CRVCID 750270

Help Shape the Future of Care Beyond Hospital Walls

This recruitment process offers a Permanent Full-Time appointment.

At South Metropolitan Health Service, every employee contributes to delivering safe, high-quality care to our community. Guided by our vision of Excellent health care, every time, we place research, innovation and continuous improvement at the centre of everything we do. We are building a culture of shared learning and leadership that reflects our commitment to being Collectively One, Locally Led. Through tailored development programs, leadership opportunities and contemporary ways of working, our people are empowered to grow, thrive and make a meaningful difference across every site and portfolio.

Position Profile and Role

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Service Director - Community Services to provide strategic and operational leadership across a diverse portfolio of community health services within South Metropolitan Health Service (SMHS). This pivotal executive role is responsible for leading multidisciplinary teams, driving service excellence, and ensuring the delivery of safe, high-quality, person-centred care that improves health outcomes for the community.

The successful applicant shall have the primary responsibility and accountability for driving the strategic development and operational oversight of the SMHS Home Hospital service and a range of community services across Metropolitan Perth. This role provides effective leadership, strategic planning, and operational management of Community Services to maintain clinical and corporate governance and support all staff to provide high-quality, efficient and effective patient care consistent with SMHS safety, quality, and performance frameworks.

The Service Director works collaboratively with clinicians, executives, consumers and external partners to develop and implement innovative service models, strengthen integrated care pathways, and achieve organisational priorities. The role provides leadership in service planning, workforce development, financial management, governance, quality improvement and performance monitoring, ensuring services remain responsive, sustainable and aligned with contemporary healthcare needs.

Our teams deliver a broad range of services beyond bricks‑and‑mortar hospitals, including:

Across the South Metropolitan area

• SMHS Home Hospital (HH)
• Older Adult Health Hub (OAHH)

Across the Perth Metropolitan area

• Rehabilitation in the Home (RITH)
• Community Physiotherapy Services (CPS)
• Complex Needs Coordination Team (CoNeCT)
• Complex Needs Coordination Team – Mental Health Expansion (CoNeCT MHE)

Statewide

• Voluntary Assisted Dying Statewide Care Navigation Service (VAD SWCNS)

The Service Director, Community Services will report to Chief Operating Officer and play a key part in advancing shared performance, service integration and whole‑of‑system objectives across SMHS.

At SMHS, Community Services are a critical part of this transformation enabling people to receive high‑quality inpatient and outpatient care in their own homes and community, while strengthening integration across the health system. We are seeking an inspirational, committed and experienced senior leader to drive this agenda forward.

If you are a strategic leader with a passion for community‑based care and system transformation, we invite you to consider this exceptional opportunity.

Want to know more? We encourage you to contact Mark Monaghan, Executive Director, Clinical Service on 08 6152 3738.

About us

Our Values guide our work in every action, and that includes recruitment and employment! SMHS encourages Aboriginal people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds or LGBTI communities, and people with disability to work with us. Whatever your age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, and family/carer responsibilities are, we ask that you consider bringing your expertise to our workforce.

Application and assessment support

If you have any access needs that may require adjustments to allow you to fully participate in the application and assessment process, please contact Mark Monaghan, Executive Director, Clinical Service on 08 6152 3738.

If you are an Aboriginal person who would like assistance with your application, please contact Jobs and Skills WA on 13 64 64.

How to apply

Your application should include:

1. A copy of your current CV
2. A statement addressing the suitability criteria, and specifically the Essential Criteria in the JDF in no more than 2-3 pages
3. The names and contact details of two (2) current referees who can attest to your suitability for this role. Please note referees may be contacted as part of the initial assessment process.

These documents should be complete and ready to attach prior to applying online. Please ensure you allow enough time to complete the online application process as you will be required to answer various questions and attach your documentation.
 
If you experience difficulties while applying online, please contact Employee Services on 13 44 77 for immediate assistance during business hours.

Employee Benefits

Our employees enjoy a range of benefits which may include (in line with operational requirements):     

• Professional Development Opportunities and Study leave/assistance      
• Flexible working arrangements      
• Flexible leave arrangements      
• Other professional and location-based allowances
• For further information click here. 

Eligibility to Apply

To be eligible for appointment, applicants must have valid Australian work rights. This includes visa holders. Permanent appointments may be made to individuals who hold citizenship, permanent residency, or visas that enable ongoing employment in Australia. 
 
WA Health embraces diversity and is committed to eliminating all forms of discrimination in the provision of our service. We are committed to growing the Aboriginal workforce as a part of WA Health’s Aboriginal Workforce Policy and as a measure to achieve equality, Section 51 of the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 applies to this position.  Aboriginal people are encouraged to apply.

WA Health engages staff in positions of trust and responsibility. WA Health policies require applicants to undertake a criminal records screening and integrity checking as part of the appointment process. As well as undertaking a criminal record screening and integrity checking, you may also be required to undertake a working with children check (if required for the role) and a pre-employment health assessment. We may ask referees to comment on your integrity and past demonstration of ethical behaviour. Please note that adverse information does not necessarily disqualify an applicant but will be considered as part of the appointment process.
 
Whilst this selection process will initially be used to fill the above vacancy, applicants found suitable for this position may be considered for other ‘similar’ vacancies within SMHS and/or the wider WA public sector. 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 options remain valid for a period of twelve (12) months from when the authorised delegate endorses the recruitment decision.

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