CRVCID
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South Metropolitan
Health Service (SMHS) is recruiting to the pivotal and career
defining role of Executive Director for the Fiona Stanley and
Fremantle Hospitals Group.
This is a Full -Time Fixed -
Term appintment up to 5 years.
The Executive
Director of Fiona Stanley Fremantle Hospital Group (FSFHG
or the Group) is a pivotal role in the public health system,
responsible for the delivery of high-quality health care across one
of the largest hospital networks in WA with over 7,500 staff and a
$1.9 billion budget.
The responsibility for
operational leadership across FSFHG’s expansive service base
demands a strong focus on performance, resource and activity
management, combined with a collaborative leadership approach that
engages and supports diverse teams across multiple service
streams.
Advancing collaboration
across the SMHS hospital and health service network is a priority
for SMHS, with the Chief Executive intending to introduce a Chief
Operating Officer role. The ED FSFHG would report to this new role
and support the enhanced focus on shared performance and service
delivery objectives across the wider health service.
To enable this shift in
strategic focus, SMHS is on an exciting journey to become a
world-class leader in continuous health care improvement. Our
partnership with international health care leaders Virginia Mason
Institute is helping us build our own unified, future-focused
system that empowers every member of SMHS to contribute to
excellence.
The ED FSFHG will champion
the SMHS Improvement Method to create a shared way
of learning and leading that is underpinned by SMHS being
Collectively One, Locally Led. In leading this new
approach at FSFHG, the ED will support and enable the workforce to
achieve success and ensure our patients are the focus in our
commitment to making care safer, more consistent, and a positive
experience for every patient.
Fiona Stanley
Hospital (FSH) is a 950-bed tertiary hospital offering a
range of medical and surgical inpatient and outpatient health
services. There are multiple specialities and statewide services
including the State Rehabilitation Service, State Adult Burns
Service, a medihotel, a comprehensive cancer centre, maternity,
paediatric and neonatal services, heart and lung transplantation
service and hyperbaric medicine.
Fremantle Hospital
(FH) is a 320-bed specialist hospital focused on providing
high-quality aged care, mental health, secondary rehabilitation,
planned surgeries and medical services.
Collectively, SMHS has over
12,000 staff and a $2.9 billion budget, with a service area
stretching more than 3,300 square kilometres in the southern half
of Perth and across Western Australia via our statewide
services.
Being a team member at SMHS
means you will be making a difference to the community and play a
part in helping achieve our vision of excellent health
care, every time.
You can find out more about
SMHS here:
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.
Want to know
more? We encourage you to contact Jennifer
Grove from Gerard Daniels at jenniferg@gerard-daniels.com or
0438 066 013.
If you are ready to
partner with us see the application instructions
below:
Your application should
include:
- A copy
of your current CV
- A
statement addressing the selection criteria in no more than 2-3
pages
- The
names and contact details of two (2) current referees who can
attest to your suitability for this role.
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
Are you
eligible? To be eligible for appointment, applicants must
have a valid working visa (for fixed term appointments) or be an
Australian citizen, permanent resident, or have a visa to live and
work indefinitely in Australia (for permanent
appointments).
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,
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.
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.
