St Vincent's Health Australia – Melbourne VIC
St Vincent's Virtual & Home | Bringing Care Home
Location:
Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane
Employment Type:
Permanent, part‐time (0.4 FTE)
Help redefine hospital‐level care - beyond hospital walls.
St Vincent's Health Australia is bringing care home. Through our Care at Home program, we are extending secure, hospital‐grade acute care into homes and communities, supported by digital monitoring, strong escalation pathways and contemporary clinical governance.
We are seeking a
Clinical Director - Acute Care
to provide senior clinical leadership across this rapidly evolving portfolio. This is a unique opportunity for an experienced acute care clinician to shape how high‐acuity care is safely delivered outside traditional hospital settings - without compromising standards, decision‐making or outcomes.
The Opportunity
With dual reporting to both operational and clinical leadership, you will provide authoritative acute clinical leadership for hospital substitution and virtual acute care models across St Vincent's. You will ensure acute care delivered in the home is clinically appropriate, tightly governed and operationally aligned with emergency, peri‐operative and inpatient services - enabling innovation while maintaining the highest standards of safety and quality.
What You'll Do
Clinical Leadership & Governance
Define patient selection criteria, risk thresholds and escalation pathways for acute care at home
Provide senior clinical oversight for complex or high‐risk cases
Establish clear re‐admission and deterioration response frameworks
Model of Care Design
Co‐design acute admission‐avoidance and post‐procedural pathways




Embed evidence‐based acute practice within virtual and digitally supported models
Integrate monitoring, alerting and escalation into everyday care delivery
Stakeholder Leadership
Partner with ED, surgical, anaesthetic, medical and ICU outreach leaders
Drive alignment across hospital and community‐based teams
Represent acute care at executive and governance forums
Workforce & Capability
Mentor and support clinicians delivering acute care in distributed environments
Strengthen clinical decision‐making capability outside traditional hospital settings
Champion a culture of safety, clinical excellence and accountability
About You
You are a respected senior clinician who brings both clinical authority and system‐level thinking.
Fellowship with a relevant College (RACS, ANZCA, RACP or ACEM)
Current AHPRA registration
Extensive experience in acute care decision‐making and clinical governance
Strong background in managing deterioration, escalation and complex risk
Proven ability to lead across specialties and services
Highly Regarded
Exposure to digital health or remote monitoring technologies
Involvement in acute care innovation or quality improvement
Why St Vincent's?
At St Vincent's, care is an act of love - for the people we serve and for each other. Guided by compassion, excellence, integrity and justice, we are building a connected system of care that allows clinicians to practice at their best, wherever care is delivered.
You'll be part of shaping a national, mission‐led transformation - helping Australia receive
better, fairer acute care
, closer to home.
Additional Information
Employment is subject to pre‐employment checks, including required immunisations.
St Vincent's Health Australia is committed to diversity and inclusion.
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📌 Clinical Director - Acute Care (Melbourne)
🏢 St Vincent's Health Australia
📍 Melbourne