Senior Medical Director – Acute, Medicine & Cancer ServicesAlbury Wodonga Health | Albury-Wodonga, NSW / Victoria Border

Senior Executive Medical Leadership | Permanent Opportunity | Competitive Salary + Salary Packaging

The Opportunity Sante Recruitment is seeking an exceptional clinical leader to join Albury Wodonga Health (AWH) as Senior Medical Director – Acute, Medicine and Cancer Services.

This is a rare opportunity to take on a senior medical leadership position within the largest regional health service between Sydney and Melbourne, influencing healthcare delivery across a substantial cross-border population spanning North-East Victoria and Southern New South Wales.

The position sits within the AWH Senior Leadership Team and provides a critical executive interface between clinical leadership and the organisation's broader executive structure.

This is an exciting time to join AWH, with significant service expansion and transformation underway across its cross-campus public healthcare network.

About Albury Wodonga Health

Albury Wodonga Health is the largest regional health service between Sydney and Melbourne and provides healthcare across a significant cross-border population.

Operating across a growing multi-campus public healthcare network, AWH plays a critical role in delivering healthcare throughout the Hume Local Health Service Network, covering North-East Victoria and Southern New South Wales.

The organisation is undergoing significant growth and service expansion, creating opportunities for experienced medical leaders to influence the future direction of regional healthcare.

This is a genuinely regional leadership role with the opportunity to have an impact well beyond a single hospital campus.

The Role

As Senior Medical Director – Acute, Medicine and Cancer Services, you will act as the key executive interface for Clinical Directors within the Directorate.

Working closely with senior executives, you will help bridge the organisation's executive leadership and clinical services, ensuring strong communication, collaboration and consensus-driven decision-making.

You Will Work Closely With

- General Manager
- Chief Medical Officer




- Chief Operating Officer
- Clinical Directors
- Senior Medical Staff
- Multidisciplinary clinical teams
- Corporate and operational leaders

Key Responsibilities Will Include

- Providing strategic clinical leadership across Acute, Medicine and Cancer Services
- Supporting Clinical Directors and senior medical leaders
- Acting as an executive interface between clinical services and senior management
- Contributing to strategic service planning and transformation
- Supporting clinical leadership development
- Driving clinical quality and patient safety
- Building strong stakeholder relationships
- Supporting workforce planning and service development
- Contributing to teaching, research and regional healthcare development
- Ensuring clinical priorities are effectively represented at executive level

Qualifications & Registration

Key Selection Criteria The successful applicant will demonstrate:

- Unconditional specialist registration as a Medical Practitioner with AHPRA
- Current Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) and/or
- Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators (RACMA)

Leadership Experience

- Minimum 3 years' demonstrated management and clinical leadership experience in a senior leadership role
- Proven ability to lead within a complex healthcare environment
- Demonstrated experience in strategic planning and service development

Strategic & Influencing Capability

- Implement complex strategies
- Secure broad stakeholder engagement and buy-in
- Influence across clinical and executive environments
- Adapt your leadership and influencing approach to different stakeholders
- Build effective relationships across organisational boundaries
- Drive change within complex healthcare systems





Leadership Capability

Advanced leadership skills aligned with the key domains of the NSW HETI Leadership Framework, including:

- Achieving Outcomes
- Developing Self
- Engaging People
- Partnering
- Transforming the System
- Managing for the Future

You Will Also Demonstrate a Strong Commitment To

- Clinical safety
- Regional healthcare
- Teaching and education
- Research
- Quality improvement
- Workforce development

What We Offer

- Competitive senior medical leadership remuneration
- Generous salary packaging opportunities
- Executive-level clinical leadership position
- Opportunity to influence regional healthcare strategy
- Cross-campus leadership role
- Collaborative and progressive executive environment
- Opportunity to shape an emerging senior leadership position
- Professional development opportunities
- Strong focus on clinical safety and quality
- Opportunity to contribute to teaching and research

Live & Work in Albury-Wodonga

- Excellent schools
- Affordable housing compared with Sydney and Melbourne
- Strong sporting and recreational facilities
- Restaurants, cafés and cultural attractions
- Murray River lifestyle
- Wineries and food experiences
- Cycling and walking trails
- National parks
- Easy access to the Victorian High Country
- Snowfields within easy reach
- Excellent transport connections

Why Consider This Chance?

Senior Medical Director position

Acute, Medicine & Cancer Services portfolio

Largest regional health service between Sydney & Melbourne

Senior position within the AWH Leadership Team

Cross-campus regional healthcare leadership

Influence healthcare delivery across North-East Victoria & Southern NSW

Genuine opportunity to shape the role

Strategic and clinical leadership focus

Work closely with CMO, COO and General Manager

Significant organisational growth and expansion

Competitive remuneration and salary packaging

Strong focus on clinical safety and quality

Teaching and research opportunities

Outstanding regional lifestyle

All applications and enquiries are treated in the strictest confidence.

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📌 Senior Medical Director - Acute, Medicine and Cancer Services (Albury)
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