Executive Director Medical Services – WA Country Health Service

Employment Type: Full-Time

Location: Perth, WA

Application Close Date: 19/08/2024

Where you’ll be working

WACHS is the largest country health system in Australia and one of the biggest in the world, providing health services to approximately half a million people, including 45,000 Aboriginal people, over a vast two and a half million square kilometre area. The organisation comprises seven regions, with a strong network of public hospitals, health services and health centres located across rural and remote Western Australia. Our core business is the provision of quality, accessible health services to country WA residents and visitors.

About the Role

This position leads and is accountable for the strategic direction and delivery of the WA Country Health Service (WACHS) program for medical workforce, medical education, medical reform and medicolegal within WACHS, ensuring strong engagement across the organisation, with the aim of fostering a capable, supported and sustainable workforce.

This position works collaboratively with the Executive Teams and clinical staff to achieve the delivery of patient centred, high quality, value-based health service to WA’s regional and remote population and contributes to decision making on WACHS wide issues.

This position is expected to provide high level clinical advice to the Executive, and to be involved in leading reform and shaping the strategic direction for WACHS.

About You

Work Related Requirements The following criteria are to be read together with the Brief Summary of Duties and considered in the context of the WACHS Values.

Essential

1. Eligible for registration by the Medical Board of Australia and possession of an appropriate Fellowship.
2. Shapes and manages strategy The position requires the ability to inspire a sense of purpose and direction, to focus strategically on matters of critical importance to the organisation, to harness relevant information and act on opportunities. Requires demonstration of high-level judgement, initiative and common sense.
3. Achieves results Achieves results within area of accountability. Shows the ability to build organisational skill and responsiveness, marshal professional expertise, steer and implement change, deal with uncertainty and deliver intended results. Requires the ability to deliver outcomes while ensuring effective management of financial, physical, technological and information requirements to support quality service delivery.
4. Builds productive relationships Requires the ability to nurture internal and external relationships, facilitate cooperation and partnerships, value individual difference and diversity and guide, coach and develop people across the organisation.
5. Exemplifies personal integrity and self-awareness Demonstrates professionalism and probity and a commitment to safe and high-quality service delivery. Engages with risk and shows personal courage, commits to action, displays resilience, demonstrates selfawareness and shows an ongoing commitment to personal development.
6. Communicates and influences effectively Communicates clearly, listens, understand and adapts to audience, negotiates persuasively. Engages appropriately both internally and externally to the organisation.
7. Current knowledge of legislative and regulatory requirements in the areas of Equal Opportunity, Disability Services and Occupational Safety & Health, and how these impact on employment, people management and service delivery.

More information

For more information about the role contact Jennifer Grove at jenniferg@gerard-daniels.com or on +61 438 066 013

Applications close: 19/08/2024