Fixed Term Part Time (18-month contract) | 20 Hours Per week
$61.79 (HS7)
About The Role
As the Program Lead - Safety & Quality, you will provide system‑level leadership to strengthen and align safety, quality and clinical governance across the Grampians Local Health Service Network (GLHSN). Working in line with Safer Care Victoria requirements, you'll help shape a consistent, future‑focused approach to clinical governance across the Network. You'll support member health services to assess their clinical governance maturity, identify strengths and gaps, and build sustainable capability where needed. While each health service retains accountability for its own actions, this role focuses on creating collective insight, consistency of practice and shared improvement across the Network.
Key Responsibilities
* Coordinate clinical governance maturity self‑assessments across member health services using Safer Care Victoria frameworks, supporting services to action their own findings.
* Define shared principles, interfaces and expectations that support consistency while working alongside existing service‑level governance obligations.
* Develop a network consumer partnership strategy and associated implementation plan, recognising that formal consumer committees and functions sit within individual health services.
* Identify where common definitions, measures and information flows are reasonably required to support the network‑wide clinical governance model.
* Support clear governance pathways that enable effective oversight, escalation and assurance at a network level.
* Maintain effective relationships with committees and leads to progress network‑level actions arising from identified themes.
Skills & Experience
* Tertiary qualification in fields related to health administration, medicine, nursing, midwifery, paramedic, pharmacist or allied health is essential.
* Post graduate qualification in fields related to health administration, medicine, nursing, midwifery, paramedic, pharmacist or allied health is desirable.
* Demonstrated experience in a relevant role requiring collaboration with key stakeholders, using reflective processes to influence relationships.
* Proven ability to exercise advanced judgement, autonomy and escalation in complex environments.
Culture & Benefits
At Grampians Health, we recognise our staff are our greatest asset. We are committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for our staff, patients, residents, visitors, volunteers and contractors at all sites.
* Flexible work arrangements and purchase leave opportunities
* Salary packaging for living expenses such as rent/mortgage plus meals, entertainment & holidays
* Access to Fitness Passport membership
* Staff rewards and recognition programs
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Interested?
Click APPLY or if you wish to discuss the role prior to applying, contact Stuart Squire, Executive Director – Grampians Local Health Service Network, on for a confidential discussion.
Job applications close:
11 February 2026.
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About Grampians Health
Grampians Health provides healthcare to a large region at our campuses based in Ballarat, Dimboola, Edenhope, Horsham and Stawell.
Our mission is to deliver sustainable healthcare tailored to evolving community and workforce needs. We strive to enhance services and careers, providing quality healthcare to rural and regional communities. Joining Grampians Health means being part of a diverse team, with a variety of career opportunities in acute, maternity, mental health, allied health, aged care and support services.
Ballarat Region
Ballarat is the largest centre in Western Victoria and the state's fastest growing inland city. Uniquely located within easy access to Melbourne, Ballarat has some of Australia's most significant heritage buildings and natural landscapes. To learn more about Ballarat click here - Visit Ballarat
Diversity and Inclusion
All appointments are subject to a satisfactory police records check, immunisation clearance and Working with Children check and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check.
All employees must be willing and able to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when required, which at a minimum is a surgical mask. Additional PPE requirements are role dependent.
Grampians Health is a child safe organisation, committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. Grampians Health is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workforce.
We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, mature age workers and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or questioning), intersex and asexual LGBTQIA+.
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