Overview
- Shape Regional Healthcare – lead a major service with impact across a large regional catchment.
- Cooperative Leadership - Partner with an engaged leadership team to deliver integrated, evidence-based care.
- Lifestyle & Impact - Enjoy the career fulfilment of senior leadership in a thriving regional city with easy access to Melbourne.
Bendigo Health is one of Victoria’s largest regional health services, employing more than 5,000 staff and delivering care to communities across a quarter of the state. With a 778-bed hospital, state-of-the-art facilities, and services extending throughout the Loddon Mallee, we provide emergency, maternity, women’s health, mental health, cancer aged care and a wide range of specialist services to one of Victoria’s fastest growing regions.
We are now seeking an outstanding leader to take on the role of Clinical Director, Women & Children.
About the Role
This senior leadership position will provide clinical governance, strategic direction, and operational oversight for Obstetrics, Gynaecology, and Paediatrics. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer (operationally) and the Chief Medical Officer (professionally), you will:
- Lead a multidisciplinary team to deliver safe, high-quality, patient centred care.
- Drive innovation, continuous improvement, and workforce planning across Women’s and Children’s services.
- Collaborate with executive colleagues to shape models of care, strengthen patient access, and improve outcomes across the Loddon Mallee region.
This is a pivotal opportunity to influence the future of women’s and children’s health in regional Victoria.
About You
The successful candidate will -
- hold current registration as a specialist medical practitioner in Australia in either Paediatrics (FRACP) or Obstetrics & Gynaecology (FRANZCOG).
- Have demonstrated success in a senior healthcare management role with the ability to inspire, build, and lead high-performing teams within a complex clinical environment.
- Extensive knowledge and experience in clinical governance, safety and quality frameworks, and the capacity to contribute strategically to service development, workforce planning and organisational improvement.
For a further information or a confidential conversation please contact Kim Gillespie, Senior Consultant, Ccentric at or on +61 (0)
Bendigo Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. They embrace diversity and social inclusion and encourage people from a diverse cultural background, people with disabilities and or Aboriginal or Torres Strait Island people to apply.
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📌 Clinical Director Women and Children
🏢 Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
📍 Bendigo