Medical Co-Director - Medical Division - Perth Children's Hospital & Neonatology

• Join us in our mission to provide exceptional family-centred care
• Shape the future of statewide paediatric healthcare initiatives, systems and service.

We have a current vacancy for part time (job share) 0.5 FTE (40 hours) fixed term 5 year position.

Position Profile

This is an exceptional opportunity to join our esteemed team as Medical Co-Director for the Medical division.

Reporting to the Executive Director Perth Children’s Hospital and Neonatology (PCHN), you will leverage your professional expertise and extensive experience from acute settings to direct, evaluate, and manage services aligned with our strategic plan and guiding principles.

This is an extraordinary opportunity to steer the operation and sustainability of our medical services. You will play a key role in enabling positive change, shaping the future of service development, and strengthening innovative models of care.

Your ability to foster a highly collaborative and functional partnership with the Medical & Nurse Co-Directors will be key to success for both of your roles and enable you to navigate complex decision making and solve both joint problems, as well as those related to your respective craft groups. Together you will drive a cohesive service focused on delivery of high quality medical systems and practice and efficient service delivery, responsive to patient needs now and in the future.

You will play a vital leadership role in supporting Heads of Department across the medical specialities. Your capacity to facilitate growth, support others in reaching their full professional potential, and facilitate departments to advance clinical care will be highly valued.

Key responsibilities include:

• Providing effective medical leadership in clinical governance, safety, quality improvement, strategic planning, optimal resource allocation and reform, in collaboration with the Medical & Nurse Co-Directors and Perth Children’s Hospital and Neonatology executive team
• Providing mentorship and support for Heads of Department and fostering collaboration between Clinicians and across Departments and Divisions for the safe and effective care of patients and families.
• Managing clinical demand, understanding workload and workforce pressures and issues, and furthering our aim to grow and foster our exceptional workforce of highly skilled professionals.
• Supporting the development of advance practice nursing roles, and of junior medical roles to build the next generation of professionals and support them in their growth, ensuring evidence-based practice and research drive clinical advancements.
• Ensuring safe and high-quality standards of clinical practice and the management of clinical and corporate risk, including coordination of education and training for medical staff to meet accreditation standards.
• Providing mentorship and support to staff, fostering a culture of patient safety and family-centred care.
• Ensuring business continuity management and emergency planning for the division.
• Continuing to develop collaborative relationships with key stakeholders across public and private sectors, universities, professional colleges, non-government agencies as well as health at the State and National Level, representing the service unit’s goals positively and effectively.

The ideal candidate will have prior experience in professional clinical leadership and in management of clinical services in a large complex acute health service.

Please note eligibility for registration with the Medical Board of Australia is a requirement for this role.

Why Join Us?

You will be part of a state-of-the-art facility with ample support and resources to facilitate excellence in patient care. As a Medical Co-Director, you will have the opportunity to influence positive change, advocate for clinical needs, and lead reforms in paediatric healthcare.

If you are passionate about paediatric medicine and ready to make a difference, apply now to join our team and help shape the future of healthcare in our community.

About our Medical Department:

Based at Perth Children’s Hospital, our dedicated teams provide state-wide tertiary/quaternary level specialist care to children aged 0–16 years encompassing inpatient units, outpatient clinics, and specialised services.

In collaboration with other medical specialties, nursing and allied health professionals, our services include diagnosis, treatment, and management for a wide spectrum of paediatric medical conditions, ranging from common illnesses to complex and rare diseases.

We are committed to advancing medical knowledge through research and education. And as a teaching institution, we are affiliated with medical schools and offer clinical placements for students, and training programs for prevocational and vocational trainees, fellows, and other healthcare professionals.

Our focus on child health and well-being extends beyond the hospital walls. We actively participate in community outreach programs, health education initiatives, and advocacy efforts. By tailoring care to individual needs and promoting family-centred approaches, we strive to improve patient outcomes and enhance the quality of paediatric care through clinical trials, research, and quality improvement initiatives.

How to Apply:

We welcome your application via MedCareers - Reference Number 492989.

Your application should contain the following:

• A current resume which summarises your experience and how you are able to meet the position requirements.
• Provide a response to these questions in the context of your experience in an acute tertiary setting:

1. Describe how you have shaped and managed strategy, aligning business imperatives with strategic priorities in order to achieve organisational vision and goals.
2. Describe how you have built organisational capability and responsiveness (through your workforce) in an environment of constraint.
3. Describe how you have built productive relationship across an organisation within the health sector.
4. Describe how you have balanced diverse and competing interests to manage a clinical service in a large complex acute health care setting.

• The name, email and contact details of two referees who can be contacted to provide a confidential report (we will contact you and seek your confirmation prior to contacting your listed referees).

Selection Criteria: Please see the attached Job Description Form.

For Further Job-Related Information: We encourage you to contact Tony Dolan, Executive Director of PCH & Neonatology on anthony.dolan@health.wa.gov.au or 08 6456 8170. 

Help in submitting your application: If you experience difficulties while applying online, please contact: medcareerswa@health.wa.gov.au.

Eligibility: Australian citizenship or permanent residency is an essential requirement for applicants to be considered for permanent positions in the public sector. 

This position is subject to a Western Australian Working with Children (WWC) Check. For further information please refer to the WWC website at: https://workingwithchildren.wa.gov.au

Other Conditions: WA Health engages staff in positions of trust and responsibility. WA Health policies require applicants to undertake criminal records screening and integrity checking as part of the appointment process. Referees may also be asked to comment on an applicant’s integrity and past demonstration of ethical behaviour.

WA Health is committed to eliminating all forms of discrimination in the provision of our service. We embrace diversity and strongly encourage applications from people from culturally diverse backgrounds and people with disabilities. In addition, we are committed to growing our Aboriginal workforce as part of WA Health Aboriginal Workforce Policy. As a measure to achieve equality, Section 51 of the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 applies to this position and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are encouraged to apply.

Whilst this selection process will initially be used to fill the above vacancy, it may also be used to fill other "similar" vacancies throughout the health service. In addition to this, should the successful applicant decline or vacate the advertised vacancy, then the next most suitable applicant may also be selected from this process. Both of these options remain valid for a period of twelve (12) months from when the authorised delegate endorses the recruitment decision.

Child and Adolescent Health Service will only accept applications that are lodged with the express permission of the applicant and containing all necessary information, including personal contact details. We will not accept unsolicited applications or CVs from recruitment agencies and/or search firms and we will not pay fees to any such organisation unless arranged with the provider prior to advertising a vacancy.

About CAHS:

The Child and Adolescent Health Service (CAHS) is proud to be the leading service provider for paediatric healthcare in Western Australia, as the State’s only dedicated health service for infants, children and young people. CAHS comprises of three service areas: Community Health, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) and Perth Children’s Hospital (PCH) and Neonatology.

With over 6500 employees, our services are delivered at PCH and King Edward Memorial Hospitals (KEMH), as well as across a network of more than 170 community clinics across the Perth metropolitan area.

For further information about the benefits of working for CAHS and our services please click here.

CAHS is committed to providing a workplace culture that is driven and shaped by our values of Compassion, Collaboration, Equity, Respect, Excellence and Accountability. During the selection process you may be assessed on your ability to fulfil the responsibilities of this position in accordance with these values.

For Assistance including any adjustment needed to accommodate a disability and confidential enquiries – please contact the Strategic Talent Acquisition Recruitment Team (START) service via email:  CAHS.TalentAcquisition@health.wa.gov.au.

Lodgement is system generated. Any submissions on, or after, 4:00pm on the closing date will not be accepted.

LATE OR EMAIL APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.