Director Medical Services

St John of God South East Melbourne (SJGSEM) has a key leadership opportunity available for a committed and enthusiastic individual to commence as the Director Medical Services, PPT (32 hours per fortnight), reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, you will provide leadership and direction to Managers within the Services to ensure operational plans are implemented and targets met, while driving continuous improvement. St John of God South East Melbourne Hospitals (SEM) includes St John of God Berwick Hospital, St John of God Frankston Rehabilitation Hospital and St John of God Langmore Centre. An amalgamated governance framework and leadership structure overseeing the 3 hospitals ensures management capability, efficiencies, and improved delivery of care through the synergy of acute, subacute and mental health services. The Director of Medical Services (DMS) will provide strong inclusive leadership promoting the Vision, Mission and Values of St John of God Health Care (SJGHC). The DMS will provide dynamic, and responsive clinical leadership, assist and advise the Chief Executive Officer, support clinical governance and actively participate as a member of the South East Melbourne Hospitals Management Committee (SEM HMC). In this role you will provide leadership to Medical Services to foster a spirit of trust and communication between medical practitioner and other health or administrative professionals. You'll also champion clinical excellence in healthcare delivery, maintain the highest standards of medical practice that prioritize efficiency and patient-centered care. Your role involves offering expert advice to credentialed medical professionals, hospital executives, managers, and caregivers on delivering medical services. You're responsible for ensuring appropriate, processes, and committees are in place to ensure clinical performance, safety, quality, and risk management. You will hold registration as a Medical Practitioner with AHPRA, with demonstrated leadership and management skills in acute health care including the achievement of high-quality patient outcomes, service satisfaction and operational efficiency. With senior leadership skills, you’ll have the proven ability to develop and meet strategic objectives, with experience in setting, monitoring and meeting budgeted financial and annual operational targets and benchmarks. ` To succeed you will have demonstrated skills and acumen in change management and ability to influence people and the proven ability to foster a service ethos culture that encourages sound patient care and stewardship, focussing on innovation and productivity improvements. As an integral part of our hospital's leadership team, you will demonstrate experience in the application of quality and clinical risk management within a hospital/health service environment. As well as demonstrated knowledge of and ability to achieve ACHS Accreditation. Above all, patient care will be at the core of everything you do committing to and supporting our Mission and Values. We can offer you​. Highly competitive salary and entitlements Permanent part time position, hours negotiable Salary packaging up to $18,550 on a range of benefits such as mortgage, rent, meal entertainment, holiday accommodation or other everyday living expenses as well as options to salary package benefits above the FBT cap on items such as: Novated leasing work related expenses self-education and additional superannuation A healthy work-life balance through flexible work options, additional purchased leave and well-being programs Employee discount on St John of God Hospital & Medical Services and Private Health Insurance Significant role in dynamic team All applicants are asked to submit a covering letter (of no more than two (2) pages) demonstrating how you meet the above position requirements. For enquiries contact Lisa Norman – CEO on (03) 8784 5023. St John of God Health Care embraces diversity and strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people with disabilities. We are committed to providing a safe environment for all children and vulnerable people in our care and proactively take measures to protect children/vulnerable people from abuse. All caregivers employed by St John of God Health Care are required to be vaccinated from Covid-19 and Influenza in order to fulfil the requirements of the role.