Podiatry Practice and Capability Lead
So why cohealth?
cohealth leads the way in reducing health and social inequity in partnership with people and the communities in which they live. Named Premier's Health Service of the Year (Primary) and the Supporting LGBTIQ+ Health Service at the Victorian Public Healthcare Awards, cohealth's 1000 staff demonstrate courage, leadership, innovation, and agility in their commitment to providing inclusive and culturally safe health services that protect the human rights of all people of all gender identities, sexualities, ages, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, faiths, and abilities.
Our inclusive workplace culture enables staff to bring their whole selves to work, where uniqueness is valued, and people experience a feeling of belonging. Our aim is for everyone to thrive in their role. Please click here to find out more.
The Podiatry Practice and Capability Lead contributes to optimal client experience through building discipline specific clinical capability and leading comprehensive quality improvement and clinical governance activities.
The Podiatry Practice and Capability Lead will support practitioners across the Services Network working within a variety of funding streams.
Please refer to the Position Description for more information.
Your duties include:
What cohealth offers:
Work alongside a highly skilled team of podiatrists and a broader multidisciplinary care team in a supportive workplace that values staff wellbeing. You will work with clients from diverse and sometimes complex backgrounds, gaining exposure to a wide range of health presentations that will strengthen and expand your clinical skills.
Our ideal candidate:
Application Process
To apply for this job click on apply now and you will be asked to upload your CV/ resume and Cover Letter.
We will be conducting interviews for this role as applications are received.
Applications close on the mentioned date at 10.00 PM.
If you have any questions regarding this role, please contact Robyn Wilmshurst on Robyn.Wilmshurst@cohealth.org.au
All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC), a Working With Children Check (WWCC), complete a Pre-Employment Declaration Form, evidence of legal rights to work in Australia, and evidence of vaccination.
Successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of immunisation assessment including Influenza within 12 weeks of commencement [B]. This is in accordance with the Victorian Minister of Health Mandatory Vaccination Orders and legislated requirement for influenza vaccination.
The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 147 years.
We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.
With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of over 5,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.
We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.
When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.
In 2016–17, more than 85,654 children attended our Emergency Department, 322,291 specialist clinic appointments were held which was almost 70,000 more than the previous year, more than 17,000 surgeries were performed and more than 48,552 children were admitted to our wards.
