Executive Director Nursing, Midwifery and Patient Support

• Expand your career in health
• Support the growth of this progressive health service
• Join a dynamic and collaborative Executive team

 
The Position
Canberra Health Services seek to appoint a dynamic and talented Nursing leader to assume the position of Executive Director, Nursing and Midwifery and Patient Support Services. Reporting to the CEO, this position plays a key role in developing a collaborative and strategic approach to nursing and midwifery and is responsible for setting the strategic, professional and workforce agenda. The EDNMPSS also manages the operations of the Patient Support Services Division which provides Ward Clerk, Hospital Assistant, Wards-person and Central Equipment & Courier Services to CHS.
The successful candidate will be a seasoned and accomplished Nursing leader who is strategic and contemporary in their leadership and in their thinking and will be able to articulate an inspiring sense of the Nurse of the Future. Politically astute and able to interface across executive, clinical and Ministerial levels, the appointee will be a clinical quality and safety champion with a record of person-centred service improvement.
The Organisation
Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community􀀀 based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region.
Canberra Health Services works in partnership with the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care to provide a nationally consistent statement of the level of care consumers can expect from a health service organisation.
With a workforce of approximately 7,500, the organisation works in partnership with key stakeholders including other ACT Government Directorates and consumer and carer groups to deliver exceptional care to our community.
The health service finds itself at an exciting juncture with an ambitious program of growth and development now underway.
Remuneration: These positions attract a remuneration package ranging from $307,053 – $319,330 depending on the current superannuation arrangements of the successful applicant. This includes a cash component of $245,543.
Contract: The successful applicants will be engaged under a performance based contract for a period of up to five years. Prospective applicants should be aware that details of long-term engagements are tabled in the ACT Legislative Assembly.
For more information visit: www.health.act.gov.au
Applications close: 9 April 2021
To apply – please click on ‘APPLY NOW’ using reference CHSnmp0321, addressing your cover letter and resume to Deborah Komesaroff or Liz Jones, of Fisher Leadership, or call 1300 347 437 for further information.