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED