Director Victorian Spinal Cord Service

**Overview**:
**Work Type**:Ongoing - Full-time

**Salary**: Salary not specified

**Grade**:Grade not specified

**Occupation**:Medicine, nursing and midwifery

**Location**:Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs

**Reference**:3769

**Are you a current Austin Health employee?**

Austin Health is one of Victoria’s largest health care providers. Our 11,000 employees and volunteers provide safe, high quality, person-centred care at Austin Hospital, Olivia Newton-John Centre, Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital and Royal Talbot Rehabilitation Centre, as well as in the community through Hospital-in-the-Home and partner health services. We are an internationally recognised leader in clinical teaching, training and research and have affiliations with many leading universities and research institutes. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our purpose, which is to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.

**About the department**
- The Victorian Spinal Cord Service (VSCS) provides acute, rehabilitation, outpatient and community outreach services for people who sustain traumatic spinal cord injuries in Victoria, Tasmania and southern NSW. The VSCS is 1 of only 6 such specialist services in Australia and forms part of Victoria’s state trauma system.

**About the role**
- Employment status: Permanent Full-time/ 1.0 EFT
- As the Director, Victorian Spinal Cord Service (VSCS) you will be responsible for leading the service in maintaining and improving the standard of care delivered to patients of the VSCS, in accordance with the philosophies and objectives of the service, and new and innovative clinical practices.

To manage efficiently and effectively department/unit staffing and budgetary resources, ensuring that legislative responsibilities are being met, a safe work environment maintained and staff development is of a high priority.

**About you**
- To be successful for this role you must:

- Be a registered Medical Practitioner with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
- Hold Fellowship of the Australasian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine (RACP)
- Current Fellowship of an Advanced Training Medical College (e.g. FRACP, or FACRM) or its equivalent.
- Have appropriate training and experience applicable to the field of Spinal Cord Services. Sub-specialty interests strongly encouraged.
- Demonstrated commitment to high quality patient care.

**Application instructions**:

- Cover letter
- Current Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- Undergraduate Qualification Certificate (Medical Degree)
- Fellowship Certificate (Specialist Medical College)
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
- Current Medical Indemnity Certificate
- Proof of Identification (current passport or Australian drivers licence)
- Working with Children’s Check Card (where applicable)

**Our benefits**
- Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:

- Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging benefits, for living expenses, meals and holiday accommodation
- A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounts on fitness memberships and health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program
- Mentoring and career development opportunities
- Onsite childcare, easy access via public transport, car parking and end of journey facilities for cyclists
- Five weeks annual leave, plus purchased leave options
- Paid conference and exam leave

**Work with us**

**Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the** position description**for further details.**

**Application closing date: Sunday 7 September 2025**

- Applications close Sunday 7 September 2025 at 11.59pm

Posted
- 25 August 2025