Key Functions
Clinical Governance
- Clinical governance and patient safety management
- Clinical risk management
- Clinical incident investigation and reporting
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Patient complaints management
Operational Performance Management
- Negotiation of the LHD's annual service agreement with the State
- Operational performance management
- Performance reporting
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Emergency Department access, Predictable Surgery Program and patient-flow management
Clinical Services Development and Coordination
- Clinical services development and networking with the LHD
- Disaster response
- Designated supra LHD clinical roles (e.g., transfers to higher level care, trauma centre, ICU retrieval)
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Designated state-wide clinical services
Financial Management
- Budget allocation within the LHD
- Finance and budget management
- Revenue generation and management
- Cash and liquidity management
- LHD financial management reporting
- Salary packaging marketing
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Clinical product procurement advice
Workforce
- Recruitment
- Staff performance and discipline
- Grievance management
- Employee Assistance Program management
- Payroll monitoring and compliance
- Occupational health and safety
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Workers compensation claims management and return-to-work
Nursing and Midwifery
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Nursing services management and deployment
Corporate Governance and Administration
- Local Health District Board secretariat services
- Corporate governance
- Risk management
- Policy and standards management
- Ministerial services
- Records management
- Internal audit (contract services from CSC)
- Site and engineering services
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Fleet management
Communications
- Community engagement
- Internal communications and publications
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Media and public relations
Planning
- Clinical services planning for LHD
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Corporate planning for LHD
Information Technology
Allocation of functions between LHDs, Clinical Support Division and Health Support Services to be finalised