Director Medical Workforce Community – Central Coast Local Health District

Employment Type: Full-time
Location: Gosford, QLD
Application Close Date: 07/04/2025

Where you’ll be working

Central Coast is comprised of the twin areas of Gosford and Wyong, positioned between Sydney and Newcastle, which are collectively expected to grow from the current approximate 300,000 to 450,000 population before 2030. The Local Health District has strong connections with both Royal North Shore Hospital and the University of Newcastle

About the Role

The Director Medical Workforce will lead medical workforce priorities across the broad range of Community, Wellbeing and Allied Health services, ensuring clinical engagement occurs at all levels and will provide oversight of specialist and non-specialist training accreditation. The Director Medical Workforce will also ensure the medical workforce within the Community, Wellbeing and Allied Health Directorate are working to their full potential through development, implementation and maintenance of strategies, policies, systems and processes relating to effective workforce engagement and management.

About You

1. Comprehensive knowledge and demonstrated understanding of clinical care and various clinical models of care and associated clinical information systems and ABF/Medicare funding requirements.
2. Comprehensive demonstrated knowledge of and experience in managing current issues in medical workforce, medical staff training and industrial requirements for medical officers in complex health organisations.
3. Demonstrated leadership capabilities in line with the CORE values and ability to provide leadership as part of the senior executive and ability to work in an executive team environment.
4. Demonstrated comprehensive knowledge and application of patient safety, quality, risk management, change management, improvement systems, innovation and best practice.
5. Demonstrated accountability and proven financial management skills within a health environment.
6. Proven effective negotiation, communication skills (written and verbal) and conflict management skills with a wide range of stakeholders including Senior Medical Practitioners, external professional groups, patients and carers and the broader community.
7. Medical Practitioner registered or able to be registered in Australia, inclusive of an unrestricted 19AB exempted provider number.
8. Fellowship of, or intent to progress towards, Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators.

More information

For enquiries about the position please contact Adam Cruikshank, District Director Community, Wellbeing and Allied Health CCLHD phone (02) 4320 5668 or email CCLHD-MWEUSMW@health.nsw.gov.au

Closing Date:  7th of April 2025