We are looking for an experienced paediatric leader ready to shape innovative, consumer-centred child development services within the CWHHS.

Bring your advanced expertise in child and adolescent health, development, behaviour and disability to lead complex clinical practice and interdisciplinary care.
Inspire teams through supervision, mentoring and professional development while driving evidence-based practice, quality improvement, research and service innovation.

Apply now, and make a meaningful impact on outcomes for children, young people, families and the professionals who support them!

Patient Centred Care

for our Central West communities

Job details Position status Permanent
Position type Full time
Occupational group Health - Allied Health/Clinical Support
Classification HP5
Workplace Location Central West Qld
Job ad reference QLD/CW6I693597
Closing date 18-Oct-2026
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Salary Other
Job duration Permanent
Contact person Lee-Anne O'Keefe
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We care about people | We champion safety and quality | We act with integrity and accountability | We are a capable and confident workforce | We improve continuously

What's involved – To lead the development, implementation, and evaluation of a new Child Development Service model across the Central West Hospital and Health Service (CWHHS), ensuring alignment with state-wide priorities, policy frameworks, and evidence-based practices. Provide expert leadership, clinical expertise, and education within CWHHS, including designing innovative clinical service models, delivering and supporting staff training and education, promoting evidence-based practice and research, and overseeing data collection and reporting processes.

You will operate within the Child, Youth and Family service while working collaboratively across multiple teams to enhance service integration, coordination, and connectivity to better support children and families. Play a key role in advancing the Putting Queensland Kids First initiatives, driving improved health and wellbeing outcomes for children and families across the region. This position may evolve to include management responsibilities in the future, subject to the establishment of appropriate models of care.





About Central West Hospital and Health Service - Our diverse and rewarding work environment is as unique and dynamic as Central West Queensland itself. Our far-reaching health services cover a region of almost 20.6 percent of Queensland, encompasses seven local government areas, and reaches 18 unique and lively communities.

Expansive in the true sense of the word, the region opens new horizons painted in red earth, blue sky and burnt orange sunsets. It might feel miles away from urban life, but we are just a two-hour flight from Brisbane – well within reach of the city and South East Queensland's beautiful beaches.

As a Central West Health employee, your benefits include:

- generous employer superannuation contribution up to 12.75%;
- salary packaging to increase your take home pay;
- 17.5% annual leave loading;
- career development opportunities;
- CWH provided housing or rental assistance The locals will tell you a role with Central West Health is more than just a job, and a life in central west Queensland is as iconic as the region that defines it. Be prepared to be embraced by warm, welcoming, and close-knit communities, and caring for and living among the people you work with to make a difference in their lives and yours, every day.

First impressions count - Slay the application process by:
- Submitting your CV with a statement “this is a true and correct representation of my work experience”, signed and dated by yourself.
- Provide a relevant and concise cover letter that address the ‘How you will be assessed' section of the attached role description.
- Complete the VPD paperwork and submit this as part of your application.

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It is a condition of employment for this role for the employee to be, and remain, vaccinated against measles, mumps, rubella, varicella and hepatitis B during their employment.

Applications should be submitted ONLINE. Include a completed vaccine preventable disease form and evidence of immunity and vaccinations and relevant qualifications with your application. For additional information regarding the responsibilities,



mandatory qualifications and/or other requirements for this position please refer to the role description.

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