Job no: 951734
Work type: Full time
Location: Adelaide Metro Northern
Categories: Project and Program Management

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- Ongoing Full-time

About the Role:

Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is shaping the future of public healthcare for Adelaide's northern communities. If you're an experienced improvement professional ready to lead meaningful change across two of South Australia's busiest metropolitan hospitals, this contract role offers the scope and purpose to make your mark.

Where You'll Make an Impact

Based at Modbury Hospital with regular presence at Lyell McEwin Hospital, you'll lead project and improvement activity across NALHN through to 18 April 2027. Reporting into a network that serves a diverse and growing population, your responsibilities will include:

- Leading end-to-end project delivery across clinical and operational improvement initiatives at both Modbury and Lyell McEwin Hospital sites
- Applying structured improvement methodologies to identify, design, and embed sustainable change across services
- Engaging and coordinating multidisciplinary stakeholders, including clinical teams, executives, and external partners
- Monitoring project performance, risks, and outcomes, and reporting progress to NALHN leadership

What You'll Bring





- Demonstrated experience leading complex projects or improvement programs within a health or similarly regulated environment
- Proficiency in recognised improvement frameworks such as Lean, Six Sigma, or the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care standards
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence across clinical and non-clinical groups
- Proven ability to manage competing priorities across multiple sites or workstreams
- Experience preparing executive-level reporting, business cases, or briefing papers
- Tertiary qualifications in health management, project management, or a related discipline

About You:

In this role you will have strong interpersonal and communication skills which will enable you to successfully problem solve, resolve conflicts and negotiate, including the ability to engage in difficult conversations, whilst building and maintaining relationships. An ability to effectively manage multiple, diverse and competing priorities and demonstrated resilience within a stressful and complex environment is essential to this role.

About Adelaide:

Adelaide is consistently recognised as a city that artfully combines its compact charm and world‑class cuisine with picturesque nature escapes.



Ranked one of the worlds "Most Liveable Cities" and "Most Beautiful Cities", Adelaide provides something for everyone combining a wonderful mix of nature with nearby beaches, rolling hills and wildlife and culinary delights with fine dining restaurants, award‑winning cafes, bustling food markets and booming boutique bars. Events like the LIV Golf, SANTOS Tour Down Under, Adelaide Fringe and the Adelaide Cabaret Festival add extra appeal to living here.

About Us:

The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is a leading provider of public healthcare services in South Australia, and one of the largest employers in northern Adelaide.

NALHN serves over 400,000 people in northern Adelaide with a comprehensive range of high-quality healthcare services, including emergency, surgical, obstetric, neonatal, paediatric, oncology, geriatric, palliative care and rehabilitation, and mental health care, as well as primary health care services with a focus on community health promotion and chronic disease management.

With a commitment for ongoing upgrades to our facilities and the introduction of current services, our priority is delivering exceptional health and wellbeing services that enhance the quality of life for our community.

With over 7,000 employees, NALHN emphasises quality care and a supportive work environment guided by respect, integrity, and accountability. Our core values foster excellence, innovation, and equitable health outcomes.

At NALHN Everyone Has a Story, Everyone Matters, Everyone Contributes and Everyone Grows

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📌 Lead Project & Improvement Officer (Adelaide)
🏢 Health
📍 Adelaide