About the Role:

• Lead professional development and foster a positive learning culture within the Client Hospital's and partnering region health services.
• Ensure evidence-based education programs are evaluated, improved, and aligned with best practices.
• Explore and champion new education delivery models to address emerging healthcare challenges.
• Enhance the capacity of allied health professionals to apply evidence in delivering high-quality care and clinical education
• Promote regional interprofessional education opportunities
• Lead the identification of learning needs among allied health professionals in the Hume region and develop training plans to address those needs.
• Build partnerships with internal and external stakeholders to access funding, education, and research opportunities.
• Investigate the use of new education delivery models and champion their adoption to address emerging healthcare problems
• Conduct, collaborate and supervise others in healthcare research and quality improvement activities
• Lead and support the use of technology to deliver education
• Provide extensive specialised knowledge advise or guidance to other clinicians to develop and deliver education to ensure safe and effective consumer-centred care
• Contribute to the development, implementation and evaluation of an Annual Allied Health Clinical Education Plan.
• Actively participate in service improvement activities as part of a total and continual quality improvement process.
• Support the work of the Allied Health Education and Research Unit to support the attainment of required training for allied health professionals.

Requirements:

• Approved tertiary qualification in Exercise Physiology, Medical Imaging Technology, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Podiatry, Social Work or Speech Pathology
• Current registration with AHPRA as required
  • For non-AHPRA registered disciplines, eligibility for full membership of relevant peak professional association must be demonstrated and maintained in accordance with Client Hospital's credentialing procedures
• 10+ years’ post-qualification experience
• Advanced knowledge and experience in planning, delivering clinical education
• Strong clinical leadership experience
• High-level analytical and investigative skills including research and quality assurance skills

Benefits:

• Generous salary packaging
• Flexible work practices
• Paid parental leave
• Professional development and study leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Social club memberships