Overview
Employment Type: Permanent Full Time – 1.0 FTE
Location: SWSLHD District Wide Service
Position Classification: Staff Specialist
Requisition ID: REQ
Application Close Date: 06/10/2025
Contact Details: Pauline Hudson – |
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About the Opportunity
Lead the Future of Integrated Healthcare in South Western Sydney
Are you a visionary clinical leader ready to drive meaningful change across one of Australia’s most diverse and dynamic health districts?
South Western Sydney Local Health District (SWSLHD) is seeking a passionate and strategic Medical Director, Connected Care to lead a district-wide transformation in how care is delivered—across hospitals, primary care, and community services.
Connected Care is a flagship initiative reshaping healthcare by breaking down silos, integrating services, and keeping patients at the heart of everything we do. This is your opportunity to lead a high-impact program that reduces hospital presentations, shortens inpatient stays, and improves access to care for thousands across the region.
What You’ll Do
- Provide visionary leadership to a multidisciplinary team of clinicians and health leaders.
- Drive innovation in care models that are evidence-based and culturally responsive.
- Lead service integration and stakeholder engagement across the health ecosystem.
- Shape the future of healthcare delivery in a region known for its diversity, complexity, and opportunity.
What We’re Looking For
- A senior clinical leader with a track record of delivering innovative system-wide change.
- Deep understanding of integrated care, population health, and patient-centred models.
- Exceptional communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- A passion for equity, innovation, and improving patient outcomes.
Why Join Us
- Be at the forefront of health system transformation in NSW.
- Collaborate with a committed, forward-thinking team.
- Make a lasting impact on the health and wellbeing of a vibrant, growing community.
What You’ll Be Doing
Connected Care is a district-wide initiative designed to focus on integrating care between hospital and primary care in SWSLHD and provide strategic direction to improve access to care across SWSLHD by leveraging contemporary and innovative models of care. The program will deliver timely interventions aiming to avoid hospital presentations and admissions, shorten hospital stays, and provide high-quality care for the SWSLHD community.
The Director, Connected Care is responsible for developing and implementing comprehensive strategies to enhance clinical performance, optimise resource utilisation, and drive innovation in patient care. By providing strategic direction the Director will influence delivery models to promote innovative solutions which will enable care delivery across physical boundaries.
- Lead the development and implementation of high-value, non-admitted care pathways.
- Develop and co-design strategies with internal and external stakeholders to ensure that services and programs are evidence-based and address the cultural needs of SWSLHD communities.
- Oversee Connected Care services, ensuring efficiency, performance improvement, and alignment with best practices.
- Lead the strategic and operational planning for Connected Care Service, ensuring alignment with broader health service goals, and key objectives such as reducing ED presentations and length of stay, and expansion of contemporary models of care.
- Identify opportunities for service improvement, innovation, and efficient models of care delivery within inpatient and outpatient settings.
Where You’ll Be Working
South Western Sydney is rapidly growing with excellent access to public transport, beaches, and natural attractions. The area includes major shopping centers, entertainment venues, and ongoing development projects that place you within reach of diverse communities.
How to Apply
To be considered for this position, please address the criteria thoroughly. View our application guide for information on how to respond to criteria and improve your application.
Qualifications & Requirements
- Current medical practitioner, registered, or eligible for registration, with the Medical Board of Australia; must have fellowship of the Royal Australian College of Physicians (FRACP) or Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (FRACGP) or Fellowship of Australian College of Emergency Medicine (FACEM), or Fellowship of a recognised Australasian Specialist College; or other specialist recognition as provided under the Staff Specialists (State) Award.
- Demonstrates effective clinical expertise and leadership in an area of practice relevant to Connected Care Services, including but not limited to Hospital in the Home Service, with ability to adapt clinical practice in accordance with contemporary evidence-based practice.
- Demonstrated clinical leadership and workforce management experience in a complex public health organisation.
- Proven capability to develop and implement complex strategic initiatives including managing change and improving performance through service redesign and implementation methodologies.
- Superior interpersonal skills with ability to build and maintain effective collaborative relationships with key stakeholders.
- Experience in clinical governance, quality and compliance processes, and leading or conducting research, innovation, service redesign or quality improvement initiatives.
- Understanding of medical training accreditation processes and experience in interprofessional education and training.
- Must possess an Australian C-Class driver’s license (including P1 or P2). If licensed in another state, must obtain a NSW C class (P1 or P2) license within three months of appointment. Learner’s licenses are not permitted.
Additional Information
Salary Packaging: South Western Sydney Local Health District employees may access salary packaging.
Health & Fitness: discounted Gym Membership/Corporate Wellbeing Programs, including Fitness Passport.
Transforming Your Experience
Transforming Your Experience (TYE) is SWSLHD’s key strategy to positively transform experiences across our organization. Our CORE Values are Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment.
Eligibility
To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency. We encourage people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background, people with a disability, and people from the LGBTQI+ community to apply. SWSLHD is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to a child secure culture. Existing staff and applicants are expected to support and uphold children’s safety and wellbeing.
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