The Opportunity

As an experienced clinical professional, the Director of Clinical Services at Greenslopes Private Hospital will play a crucial role in driving clinical excellence and innovation. Reporting directly to the CEO, you’ll lead a dynamic team of Assistant Directors of Clinical Services and Clinical Managers, collaborating closely with the Director of Medical Services to ensure high-quality patient care and compliance with national standards. You’ll oversee all clinical operations, focusing on improving clinical quality, patient flow, workforce development, and service delivery. This is your opportunity to join our executive team and make a lasting impact on healthcare and our community's well-being.

Key Responsibilities

Your day-to-day responsibilities will involve, but are not limited to:

• Planning and maintaining hospital and departmental budgets, ensuring budgetary requirements are met in consultation with other executive team members.
• Assessing workplace culture and implementing actions to support findings, ensuring a positive workplace culture is maintained.
• Leading and managing practical aspects of care delivery, including bed management, patient flow strategies, patient demand forecasting, and workforce management.
• Ensuring systematic workforce planning and a commitment to the professional development of the clinical workforce.
• Supporting growth, business development, and responding to business needs identified by the Executive team and Ramsay Health Care.
• Liaising with the visiting medical officer (VMO) community, engaging to ensure the highest quality clinical care.
• Managing Human Resources to ensure future workforce requirements are known and strategies are identified and implemented.

About You

As a proponent of The Ramsay Way - ‘People Caring for People’, you excel at fostering positive working relations with key stakeholders, developing people, building high-performance teams, and successfully leading them through organisational change. Additionally, you will:

• Function as a proficient clinical operator with a solid understanding of the private hospital legislative landscape.
• Demonstrate sound resource management skills to ensure the efficient and effective functioning of all clinical departments.
• Possess an understanding of the performance levers driving quality business outcomes and have experience in applying quality improvement processes.
• Demonstrate a passion for the success and development of people, coupled with expert communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills.
• Bring senior management experience in the private health sector, leading organisational change and quality improvement processes.
• Exhibit knowledge and understanding of clinical governance and patient safety.

Essential Qualifications:

• Current registration as a Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.
• Post-graduate clinical / management qualifications.

About The Hospital

Greenslopes Private Hospital, located on the Southside of Brisbane just 5km from Brisbane's CBD. Greenslopes Private Hospital is one of Australia’s leading private teaching hospitals and is renowned as a world-class tertiary medical facility. We are a fully accredited surgical, obstetric, and medical facility. Committed to delivering the highest level of specialised services, it boasts a dedicated team of skilled professionals and state-of-the-art technologies. With a capacity for 700 beds, 32 speciality units, 22 Operating Theatres, 4 Cath Labs, 10 Day Procedure Theatres, 18 intensive care beds, 30 bay Emergency Department and extensive cancer care services, coronary care, renal dialysis, rehabilitation, DVA mental health facility and maternity services.

Why Choose a Ramsay Career?

Ramsay Health Care, a global operator of private hospitals and primary care clinics with 72 Australian sites employing over 30,000 people. We have been focused on delivering high-quality patient care and practicing the Ramsay Way philosophy of ‘People Caring for People’ since 1964 We believe in a bright future for our company and for every one of our employees – our wellbeing initiatives and learning and development programs have seen us grow as an industry leader and sought after employer. We are also the leading private provider of mental health services in Australia known as Ramsay Mental Health.

Benefits

• A competitive remuneration package and comprehensive benefits.
• Opportunities for professional development and career advancement.
• Access to Ramsay Rewards, offering exclusive discounts from leading retailers.
• The change to make a meaningful impact on the delivery of quality healthcare services and contribute to the transformation of our industry. 

Requirements

• Must provide a National Police check conducted within the previous 12 months.
• According to the role, Ramsay may require a Working-With-Children check and proof of immunisation against infectious diseases, which may include Covid-19.

To Apply

All applications should include your CV outlining your experience and skills in line with the above criteria.

Applications close Monday 23rd September 2024.

Ramsay Health Care is committed to Child Safety. Details of our commitment are set out in our Code of Conduct, available at www.ramsayhealth.com

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