Where excellence meets opportunity - discover your next chapter with cohealth

• Full time, fixed term role until June 2026
• Work for a multi-award-winning iconic community health organisation
• Generous salary packaging options to reduce your cohealth taxable income

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.

About the role

Reporting to the Tasmania - Operations Lead this busy role is responsible for the day-to-day running of the Medical Practices. The Practice Manager will provide high level support to GPs, Clinical and Administrative staff to ensure the smooth running of the clinics.

Major areas include oversight of billings and appointments, management of rosters and scheduling, setting up of new doctors, and ordering equipment/consumables along with management of other resources and trouble-shooting issues as they arise. The Practice Manager will provide liaison between GPs and work in conjunction with the Tasmania Operations Lead and Senior Practice Manager undertaking other medical projects as they arise.

Please refer to the Position Description for more information.

Your duties include:

• Provide courteous advice and assistance to colleagues, clients and visitors of the site in accordance with the cohealth Code of Conduct
• Ensures all duties are performed in accordance with organisational policies and procedures and within their scope of practice.
• Recognises when to seek advice from others
• Manages clinic rostering to maintain minimum clinic service delivery requirements, including backfilling/leave-cover.
• Manages contracts, compliance checks and logistics for short-term locum GPs

What cohealth offers:

• Exciting Parental leave benefits
  • cohealth offers primary carers 14 weeks paid parental leave upon completion of only 6 months of continuous service
  • Eligible co-workers will continue to receive superannuation on unpaid parental leave as well
• Salary packaging to suit you - tax free amount of up to $15,900 p.a (mortgage, rent, or credit cards) and a further $2,650 p.a (meal, entertainment expenses and holiday accommodation) alongside generous reward programs from our salary packaging providers. Find out more on salary packaging here: https://www.ato.gov.au/Individuals/Jobs-and-employment-types/Working-as-an-employee/Salary-sacrificing-for-employees/
• Novated Leasing available
• Counselling services for you and your immediate family through our EAP-Access provider, and mindfulness, resilience, and wellbeing programs
• We offer inclusion, equality, and opportunity in a workplace where making a difference counts (based on our guiding principles and values)

Our ideal candidate:

• Certificate IV/Diploma in Practice Management or Leadership and Management (highly desirable)
• Proof of qualification to be sighted
• Working with Vulnerable People Check (Tasmania)
• Australian Driver's License required

Application Process

To download the PD, and to apply for this job go to: https://cohealthcareers.org.au/Current-Jobs & enter ref code: 6769028

You will be asked to upload your CV/ resume and Cover Letter as well as address the key selection criteria. We will be conducting interviews for this role as applications are received.

This campaign will close on 26 June at 10.00 PM.

If you have any questions regarding this role, please contact Katie Pennington katie.pennington@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.