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About our Client:
 
The North Eastern Community Hospital (NECH) is a not-for-profit organisation comprised of a private independent acute care hospital and a residential aged care home. Our Client delivers a comprehensive range of health services to our community, with a focus on compassion, care and respect for all.
 
Compassionate, innovative, collaborative and respectful - these core values are further underpinned by strong leadership and excellent care.
 
To learn more, please visit: https://northeasternhospital.com.au/ 
 
 
About the Opportunity:
 
North Eastern Community Hospital is entering an exciting period of growth, and we are seeking an exceptional leader to help shape what comes next!
 
As Director of Clinical Services, you will hold a senior position on our Executive Team at a defining moment for the hospital. This is a rare opportunity to influence the strategic and operational direction of clinical services across the organisation, working in genuine partnership with the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Team.
 
We are looking for an inspiring and energetic leader who brings people with them. Someone who builds trust quickly, sets a clear standard for clinical excellence, and has a natural ability to understand what motivates people and bring out their best. You will be visible, approachable and respected, with the authenticity and confidence to lead an engaged, high-performing team.
 
Leading your own team of Managers, you will work closely with surgeons and specialists, strengthen the relationships that underpin our continued growth, and bring a commercial, data-informed perspective to everything from workforce planning to financial performance. As a trusted member of the Executive Team, you will also have a fantastic opportunity to be at the forefront of critical decision-making to assist in continuing to move the organisation forward.
 
 
Key Responsibilities:
 
In this rare and exceptional role, you will have an excellent platform to partner closely with the CEO and Executive Team to drive overall organisational strategy, performance and service excellence, in conjunction with:
 
Lead clinical services and governance:

• Provide strategic and operational leadership across all clinical service areas, ensuring safe, high quality, patient-centred care.
• Lead clinical governance, quality improvement and risk management, and drive accreditation readiness against the NSQHS Standards and ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems.

Drive performance, efficiency and accountability:

• Set clear standards and support your teams to perform at their best, building an excellent culture of safety, accountability and continuous improvement.
• Take the lead and drive on workforce efficiency and scheduling, optimising rosters, theatre lists and patient flow to meet operational demand.

Own the numbers:

• Monitor clinical and financial performance, using data to identify opportunities early and act with confidence.
• Manage budgets with a commercial, efficiency-driven mindset.

Grow the hospital:

• Build and strengthen relationships with surgeons, specialists and key stakeholders to support new business and sustainable growth.
• Contribute to, and drive service planning, innovation and change initiatives that lift patient outcomes and organisational performance.

Lead and develop your team:

• Lead, foster and delegate to a team of Clinical Managers, building strong capability, engagement and accountability.

  
About You:
 
You are an energetic, self-motivated leader and a natural change agent. Someone who thinks creatively, challenges convention, works with autonomy, builds trust quickly, and inspires those around them. Alongside this, you will bring:

• Significant senior leadership experience within a hospital or acute healthcare environment. We are open to strong operational and clinical leaders, including high performers ready to step up to their first executive role.
• A clinical background and current AHPRA registration (Registered Nurse, SA) is highly regarded, though not essential for an exceptional operational leader from a hospital setting.
• Relevant tertiary qualifications in Health Science, Nursing, Business Administration or a related field.
• Experience working with surgeons and specialists is well regarded.
• Proven clinical governance, quality and risk management capability, with a strong understanding of accreditation and the NSQHS Standards.
• Demonstrated financial and budget management, with the commercial judgement to drive efficiency and optimisation.
• A creative and innovative thinker who brings fresh ideas to service delivery, efficiency and continuous improvement.
• A confident and effective delegator, with clear evidence of how you empower, develop and stretch your team.
• A track record of leading change, lifting culture and delivering improvement that sticks.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement and relationship building skills, with a leadership style that is authentic, visible and values-driven.

If you are a driven and forward-thinking senior leader who thrives on transformation and wants real influence within a collaborative and supportive environment, we would love to hear from you.
 
 
Why join NECH:
 
At NECH, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We are a trusted NFP community hospital delivering high quality care with compassion, professionalism and integrity. In this role you will join:

• A close, collaborative Executive Team where your leadership directly shapes the hospital's direction and clinical outcomes.
• A hospital in an exciting growth phase, with real scope for strategic and operational influence.
• Full backing from a supportive CEO and Executive team, so you are set up to lead and succeed.
• A values and purpose-driven organisation that takes safety, quality and accountability seriously.
• A competitive base salary plus superannuation, plus access to generous NFP salary packaging.

  
Sound like you?
 
If you would like to learn more, please don't hesitate to reach out to Selina on 0435 843 155. To apply, please submit a cover letter outlining your specific experience in line with the selection criteria as detailed in the About You section of the advertisement, along with your resume. Please submit as one document.
 
We maintain the discretion to extend an offer at any stage of the recruitment process. If you are interested in the position submit your application as soon as possible!
 
To streamline the process, we kindly request that recruiters and candidates refrain from directly contacting the client. The client has enlisted the services of BespokeHR exclusively for this role. If you or any potential candidates are interested in applying, kindly utilise the provided 'apply' button.

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