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Wodonga

Albury, Australia

Albury, Australia

Working within the newly established Murray Primary Health Care, my role as Interim Regional Manager requires high level leadership and direction to the newly appointed workforce. Engaging with relevant stakeholders within the Health Sector to identify issues and opportunities for improvement allows me to establish partnership arrangements for better outcomes for communities.

Albury

A not for profit organization within the Health Industry responsible for addressing and improving Primary Health Care needs within the Hume region. The 2014 Federal Budget announced the closure of Medicare Locals as at 30th June 2015 Reporting to the CEO as part of the Executive Team my role requires me to provide strategic leadership to the Corporate Services Team to ensure provision of an appropriate level of Corporate Governance and Compliance where Federal Government instruction is to cease operating as at 30th June 2015.Responsibilities:• Strategic leadership and direction provided for the functions of Contract, Asset and Fleet Management, Quality, Risk Work Health Safety, Human Resources and Administration. • Leading a project team to effectively and efficiently close down the HML on 30 June 2015.• Effective leadership to staffing group during change management process – ensuring appropriate strategies are employed to keep staff engaged and motivated to continue to delivery services.

Executive Support and Business partner structure with CEO and Executive Directors through:* Provision of Industrial and Employee Relations support and advice at organisational and employee level specialising in performance and discipline issues.* Design and implementation of the entire Human Resource function to a standard which was confirmed by compliance to the Medicare Local national accreditation standards:• Development and implementation of HML wide policies, procedures and systems delivered specific to each Department and in line with legislative requirements and organisational needs.• Systematic review of established policies and procedures in line with Quality management framework. system • Instigated the research and development of a formal remuneration and classification framework to migrate the Industrial and HR functions of two disparate organisations. • Development of a formal workforce plan incorporating identification of staff profile, risk factors and mitigation, alignment with organisation need and identification of leadership capability.Generalist HR services:• Management and maintenance of HR function across organisation – including performance appraisal system, learning and development/professional development, recruitment/selection, on boarding processes and staff welfare.