Clinical Unit Head

Work in an environment that offers: 

• An opportunity to work with a leading regional health service
• An ability to live and work in a vibrant regional setting
• A strong attitude to teaching and learning

The Position 

Job Reference: 2796

Position Title: Clinical Unit Health - Palliative Care
Classification: Specialist Year 1 - Specialist Year 9 (Dependent on Years of Experience)
Salary per hour (exc. super): $ $221.19 (Dependent on Years of Experience)
Hours per fortnight: 47.88
Employment Status: Part time, fixed term

Closing date: 27/08/2025

This role combines clinical leadership, strategic oversight, and service development to unify the various components of the palliative care program and ensure seamless integration with generalist services, regional partners, and other clinical specialties.
The Clinical Unit Head will be the key liaison between the medical workforce, hospital Executive, and external stakeholders, advocating for continuous improvement and innovation in the delivery of palliative care. They will also undertake clinical responsibility over a subsection of service delivery.
This position is central to elevating the profile and impact of palliative care within the Loddon Mallee region, shaping a future-ready service that meets the complex needs of patients and families through integrated, compassionate, and evidence-informed care.
With Bendigo Health aiming to evolve into a regional tertiary hospital, this is a crucial time to reimagine and elevate the role of specialist palliative care within the health service. The Clinical Unit Head will lead this transformation, ensuring the service is well-positioned to meet future demand, attract trainees and specialists, and contribute meaningfully to research, teaching, and system-wide improvement.

Working with Bendigo Health

Bendigo Health are a leader in regional health care, combining outstanding services with a strong education, training and personal development culture.

Created by our community in the 1850s, we have a long, proud history of delivering excellent care to our community.

Our organisation is diverse, welcoming and committed to delivering our vision of Excellent Care. Every Person, Every Time.

Bendigo Health has around 5000 staff and a catchment area covering a quarter of the size of Victoria. The three main campuses of Bendigo Health are in Bendigo, with many services extended to regional settings including areas such as Mildura, Echuca, Swan Hill, Kyneton and Castlemaine.

• We offer a fantastic range of benefits for our staff, including: Staff health and wellbeing programs
• Career development and education opportunities
• Generous salary packaging opportunities, to increase your take-home pay each fortnight
• Flexible Working Arrangements
• Use of staff gym and pool and access to other fitness facilities through fitness passport program

If successful for a position at Bendigo Health you must provide evidence of your full immunisation record as part of the on boarding process.

Your New Division

The Clinical Operations Division encompasses acute,  cancer and mental health services.  We provide a wide range of general medical, surgical and specialty services including but not limited to; Oncology, Cardiology, Renal, Emergency, Women's and Children's, Critical Care, Specialist Clinics, Cancer Clinics and Mental Health Services.

Within a state-of-the-art hospital, our Ambulatory and Critical Care, Medical Services, Surgical Services and Women's and Children's (including an Early Parenting Centre) areas use the latest technologies to provide excellent care.  Our world class Cancer Centre uses a multi-disciplinary, integrated approach to treat specific cancers. The Cancer Centre offers medical oncology, radiation oncology, specialist nurses, clinical trials and cancer research, palliative care, and a Cancer Wellness Program.

The Mental Health Service provides psychiatric care and treatment across a large catchment covering the Loddon Mallee region. Family sensitive practice is central to our models of mental health care and best practice ensures the identification, inclusion and support of families, carers and children.

Each year our onsite Specialist Clinics provide over 100,000 service events, we also see more than 60,000 people in our Emergency Department and welcome around 1700 babies into the world. The Clinical Operations Division assists with the admission of more than 50,000 patients into the hospital each year.

Bendigo Region

Bendigo is one of Victoria's largest regional cities making it a great city to live and work in. Bendigo provides services for the region's population of over 320,000 and so the city offers excellent schools, shopping and cultural precincts, sporting facilities and various tertiary facilities. We can offer generous flexible working arrangements - giving you more time to enjoy the fantastic restaurants, beautiful parks, walking trails and wineries within our region.

Interested?

We'd love to hear from you  Please ensure that you attach a cover letter and an up-to-date copy of your resume.  

Need more information?  Please contact Dr March Budge, Clinical Unit Head on for a confidential discussion.  

Diversity and Inclusion

Bendigo Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We embrace diversity and social inclusion and encourage people from a diverse cultural background, people with disabilities and or Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people to apply.

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