Improvement and implementation lead (sunshine coast)

An exciting opportunity exists for an Improvement and Implementation Lead. The Improvement and Implementation Lead is responsible for driving strategic improvements within Mental Health and Specialised Services at Sunshine Coast Health Service. This role partners with consumers, teams, managers, and executives to lead initiatives that enhance services and patient outcomes. By using contemporary improvement methodologies, the Lead will evaluate services and implement systems to ensure solutions are equitable, responsive, and tailored to the needs of different clinical specialties.

Sunshine Coast Health is a values-based organisation. We are committed to the maintenance of a culture in which we treat our colleagues with respect as we do our patients, consumers and the community. We respect, protect and promote human rights in our decision-making and actions.

Sunshine Coast Health is in southeast Queensland and extends through the coastal and hinterland areas from Caloundra in the south and Gympie in the north.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate strategic service developments within Mental Health and Specialised Services, incorporating innovative and evidence-based models of service delivery.
• Identify, implement, and evaluate improvement initiatives, such as models of care, service provision, workflows, and processes.
• Integrate the concept of co-design into practice by encouraging co-design of practices, programs and their implementation. Work directly with clinicians and consumers to implement improved practices, tools, resources and models through consumers and others who have lived healthcare experience.
• Work with clinicians to develop tools, resources, and models of care informed by consumers and those with lived healthcare experience.

Why work for us?

We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas across our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance.

As a Queensland Health employee, you will benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75%, access to salary packaging, adaptable working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases.

Benefits as a Sunshine Coast Health employee

• A wellness program
• Generous superannuation
• Flexible work arrangements
• Career training and development
• Salary packaging