This position is for a Staff Specialist or Senior Staff Specialist in Sexual Health for the Canberra Sexual Health Center (CSHC) Unit Director. The Unit Director role is offered on a three-year tenure, with the possibility of extension subject to meeting ongoing performance expectations. The Unit Director role attracts a Level 1 Managerial Allowance.

An exciting opportunity exists for an experienced Sexual Health Specialist to lead and manage a multidisciplinary health team in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person-centred care. We provide acute, sub-acute, primary and community-based health services, to the ACT and surrounding regions. More information can be found on the CHS website. Canberra Sexual Health Centre (CSHC) provides clinic-based care as well as an outreach program in nonclinical settings. The clinical care work spans sexually transmissible infections, HIV and gender health. The CHS Adult Gender Service provides care to adolescents aged 16 plus and adults and is embedded within the sexual health team. CSHC has a strong philosophy of teamwork, evidence-based practice and continuing professional development, which is supported by a weekly in-service program. CSHC is an accredited site for Advanced Training in Sexual Health Medicine, Royal Australasian College of Physicians.

The Unit Director, the Clinical Nurse Consultant, the Assistant Director of Nursing and the Business Manager work in partnership to ensure high quality outcomes for the people who use the sexual health service. In addition, they collaborate with other departments to ensure high-quality outcomes for the people who use services across the Division.

In conjunction with the Executive and Clinical Directors, Division of Medicine, the appointee will be expected to provide a high level of clinical leadership to ensure that allocated resources are managed to meet all service delivery targets. A key role will be to ensure medical engagement with the service, and to efficiently manage medical staff recruitment, performance, placement and leave arrangements. The appointee will be expected to represent the Sexual Health Centre both internally and externally in a range of strategic and planning forums.

It is expected that approximately 60% of the Unit Director’s time will be allocated to their substantive clinical service delivery role, approximately 20% to non-clinical duties, and approximately 20% to managerial duties. The final proportions to be worked in each role will be determined by negotiation with the Executive and Clinical Directors, Division of Medicine. Once the Unit Director role ceases, time spent in clinical service delivery will increase to approximately 80% of time.

The position holder is expected to operate within the Public Sector Management Act (1994), the ACT Public Service Code of Conduct and the professional requirements specified by the appointee’s Specialist College.

Key responsibilities

Specific responsibilities include, but aren't limited to, the following Under limited direction of the Divisional Clinical Director you will:

• Manage and provide clinical services to clients and participate in the on-call rosters for the Sexual Health Centre including weekends and after hours and participate in the Canberra Sexual Health Centre clinical meetings.
• Provide clinical direction, leadership, planning and evaluation of a multidisciplinary Sexual Health service; this includes oversight of protocols for care, provision of expert clinical opinion and effective clinical risk management (particularly in complex and sensitive cases), and ensuring that service delivery targets are met.
• Initiate and manage clinical governance systems within the Sexual Health Centre by practicing evidence-based medicine, participating in clinical audit and morbidity and mortality review and contributing to the review and maintenance of policies and guidelines.
• Actively engage in quality and safety activities, education, clinical research, service redesign, and model of care development for the Department and the Division.
• Identify and contribute to the professional development and training requirements for all clinical staff within the Department and the Division (i.e., medical, nursing, allied health) and ensure that these requirements are met.
• In collaboration with the Clinical Director, Division of Medicine, ensure timely recruitment of senior and junior medical staff and effective line management of medical staff, including rostering, leave planning and performance management.
• In collaboration with the CHS Psychology Professional lead, ensure timely recruitment of psychologist staff and effective line management of psychology staff, including rostering, leave planning and performance management.
• Actively participate in budget planning and financial management with other members of the Division’s leadership team, and provide input into Ministerial briefs, coronial briefs, and complaint resolution, as required.
• Undertake other duties appropriate to this level of classification which contribute to the operation of the organisation.

Essential qualifications

• Be registered as a medical practitioner with the Australian Health Practitioner’s Regulation Agency, with no conditions, undertakings or reprimands (AHPRA)
• Fellowship of the Australasian Chapter of Sexual Health Medicine.
• S100 HIV prescriber
• experience in medical leadership in a similar role and environment
• knowledge of the RACP Australasian Chapter of Sexual Health Medicine training and accreditation requirements

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