Service Group Director - Mental Health

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Executive full-time contract up to 3 years, with a possibility of a further 2 years. 

This role reports to the Chief Operating Officer (COO) and is responsible for providing strategic leadership and overseeing the operations of a clinical service group within the Townsville Hospital and Health Service (THHS).  This role is a key member of the Senior Management Team and works in partnership with the COO, Executive Directors and other Service Group Directors to support the delivery of safe, effective and sustainable care within the THHS.

This role will be responsible for an approximate headcount of 550 FTE and a budget of $96 million.

 Our ideal candidate will be someone who can demonstrate the following:

  • Professional Capability: 
    • Professional standards: Creates and sustains professional standards of excellence in service delivery and patient care.
    • Drive for results: A demonstrated capability in delivering service performance improvements and a determination to achieve positive service outcomes for users. 
  • Research Capability
    • Research culture: Creates and sustains a culture of world class research and innovation.
    • Collaborative research: Leads a department which supports integrated research across professional disciplines.
  • Leadership Capability: 
    • Self-awareness: Knowing your own strengths and limitations, and understanding your own emotions and the impact of your behaviour on others in diverse situations.
    • Holding to account: The strength of resolve to hold others to account for agreed targets and to be held accountable for delivering a high level of service.
    • Effective and strategic influencing: Being able and prepared to adopt a number of ways to gain support and influence diverse parties, with the aim of securing health improvements.
  • Management Capability: 
    • Communication: Demonstrated ability to influence others, communicate effectively in the public domain and with senior boards and external stakeholders.
    • Business planning: Create strategic plans that meet hospital and whole-of-government priorities, and position the hospital to meet future challenges. 
  • Financial management: 
    • Develop, interpret, monitor and analyse trend data in organisational financial and establishment reports; forecast, monitor and manage revenue and expenditure; develop strategic procurement plans and ensure the organisation has the health infrastructure to meet demand in growth areas.
    • Show financial acumen with the ability to synthesise complex financial data and activity.

Benefits when working for us

  • Value driven organisation which provides a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance
  • Flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases
  • Benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75% and access to salary packaging

Townsville North Queensland ( https://www.townsvillenorthqueensland.com.au/ )

Interested?
Contact: Stevie-Lee Defranciscis on 07 4433 0079
Apply ONLINE by: Thursday 30/05/2024

https://smartjobs.qld.gov.au/jobs/QLD-TV562197 ( https://smartjobs.qld.gov.au/jobs/QLD-TV562197 )

Unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.




1 May 2024
Location: Australia Queensland Townsville region
Salary: As per State Award AUD per year
Work type:
Locum Tenens
PLEASE! No enquiries from Recruitment Agencies or Headhunters.

Only direct applications will be considered.

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