Appointment to Ahpra's Organisational Review Group – Incidents of distress

Call for applications: Organisational Review Group – Incidents of distress

The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) works in partnership with 15 National Boards to regulate more than 980,000 registered health practitioners and over 180,000 registered students across 16 health professions.

Applications are sought for appointment to Ahpra’s Organisational Review Group – Incidents of distress (the Group) from:

• registered practitioners with lived experience of Ahpra’s regulatory processes and
• consumers or patient advocates

The Group supports a process developed under a recommendation by the Minimising Practitioner Distress Expert Advisory Group - Ensure a commitment to learn from serious incidents relating to those involved in our processes and how we respond to them.

The Group’s core purpose is to lead the high-level organisational review of incidents relating to suicide, monitoring and identifying improvements in Ahpra’s systems and processes which may contribute to minimising practitioner and notifier distress in the future.

IMPORTANT: The Group will be considering serious incidents relating to suicide of people involved in our regulatory processes. Applicants are encouraged to keep this in mind when applying.

Ahpra and the National Boards have an important role in ensuring the development of a culturally safe and respectful health workforce that is responsive to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples health and contributes to the elimination of racism in the provision of health services.

To achieve this, we have committed to increasing Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander leadership and voices on Boards and Committees and warmly invite Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islanders to apply.

The National Scheme is also committed to providing an environment that embraces and values equity, diversity and inclusion. We strongly encourage people of all abilities and backgrounds to apply, particularly Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, culturally diverse people, people with a disability, carers of a person with a disability, people living in rural or remote areas of Australia and people who identify as LGBTIQA+. If you need an adjustment or support during the recruitment process, we encourage you to advise us at the time of application.

Applications will be assessed by a selection advisory panel and the appointments will be for a three-year term, with eligibility for reappointment.

More information about the role, eligibility requirements and the application process can be found in the Information guide.

For enquiries, please email [email protected]