Canberra Health Services has advised the HSU of the proposed realignment of the Subacute & Non-Acute Patient Unit following the implementation of the Decision Support Unit.

The proposed changes include:

1. Change in title and responsibility of the Senior Director, Clinical Support Services (CSS), North Canberra Hospital (NCH). The proposed new title would be Senior Director Data Quality. CHS claims the new responsibilities to include, but not be limited to, the management of all Subacute and Non-Acute Patient (SNAP) employees across the Canberra Hospital and NCH campuses. CHS claims all other services that previously reported to the Senior Director, CSS will continue to report to the Senior Director Data Quality, DSU.
2. The Director, Clinical Benchmarking not to be backfilled. With DSU being a newly established unit, DSU proposes to review all positions to see how they best align ‘to provide the best support to DSU employees and CHS more broadly’.
3. Change in the reporting line for the Assistant Director, Clinical Benchmarking to the Director Business Intelligence.
4. Change in the reporting line for the Assistant Director, SNAP to the Senior Director Data Quality. It is proposed that the Assistant Director SNAP would be responsible for all Canberra Health Services SNAP Officers.
5. Change the reporting line for the SNAP Officers at NCH, to the Assistant Director, SNAP

You can view the correspondence at the below link:

• Proposed consultation – Subacute and Non-Acute Patient Unit

What do you think?

It is important for union members to lead this discussion. How will this affect you?

Please send your feedback to [E-Mail not displayed] by Friday 4 October with the subject CHS Subacute and Non-Acute Patient Unit.

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