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Austin Health

Divisional Director, Access, Critical Care Imaging Services

Austin Health

. Partner with the Divisional Medical Director to oversee strategic and operational functions across the Access, Critical Care, Imaging and Ambulatory Services Division .

Posted 10/23/2026full-timeMelbourne • AustraliaSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in leading complex health services, strategic planning, and resource management while fostering patient-centered care and innovative service delivery models. Proven ability to build strategic relationships and implement quality and risk management strategies within healthcare environments.

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Strategic PlanningHealthcare ImprovementBudget ManagementLeadership and Team DevelopmentProject Management

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Hard Skills
Service Improvement InitiativesQuality Management StrategiesPatient-Centric ModelsResource ManagementSafety Direction ImplementationChange ManagementBusiness PlanningFinancial AcumenHealthcare Delivery ModelsStakeholder Relationship Management
Soft Skills
Interpersonal SkillsCommunication SkillsCoaching and MentoringChange ReadinessLeadership Skills
Tools & Technologies
Project Management FrameworksMeasurement SystemsOrganisational Change Frameworks
Certifications & Qualifications
National Police CheckWorking With Children Check
Industry Keywords
Health Service ManagementPublic Hospital ExperiencePatient CareEmergency CareIntensive CareAmbulatory CareImaging ServicesCritical CareService InnovationHealthcare Stakeholders

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Partner with the Divisional Medical Director to oversee strategic and operational functions across the Access, Critical Care, Imaging and Ambulatory Services Division
  • Ensure efficient resource management and delivery of high-quality, patient-centred care
  • Shape innovative service delivery models
  • Contribute to strategic planning
  • Achieve access, activity, quality, and budget targets set out in the organisation’s Statement of Priorities
  • Collaborate with other Divisional Directors to deliver contemporary care throughout the health system
  • Lead services spanning emergency care, intensive care, care coordination, access and bed management, patient transport, virtual services, hospital in the home, specialist clinics, radiology, molecular imaging and therapy, and ambulatory care

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Ability to act with foresight and contribute a strategic perspective to the work of the Division and the organisation as a whole
  • Significant experience translating strategic priorities into annual business plans and aligning communication, accountabilities, resource capabilities, internal processes, and measurement systems
  • Extensive experience leading and managing a complex health service/function, preferably within a major public hospital
  • Knowledge of contemporary leadership models/frameworks
  • Demonstrable experience leading teams and coaching individual, team, and organisational capability
  • Excellent leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills
  • Experience facilitating workplace change and building organisational change readiness, capability, and resilience
  • Ability to initiate and maintain strategic relationships with health-system stakeholders
  • Understanding of contemporary patient-centric models, frameworks, and services
  • Experience implementing service practices meeting patient and organisational needs
  • Experience implementing safety direction, goals, strategies, and organisation-wide safety and wellbeing initiatives
  • Understanding of service innovation models/frameworks and experience testing and implementing new approaches
  • Ability to develop healthcare improvement environments and implement quality and risk management strategies
  • Experience managing service improvement initiatives and local change processes
  • Significant strategic business and financial acumen with extensive budget management experience
  • Experience managing projects and using project management frameworks and tools
  • Satisfactory National Police Check
  • Working With Children Check, if required

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging, for living expenses, meals, and holiday accommodation
  • Discounted fitness memberships
  • Special offers on health insurance
  • Comprehensive wellbeing program
  • Onsite childcare at Austin Hospital
  • Easy access via public transport
  • Car parking options
  • Mentoring and career development opportunities