Practice Lead – AOD Outreach

• Full-Time, Ongoing
• Work for a multi-award-winning iconic community health organisation
• Generous salary packaging options to reduce your cohealth taxable income

So why cohealth?
cohealth leads the way in reducing health and social inequity in partnership with people and the communities in which they live. Named Premier's Health Service of the Year (Primary) and the Supporting LGBTIQ+ Health Service at the Victorian Public Healthcare Awards, cohealth's 1000 staff demonstrate courage, leadership, innovation, and agility in their commitment to providing inclusive and culturally safe health services that protect the human rights of all people of all gender identities, sexualities, ages, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, faiths, and abilities.

Our inclusive workplace culture enables staff to bring their whole selves to work, where uniqueness is valued, and people experience a feeling of belonging. Our aim is for everyone to thrive in their role. Please click here to find out more.

About the role

This position sits within the Alcohol & Other Drug (AOD) Outreach Cluster which delivers value-based care through codesign and by developing the capacity and capability for teams to work to the top of their scope of practice and in self-organising ways.

The Practice Excellence Coach is responsible for the clinical governance and quality leadership of the AOD Outreach teams ensuring staff are supported to deliver harm reduction programs which are evidence based and client centred.

This position works at cohealth sites and may include going on outreach to support staff performance.

Please refer to the Position Description for more information.

Your duties include:

• Provide clinical governance and leadership to support continuous improvement, innovation, and service excellence for AOD and Outreach services
• Provide individual and group-based supervision, reflective practice, and mentorship to team members to ensure safe, evidenced-based best practice is undertaken by all staff members
• Develop the discipline's capacity and capability to work to the top of their scope of practice and in self-organising ways
• Work in conjunction with management in relation to staff recruitment, onboarding and performance management
• Develop, implement and evaluate projects as appropriate for the organisation, sector and team including research projects

What cohealth offers:

• Exciting Parental leave benefits
  • cohealth offers primary carers 14 weeks paid parental leave upon completion of only 6 months of continuous service
  • Eligible co-workers will continue to receive superannuation on unpaid parental leave as well
• Salary packaging to suit you - tax free amount of up to $15,900 p.a (mortgage, rent, or credit cards) and a further $2,650 p.a (meal, entertainment expenses and holiday accommodation) alongside generous reward programs from our salary packaging providers. Find out more on salary packaging here: https://www.ato.gov.au/Individuals/Jobs-and-employment-types/Working-as-an-employee/Salary-sacrificing-for-employees/
• Novated Leasing available
• Counselling services for you and your immediate family through our EAP-Access provider, and mindfulness, resilience, and wellbeing programs
• We offer inclusion, equality, and opportunity in a workplace where making a difference counts (based on our guiding principles and values)

Our ideal candidate:

• Tertiary qualifications in a relevant health-related, or extensive industry experience that may offset lower formal qualifications
• Experience working in community or public health with marginalised populations
• Minimum 2 years work experience in an AOD service
• Strong belief and personal alignment in cohealth Values and Mission

Application Process

To download the PD, and to apply for this job go to: https://cohealthcareers.org.au/Current-Jobs & enter ref code: 6812207.

You will be asked to upload your CV/ resume and Cover Letter. Please note we will be conducting interviews for this role as applications are received.

Applications close on 05 October at 10.00 PM.

If you have any questions regarding this role, please contact Danny Jeffcote on Danny Jeffcote@cohealth.org.au

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC), a Working With Children Check (WWCC), complete a Pre-Employment Declaration Form, evidence of legal rights to work in Australia, and evidence of vaccination.

Successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of immunisation assessment including Influenza within 12 weeks of commencement [B]. This is in accordance with the Victorian Minister of Health Mandatory Vaccination Orders and legislated requirement for influenza vaccination.

Our ideal candidate:

• Tertiary qualifications in a relevant health-related, or extensive industry experience that may offset lower formal qualifications
• Experience working in community or public health with marginalised populations
• Minimum 2 years work experience in an AOD service
• Strong belief and personal alignment in cohealth Values and Mission