Director, Medical Services

Employment Type: Part-time

Location: Geelong and Barwon South West Region
Application Close Date: Thursday 26 June 2025

• Strategic senior medical leadership opportunity
• Based in Geelong and support health service partnerships across Barwon South West region
• Work closely with our medical services leadership team to progress sustainable change across the region
• Temporary part time position (42 hours per fortnight) until the 22 March 2026

Where you’ll be working

Barwon Health is one of the largest and most comprehensive regional health services in Australia, providing care at all stages of life and circumstance. Services available through Barwon Health cover the full spectrum from primary care, community services, aged care, rehabilitation, mental health, emergency and acute care. We serve more than 500,000 people through the efforts of more than 9000 staff and volunteers across more than 20 sites. Barwon Health is committed to developing a vibrant culture of education, training and research that advances health and wellbeing for all.

Our major sites include University Hospital Geelong in Geelong’s CBD, the McKellar Centre precinct in North Geelong, Barwon Health North in Norlane, and residential aged care facilities spanning the region. Comprehensive mental health, community health and dental services are delivered through various programs across the Barwon South West Region, including Torquay and Colac.

About the Role

The Director Medical Services (DMS) position is a senior medical leadership role at Barwon Health and encompasses broader support from a strategic, clinical governance and workforce perspective to other health services in the Barwon South West region. Specifically;

• Colac Area Health, 2 days a week
• Hesse Rural Health, 1 day a month
• Health Service Partnership initiatives and support to region

This role provides the successful applicant an opportunity to manage key business functions / units and take on a senior role in regional clinical services and workforce planning. The role reports directly and professionally to the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of Barwon Health. The CMO is accountable for the following functions / units:

• Medical Workforce, medical education and training
• Clinical governance, Safety, Quality and Improvement (including Medico-Legal)
• Research governance
• Public Health and Primary Care
• Credentialing of medical staff, New Technology / Clinical Practice, Sabbatical Leave
• Pharmacy Services
• Strategic leadership across Barwon South West and support towards Health Service Partnership

The role also reports directly to CEO of health services where the DMS provides direct medical administration services to. The DMS role is physically based primarily at Barwon Health with some travelling components to the region. Management of specific functions and units under the auspices of the CMO will be negotiated with the successful applicant, based on experience and interests.

Please note Barwon Health will only contact you via our official email and never use unconventional means, such as text messaging or other services.

More information

If we can assist you with any reasonable adjustments in order to submit your application for this role, please contact the Medical Workforce Unit directly via email at medicalrecruitment@barwonhealth.org.au noting your preferred method of communication and contact details and a member of the team will be in touch.

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Applications close: Thursday, 26 June 2025