General Manager

**Key Senior Leadership role of the Epworth Clinic**:

- ** New position in a dynamic, inclusive and evolving environment**:

- ** Generous benefits**

An outstanding opportunity has arisen for a suitably experienced and qualified General Manager for Epworth’s centre of Mental Health excellence at Epworth Clinic.

This key leadership role will be responsible for the day to day operations and key operational and financial targets across the mental health service and developing and delivering on the overall business strategy in alignment with the Epworth strategy.

Maintaining the existing focus on person centred care, the General Manager will be responsible for strengthening key medical partnership relationships, business development and maintaining and engaging with specialist physicians and specialist mental health clinicians to enrich our Epworth Clinic service and stakeholder networks.

The role will also oversee the provision of clinical and operational management of the allied health and administrative services of the Epworth Clinic and embed outstanding ways of working through the delivery of current and new innovative programs and robust administrative systems that support key stakeholder and patient services.

Reporting to the Executive General Manager, the General Manager - Epworth Clinic, will work closely with the Director of Clinical Services and Medical Director of Psychiatry in supporting excellence in clinical governance and core clinical service provision for the Epworth Clinic, through clinical risk and safety outcome reviews, patient engagement and strong clinical governance systems.

Working in a dynamic environment, this role requires significant mental health services experience in strategy formulation, stakeholder relationship engagement and operational leadership where the provision of mental health service expert leadership, strategic focus, and authoritative and expert advice was expected. Proven performance management of services and delivery targets is essential, as is a track record in confidently interacting with specialist stakeholders, including other health services and physicians who are leaders in their field, as well as external organisations to support collaborative engagement and problem solving.

**You will make an impact by**:

- Developing and delivering on the Epworth Clinic’s strategic direction
- Providing guidance and advice into key mental health and wellbeing initiatives
- Support the design of the operational and professional structures in collaboration with key stakeholders to support the Success of the Epworth Clinic

**To be successful in this role**
- You have significant senior health sector management skills with proven ability to develop and meet strategic, operational, and budgetary objectives in mental health services
- You have outstanding relationship and networking skills
- You have previously demonstrated the ability to promote a culture that encourages outstanding patient care, financial responsibility, innovation, and productivity improvements.
- You have developed and grown businesses
- You have effective communication skills and a passion for continued professional development
- You bring with you experience in managing complex changes in a large multifaceted environment

**About Rehabilitation & Mental Health**
Epworth’s Rehabilitation and Mental Health services are some of the most progressive of their kind in Australia. Our clinical approach involves individualised treatment and collaborative team decision-making to achieve outstanding outcomes for patients. We have forged a strong team ethos across our four campuses in Richmond, Hawthorn, Camberwell and Brighton.

Position Description Inherent Requirements

**Additional Information**:
At Epworth, everybody matters. It’s the sense of belonging and being part of an organisation that puts the patient in the centre of all that is done. In addition to this, you will have access to:

- Salary packaging benefits of $15,900 per annum
- In addition you will be able to salary package meal/accommodation expenses up to $2,650 per annum
- Flexible work arrangements
- Reduced out-of-pocket expenses for health services at Epworth
- Discounted private health insurance
- Discounts to leading Australian retailers through the "My Benefits" Program

**At Epworth, we care.**

We care about our patients and we care about our people. We care about keeping everyone safe. We care about valuing and empowering our people, and growing careers. And we care about giving our people support and flexibility to thrive, and contribute to our communities.

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For more information, refer to the attached position description or contact Epworth Talent (03) 9426 0606.
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