Executive Level 1 - Canberra, Australia - National Health Funding Body
Description
Job Reference Number 23-QAADIV-16618
Classification Executive Level 1
Job Title Assistant Director
Division Quality And Assurance Division
Branch Executive Branch
Section Executive Section
Location Canberra, ACT & Brisbane, QLD
Status Ongoing
Employment type Full-time & Part-time
Salary Range $108,680 to $123,951
Contact Officer Name:
Monique Versace
Phone:
effective aged care regulatory policy to improve the quality, safety and integrity of the aged care
system. Assistant Directors will support the leadership of a small collaborative team and contribute
to reforms that benefit older Australians who access aged care services in the key areas of consumer
protection, provider governance, workforce regulation and support of the aged care system
regulator. The work of the Branch is varied, fast paced and focussed on delivering real world
outcomes by implementing recommendations of the Royal Commission on quality, safety,
transparency and accountability and governance.
advice on legislative amendments and lead their team to deliver high priority government
commitments. They will also build and leverage collaborative relationships across the Ageing and
Aged Care Group, Quality Assurance Division, Regulatory bodies, Aged Care peak bodies, other key
stakeholder groups and state and territory governments to develop opportunities for regulatory
alignment across the national care and support sector.
A Merit list will be created to fill these roles and will be considered for future roles in the Division
Eligibility
- To be eligible for employment with the Department of Health and Aged Care
- 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,
- Completion of a medical declaration and preemployment medical (where
- Providing evidence of qualifications.
Division Responsibilities
The Quality and Assurance Division supports the provision of safe, inclusive and quality care
for older Australians through legislative reform, the design and implementation of projects
and programs that increase consumer choice and improve transparency, and ensuring
effective regulatory processes for aged care providers and workers in order to improve
quality, safety and integrity of the aged care system and protect consumers. We also have a
focus on fraud prevention and minimisation, and assuring value for money, with a specific
focus on home care packages.
Branch Responsibilities
The Strengthening Providers Branch (the branch) supports the design and implementation
of effective aged care regulatory policy to improve the quality, safety and integrity of the
aged care system for the benefit of consumers. To inform policy design and implementation,
the branch is responsible for engagement with other functions within the Department of
Health and Aged Care (the Department), the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission
(ACQSC) and stakeholders, including consumers, providers, peak representative
organisations, and relevant Australian, state and territory agencies.
The branch is comprised of four sections:
- Consumer Protection
- Approved Provider Governance
- Worker Regulation
- Regulator Policy and Engagement
Section Responsibilities
Consumer Protection
The section is responsible for delivering policy and reforms to strengthen consumer
safeguards in aged care services, including the key initiatives of:
- the Serious Incident Response Scheme for both residential aged care and in-home
- regulating the use of restrictive practices in residential aged care.**
- Elder abuse and sexual assault.
Approved Provider Governance
The section is responsible for improving governance of aged care providers funded under
the Aged Care Act 1997 including the key initiatives of:
- lifting provider governance capability
constitutions, accountability and transparency of operations with a focus on care
quality and consumers.
Regulator Policy and Engagement
The section is responsible for leading policy and reforms to support a robust aged care
system regulator and leads the formal engagement between the Department and the Aged
Care Quality and Safety Commission (ACQSC). Key initiatives led by the section include an
independent capability review of ACQSC and strengthening their regulatory functions as
recommended by the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety.
Worker Regulation
The section is responsible for delivering policy and reforms to strengthen worker regulation
to safeguard aged care c
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