Child Development Services Coordinator

Queensland Health; Longreach Regional; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Superannuation up to 12.75%

Salary packaging

Leave loading 17.5%

Housing or rental assistance

Job summary

Central West Hospital and Health Service in regional Queensland seeks an experienced paediatric leader to shape consumer-centred child development services. Bring advanced expertise in child and adolescent health, development, behaviour and disability to lead complex clinical practice and interdisciplinary care.

You will supervise, mentor and develop staff while driving evidence-based practice, quality improvement, research and service innovation.

Qualifications

• Advanced expertise in paediatric development, behaviour and disability.
• Proven experience leading paediatric services in a regional health system.
• Ability to implement new service models and drive innovation.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development, implementation, and evaluation of a new Child Development Service model.
• Provide expert clinical leadership and staff education within CWHHS.
• Oversee data collection and reporting across the service.

Skills

Paediatric leadership

Clinical leadership

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Mentoring & staff development

Education

Paediatric specialist credential

Job description

We are looking for an experienced paediatric leader ready to shape innovative, consumer-centred child development services within the CWHHS.

Bring your advanced expertise in child and adolescent health, development, behaviour and disability to lead complex clinical practice and interdisciplinary care.
Inspire teams through supervision, mentoring and professional development while driving evidence-based practice, quality improvement, research and service innovation.

Patient Centred Care

for our Central West communities

We care about people | We champion safety and quality | We act with integrity and accountability | We are a capable and confident workforce | We improve continuously

What's involved – To lead the development, implementation, and evaluation of a new Child Development Service model across the Central West Hospital and Health Service (CWHHS), ensuring alignment with state-wide priorities, policy frameworks, and evidence-based practices. Provide expert leadership, clinical expertise, and education within CWHHS, including designing innovative clinical service models, delivering and supporting staff training and education, promoting evidence-based practice and research, and overseeing data collection and reporting processes.

You will operate within the Child, Youth and Family service while working collaboratively across multiple teams to enhance service integration, coordination, and connectivity to better support children and families. Play a key role in advancing the Putting Queensland Kids First initiatives, driving improved health and wellbeing outcomes for children and families across the region. This position may evolve to include management responsibilities in the future, subject to the establishment of appropriate models of care.

About Central West Hospital and Health Service - Our diverse and rewarding work environment is as unique and dynamic as Central West Queensland itself. Our far-reaching health services cover a region of almost 20.6 percent of Queensland, encompasses seven local government areas, and reaches 18 unique and lively communities.

Expansive in the true sense of the word, the region opens new horizons painted in red earth, blue sky and burnt orange sunsets. It might feel miles away from urban life, but we are just a two-hour flight from Brisbane – well within reach of the city and South East Queensland's beautiful beaches.

It is a condition of employment for this role for the employee to be, and remain, vaccinated against measles, mumps, rubella, varicella and hepatitis B during their employment.

• generous employer superannuation contribution up to 12.75%;
• salary packaging to increase your take home pay;
• 17.5% annual leave loading;
• CWH provided housing or rental assistance The locals will tell you a role with Central West Health is more than just a job, and a life in central west Queensland is as iconic as the region that defines it. Be prepared to be embraced by warm, welcoming, and close-knit communities, and caring for and living among the people you work with to make a difference in their lives and yours, every day.