Health management jobs

Chief Executive Officer

• • Employer: Great Ocean Road Health
  • Location: Vic
  • Position type: Contract
  • Closing date: 16-11-2025 11:30 PM
  • Contact: Jo Lowday
  • Phone: +61 400 158 155
  • Email: hrsa@hrsa.com.au
  • More info: Click here to know more

– Award Winning Small Rural Health Service

– In demand lifestyle destination

– Outstanding CEO career opportunity

Great Ocean Road Health (GORH) is a Small Rural Health and Multi-Purpose Service with campuses at Lorne and Apollo Bay in South West Victoria. We provide a broad range of services including acute care, residential aged care, palliative and respite services, renal dialysis (Lorne), 24-hour urgent care, primary health and general practitioner care, community health care and in-home support services. Our community is home to approximately 5,700 permanent residents and over 45,000 visitors throughout peak holiday seasons. The GORH Board is now seeking to recruit a high-performing health professional to join the team in this exceptional leadership role.

The CEO provides executive leadership and operational direction to drive GORH Vision, Priorities, Objectives, and Strategic Directions. Reporting to the Board, the CEO is responsible for ensuring the organisation maintains an excellent reputation, and delivers well-coordinated, accessible and high-quality services that are responsive to community needs and Government policy directions. GORH is dedicated to fostering strong, effective partnerships with both internal and external stakeholders.

To be considered for this role, candidates must have proven executive experience in the healthcare sector, demonstrating success in leading complex health services and programs, achieving performance goals, and managing budgets. Relevant tertiary qualifications, along with in-depth knowledge of current trends in Victoria’s and Australia’s public sector health systems, are essential. Strong relationship management skills and a deep understanding of governance and risk management frameworks are required.

Full details are available on our website:

www.hrsa.com.au

or contact Jo Lowday on: 0400 158 155.  To make an application you will be required to submit: a Cover Letter incorporating a response to the Key Selection Criteria, your full CV and a completed HRS Application Form available on the HRS web site. Applications can be made online or sent by email to:

hrsa@hrsa.com.au

Applications close 16 November 2025

Divisional Director – Women, Children, and Youth

• • Employer: Northern Territory Government
  • Location: NT
  • Position type: Full-time
  • Closing date: 24-11-2025 5:00 PM
  • Contact: Dr Danika Thiemt
  • Phone: +61 8 8922 8840
  • Email: danika.thiemt@nt.gov.au
  • More info: Click here to know more

– Senior Staff Specialist Clinician – Remuneration Package Range

– Remuneration package: $315,756 – $349,100 (including salary $270,033 – $298, 705)

– Royal Darwin Hospital and Palmerston Regional Hospital
Darwin, Northern Territory

– Fixed vacancy for 3 years – part-time 19 hours per week (with the option to take on clinical duties for a full-time load)

The role

As the Divisional Director – Women, Children, and Youth you will work in partnership with the Director of Nursing and Midwifery – Operations of the Division of Women, Children and Youth across Royal Darwin and Palmerston Hospitals. You will be accountable for the safety and quality, financial and operational management of the Division. The Divisional Directors, through strategic leadership and their membership of the RDH and PRH Executive Team, drive divisional performance, achieve organisational targets and implement the highest standards of clinical and corporate governance within the NT Health Values. The Medical Divisional Director will contribute to the overall leadership and management of RDH and PRH, and the achievement of the RDH and PRH Strategic Priorities.

The Facilities

Royal Darwin Hospital (RDH) is a 370-bed facility located in the northern suburbs of Darwin. It serves as the tertiary referral hospital for the Top End of the NT and provides a wide range of acute and specialist medical services to urban, regional, and remote communities across the Top End and beyond.

RDH is a tertiary teaching hospital affiliated with Flinders University, Charles Darwin University, the Menzies School of Health Research, and the National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre.

Palmerston Regional Hospital (PRH) is a 116-bed facility located 20km south of Darwin. It operates as an extension of RDH and is a sub-acute service hospital.

About you

To be successful you will have:

• Eligible for specialist registration with the Medical Board of Australia with Fellowship of a Medical College.
• Demonstrated extensive relevant professional experience at a senior level in an acute tertiary setting.
• Demonstrated high level ability to provide strategic leadership, deliver business and clinical service plans and outcomes in a complex hospital environment, with the demonstrated high level ability to lead, negotiate, implement and drive organisational change in support of the achievement of strategic and operational goals.
• Demonstrated high level knowledge and experience of continuous quality improvement principles and their application.
• Demonstrated high level ability to operate effectively in an environment of ongoing change and uncertainty and to create a flexible environment that enables others to meet changing demands in a dynamic multi-disciplinary environment.
• Demonstrated high-level ability to contribute effectively as a member of the RDH and PRH Executive team, with use of advanced communication, interpersonal, conflict management and negotiation skills to maximise productive working relationships with the executive management and the multidisciplinary teams.
• Demonstrated high level ability to engage with and develop relationships with key stakeholders within and outside of the organisation including an ability to interact effectively with people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
• Demonstrated ability to manage human and financial resources in an environment of competing demands.
• Demonstrated ability to manage conflict to promote cooperation, teamwork and understanding in undertaking challenging, demanding and complex work.

The Benefits

• Hospital Salary packaging
• Generous allowances including:
  • Professional Development Allowance up to $29,670
  • Private Practice Allowance up to $89,611.50
  • Second Roster Allowance up to $42,677
  • 12% Superannuation
  • Relocation support
  • 6 weeks recreation leave
  • 2 weeks professional development leave

For further information about this vacancy please contact:

Dr Danika Thiemt on 08 8922 8840 or danika.thiemt@nt.gov.au

Quote vacancy number: 1000

Closing date: 24/11/2025

Applications should consist of a one page summary sheet, resume / CV and copies of relevant qualifications.

For a copy of the Job Description or to view career opportunities in the Northern Territory Government please visit https://jobs.nt.gov.au/Home/Search

Applications close 24 November 2025

Health Service Chief Executive, Mackay HHS

• • Employer: Mackay Hospital and Health Service
  • Location: Qld
  • Position type: Full-time
  • Closing date: 27-11-2025 5:00 PM
  • Contact: Justine Eden
  • Phone: +61 412 156 930
  • Email: mhhs@edenritchie.com.au
  • More info: Click here to know more

The Mackay Hospital and Health Service is a dynamic regional health service with a clear purpose — delivering exceptional, compassionate care to a community that values connection, collaboration and local identity. As Health Service Chief Executive, you will lead more than 3,500 dedicated staff serving a population of almost 190,000 people across the Mackay, Isaac and Whitsunday regions — a vast area of 90,364km2 stretching from the Whitsundays in the north to St Lawrence in the south and west to Clermont. The region combines the best of regional and rural living with a thriving economy, strong community spirit and a relaxed coastal lifestyle.

This is an exciting moment in Mackay HHS’s journey. The service is set to undergo its first major hospital expansion in a decade.  The expansion project reflects both growth and renewal and it sits alongside an organisational focus on strengthening governance, transparency and community trust. The Board is seeking an experienced and visible leader who will continue this journey — someone who can drive performance, reform and innovation while building a culture of engagement and accountability across the service.

Reporting to the Mackay Hospital and Health Board, the Health Service Chief Executive holds full accountability for clinical, operational and corporate performance across all hospitals and community services within the region. With an annual operating budget of approximately $750 million and responsibility for a complex, multi-site network of acute, subacute, community and mental health services, this role is both strategic and deeply connected to the community it serves.

Supported by the executive team and working in partnership with the Board, Queensland Health, clinicians and community leaders your remit will be to deliver safe, high-quality and sustainable healthcare outcomes. A key focus will be on advancing health equity and improving health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, ensuring that care is culturally safe, inclusive and grounded in genuine partnership with local communities.

To succeed in this role, you will bring significant experience in public health system leadership and a proven record in delivering complex service reform. You will be known for leading with authenticity, courage and empathy — building trust and collaboration across government, clinicians and community, and driving high performance through influence rather than hierarchy. Your leadership will reflect strong strategic capability balanced with compassion and visibility, ensuring that decisions are informed by both evidence and the lived experiences of patients and staff. You will be a leader who fosters accountability, safety and quality, and who inspires a workforce that feels valued, connected and proud of the care it delivers.

Experience leading within a regional and rural context will be highly regarded, as will a genuine appreciation for the importance of connection to community. The Mackay region offers an enviable balance of professional challenge and personal reward, with pristine beaches, subtropical rainforests and a welcoming, family-friendly environment. The region’s diverse economy — underpinned by tourism, agriculture, mining and education — supports a vibrant lifestyle where work, purpose and wellbeing coexist.

This is more than an executive opportunity; it is a rare chance to shape the future of healthcare across one of Queensland’s most diverse and rapidly evolving regions. The incoming Chief Executive will play a pivotal role in leading Mackay HHS through its next chapter of transformation — strengthening culture, delivering sustainable health outcomes, and building confidence in a service that is central to the lives and wellbeing of its community.

For a confidential discussion, contact Justine Eden, Eden Ritchie Recruitment on 0412 156 930 or email mhhs@edenritchie.com.au.

To apply and access further information, please visit https://edenritchie.com.au/health-service-chief-executive-mhhs/

Applications close 5pm Thursday 27th November 2025

Please note, this role is open to applicants with unrestricted working rights in Australia.