Executive Director, Medical Services and Clinical Governance

4 weeks ago

Adelaide, Australia Central Adelaide Local Health Network Full time

Executive Director, Medical Services and Clinical Governance

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Work type: Full time
Location: Adelaide CBD
Categories: Executive

Central Adelaide Local Health Network 
Classification: MD02Salary: from $365,798 

  • Ensure clinical governance aligns with CALHN’s strategic goals and regulatory requirements, maintaining the highest standards of care.
  • Lead initiatives that enhance patient care, prevent adverse outcomes, and set new benchmarks for excellence in clinical standards.

About the Role

This influential position requires you to provide visionary leadership that aligns culture, systems, and practices to deliver safe, high-quality, evidence-based care across the network. Key responsibilities include:

  • Strategic Clinical Leadership and Governance: Lead and drive continuous improvement in clinical governance, care quality, workforce development, and patient safety at CALHN, ensuring alignment with strategic goals while fostering innovation, collaboration, and fiscal responsibility.
  • Education: Establish CALHN as a leader in clinical service, research, and medical education by overseeing workforce governance, fostering partnerships with educational institutions, and promoting a culture of learning and professional development.
  • Quality, Safety and Risk Management: Lead and oversee the development and implementation of strategic frameworks, safety systems, and compliance processes to ensure continuous improvement in quality management, risk reduction, and patient safety, while fostering a culture of accountability and proactive risk management across CALHN.
  • Multi-disciplinary Collaboration: Collaborate with the Executive Directors of Nursing and Allied Health to foster holistic workforce development, promote innovation, and advance medical education through partnerships with universities and research sectors.

About You:

To be successful you will feel a strong alignment to our values and demonstrate the following:

  • Strong leadership skills with a demonstrated ability to motivate and inspire others to work together as a team to set and achieve program objectives and build networks.
  • Strategic vision with the ability to lead transformational change and drive system-wide improvement in complex healthcare environments.
  • Demonstrated ability to navigate dynamic changes and manage resources effectively within financial constraints, while upholding clinical governance and patient safety standards.
  • Proven executive-level or senior leadership experience in providing strategic health advice and leading change initiatives in complex, multi-disciplinary organisations.
  • Extensive leadership experience in driving organisational effectiveness, accountability, and continuous improvement in dynamic environments.
  • Proven success in managing human, financial, and material resources, including contract management and ensuring resource efficiency.
  • Demonstrated understanding of public health system operations, particularly in acute and primary health care across the continuum of care.

About CALHN

Central Adelaide Local Health Network (CALHN) is South Australia’s largest health network, covering almost 30% of the population across Adelaide’s two leading major hospitals. We are shaping the future of health through world-class care and world-class research and achieving our vision of being in the top 50 health services in the world and top 5 in Australia.

As part of CALHN’s our commitment to care and our community and to support the delivery of world-class care, we have an executive level opportunity available to lead our Medical Services and Clinical Governance.

Benefits of Joining CALHN

At CALHN, we're dedicated to your career satisfaction and wellbeing, offering tailored benefits for healthcare professionals, including: 

  • Salary Attractions: Flexible options for salary packaging covering living expenses, meal and entertainment allowances, and novated leasing. 
  • Relocation Support: Up to $10,000 reimbursement of approved relocation expenses for transitioning to CALHN, for eligible applicants. Further information can be found here. 
  • Professional Development: Opportunity to apply for reimbursement of eligible professional development activities, and access to dedicated leave for ongoing learning. 
  • Annual Leave: Enjoy paid recreation leave for essential rejuvenation, with leave loading applied. 
  • Flexible Work Arrangements: The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.  
  • Health and Fitness Benefits: Access to Fitness Passport, a discounted workplace health and fitness program available to CALHN staff and their families.? 
  • Employee Assistance Program: Confidential counselling and support services are available via our Employee Assistance Program. 

Application Information: 

  • Please refer to the role description for essential educational/vocational qualifications that may be required. 
  • Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and compliant Immunisation screening as indicated in the role description.  
  • Immunisation Risk for this position is - Category A. SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

Please note that unsolicited applications from recruitment agencies or third parties will not be accepted for this position. 

Shortlisting and interviews for this role will be conducted in January 2025.

Job ref: 887130

Enquiries to:

Andrea Fedele, Talent Acquisition Manager, CALHN andrea.fedele@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date

11:55 pm Sunday 22 December 2024

Attachments

 CIP - Executive Director Medical Services and Clinical Governance.pdf

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