Risk Adviser - Member Advisory Services QLD

About Avant

Avant is Australia’s leading medical defense organisation with a proud heritage of protecting Australian medical professionals for over 130 years. It was established by a small group of doctors in 1893, who wanted to “protect themselves from actions arising out of the practice of medicine”.

Avant now represents over 82,000 health practitioners and medical students across every state and territory, delivering market leading products and services to meet their professional, personal and practice needs. Building on this heritage, our vision is to be the most trusted professional partner in supporting doctors throughout their lives and careers.

As a mutual organisation, owned by members and run purely for their benefit, our members are at the centre of all we do. As well as providing products and services to our member, we play a broader community role by advocating for improvements in the healthcare system and in quality, safety and professionalism in medicine, through delivering education and research activities.
The commitment to members and the profession from our ~850 staff has resulted in over 50% of Australia’s doctors choosing to be Avant members, delivered annual revenues of $445 million and net assets of ~$1.4 billion.

About the role

Our Risk Advisory Service provides tailored risk management advice and education to doctors who are Avant members, as well as internal stakeholders and the broader medical community.
This unique role will see you delivering our Risk Advisory Service through practitioner risk assessments, practice risk assessments, educational content, proactive measures to reduce claims and attending at events.
If you have previous nursing, practice management or healthcare quality and safety officer experience and looking for a change - this could be the ideal opportunity to broaden your experience and skills in a corporate insurance environment.

The key responsibilities include:

• Delivery of risk advisory services to our members to improve the quality, safety and professionalism of medical practice
• Develop and present medico-legal risk management content at events
• Represent Avant in a manner consistent with Avant’s member engagement values
• Help build efficiency of risk advisory services process and align with Avant priorities
• Engage with internal stakeholders to identify areas of risk and develop strategies to reduce potential claims exposure
• Proactively engaging with Medical Professionals and Practices to highlight areas of concern and implement strategies to mitigate potential risks.

Skills and experience required:

• Tertiary qualification in a health-related field
• Extensive experience as a Practice Manager, Nurse or Health Management in a tertiary hospital setting
• Previous demonstrated experience working in a clinical, practice or other healthcare environment
• Previous exposure to evaluating and managing clinical quality and safety
• Understanding of risk assurance principles
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal
• Strong relationship management and influencing skills
•Understanding of current health legislation and ability to work proactively with doctors, societies and practices to understand risks

At Avant, our people are the centre of everything we do for our members. We offer a range of benefits and opportunities to enable you to make a difference, learn, and grow in your career.

For further information, please contact Nico Touze, Head of Talent Acquisition on 0467 289 985