**Job Reference Number **22-SDDIV-15330
**Classification **APS Level 6
**Job Title **Departmental Officer
**Division **Service Delivery Division
**Branch **NSW ACT Branch
**Section **Several
**Location **Canberra, ACT Sydney, NSW
**Status **Ongoing & Non-ongoing
**Employment type **Full-time
**Salary Range **$88,439 - $99,772
**Security Clearance **Baseline security clearance required for:
- Aged Care Engagement, Regulation and Risk Section***
- Health Sector Engagement and Governance Section
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**Working with Children and **Yes
**Vulnerable People Check**
**Contact Officer Name**:Patricia Carnevale
**Phone**:02 86231014
**Eligibility**
- To be eligible for employment with the Department of Health and Aged Care
applicants must be an Australian citizen at the time an offer of employment is made
- An applicant's suitability for employment with Health will also be assessed through a
variety of pre-employment check processes, such as:
- Satisfactory completion of an Australian Federal Police criminal history check,
and where relevant a Working with Children and Vulnerable People Check.
A vulnerable person means:
- a child, being an individual under the age of 18, or
- an individual aged 18 years and above who may be unable to
take care of themselves against harm or exploitation by reason
of:
o illness,
- trauma,
- disability, or
- any other reason.
Further information on working with vulnerable people (WWVP) can
be found on The Australian Institute of Family Studies website.
- Completion of a medical declaration and pre-employment medical (where
required).
- Providing evidence of qualifications.
**Division Responsibilities**
Service Delivery Division is responsible for providing older Australians with quality
information and supporting seamless access to aged care services. We work collaboratively
across the broader Ageing & Aged Care Group and the department to ensure:
- There is stronger integration between the health care and aged care systems so that
older Australians can transition between settings more easily and get the right care
at the right time
- We have a robust governance, intelligence and networking capability to support
policy development, program design and delivery, including programs and policies
that impact the outcomes for older Australians and their families
- The My Aged Care website, contact centre, face-to-face and advocacy workforce are
providing senior Australians with contemporary, easy to understand information and
support about the aged care system and the services that are available to them
- There is appropriate support for the aged care sector to respond to COVID-19 and
other emergency situations. Our presence across the country increasingly allows for
a localised, regional approach to health and aged care system planning, regulation
and management
**Branch Responsibilities**
The NSW/ACT Branch supports the delivery of aged care and health programs in NSW and
ACT. We use our local presence to allow for a regional approach to health and aged care
system regulation and management. Our responsibilities include:
- Supporting Health and aged care programs in NSW/ACT through local intelligence,
information sharing, facilitating solutions and contributing to policy development
and program design
- Supporting the delivery of the range of aged care programs in NSW and ACT through
legislative processes and engagement with aged care providers under the Aged Care
Act 1997.
- Supporting the Australian Government's response to the Royal Commission into
Aged Care Quality and Safety and successful implementation of the Aged Care
Transformation Program - in particular through establishing the regional network
structure.
- Supporting emergency responses in aged care including pandemic, natural disasters
and unplanned closures.
**Section Responsibilities**
**Health Sector Engagement and Governance Section**
The section's role is to facilitate strategic engagement of the NSW/ACT State Office with
state and territory health sector partners influencing programs, policies and reforms that
improve health outcomes for Australians. We foster relationships with, and connect,
external and internal stakeholders focused on primary care, First Nations health, mental
health, alcohol and other drugs, and aged care.
As part of the Department's Health Engagement and Representation Network the team
assess data and gather intelligence on achievements, barriers, and issues to understand and
support NSW and ACT system integration and performance, support the Department to
monitor program outputs and bolster regional stewardship, as well as inform national,
jurisdictional or regional policy or program development. Our objective is to contribute to
strategic inter-agency information exchange, planning, coordination, implementation and
evaluation of health-related programs, projects, reform and policies. We attend and
facilitate strategic NSW and A