Director of Clinical Services | St Stephens Hospital
Employment Term: Full Time Chance
Location: St Stephens Hospital, Hervey Bay, Queensland
Remuneration: Competitive Salary + Super + NFP Salary Packaging (save tax and increase your take home pay)
Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and therefore may result in the role closing early if the right applicant is found.
Make a meaningful difference with St Stephens Private Hospital
At St Stephen's Hospital, we are Australia's first fully digital hospital, giving the Wide Bay community access to one of the country's most advanced healthcare facilities. An innovative non-for-profit regional hospital, we offer access to the best specialists with minimal waiting for advanced treatment and remain focused on making a meaningful difference in the lives of our patients and surrounding community. We offer a comprehensive range of inpatient medical, surgical and rehabilitation services including Cardiac and Cancer Care, Urology, Bariatric, Gynaecology, Respiratory, Haematology, Orthopaedics, Cardiovascular, Endoscopy and Vascular and general surgery.
An integral part of our team, as a Director of Clinical Services, you'll be encouraged to grow, develop and feel empowered to make the everyday easier for the people we care so passionately about. Let's make a meaningful difference, together!
Your part in our St Stephens team
Accountable for the strategic and operational management of Clinical Services, you'll provide leadership to Nursing, Allied Health Services and Quality Support Teams, ensuring high standards of patient care, appropriate risk management and appropriate resource utilisation across an integrated continuum of care from pre-admission to post discharge from St Stephen's.




You'll promote improvement in performance and better outcomes for patients through evidence-based care, through the monitoring and reporting of clinical and material KPI's. Collaborating closely with the hospital's executive leadership team, you will
Work in conjunction with the General Manager to optimise customer service, financial efficiencies and care delivery
Actively network in industry to promote growth, identify clinical areas for expansion and represent the hospital at external clinical forums.
Play an active role in the management of OHS and Quality initiatives to ensure a safe work environment, injury prevention and the achievement of accreditation.
Deputise into the General Manager role as required as well as overseeing responsibility services as directed by the GM
What makes a difference for us?
As an accomplished clinical leader, you will present with significant recent senior leadership experience within a public or private acute environment of a comparable size and clinical complexity. Your experience has equipped you with an aptitude for people leadership, and exceptional interpersonal skills to confidently navigate challenging clinical and behavioural scenarios through to optimal outcomes.
Ideally, you have previously managed significant organisational and cultural change within a health service, with a proven record of improving patient care and reducing clinical risk hospital-wide. You'll demonstrate skills and experience including:




Bachelor of Nursing Degree or equivalent, with post-graduate qualifications (desirable)
Current AHPRA Registration as a Registered Nurse
Proven track record in setting strategy with appropriate governance, planning budgets and meeting budget and all other relevant KPI's
Preparation of annual budgets, capital expenditure requests and annual strategic/business plan
Extensive knowledge and understanding of Human Resources practices, Industrial Agreements, Workplace Health and Safety practices and Continuous Quality Improvement principles
Willingness to obtain required vaccinations in line with hospitals infection control requirements, as well as undergo national criminal history check and functional assessment
What makes a difference for you?
NFP Salary Packaging: Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum. To learn more about this benefit watch the video via the following link: Salary Packaging Explained
Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance
A recognition and rewards platform , providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, annual awards celebration, wellbeing and employee assistance programs
12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme
Diversity and inclusive leave , offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events
Career development opportunities to challenge yourself, grow
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