About your role As the Director of Surgical Services, you will provide strategic leadership and clinical governance to ensure the delivery of safe, efficient, and high-quality surgical services within QEII Jubilee Hospital. Working in close partnership with the Nursing Director - Surgical and Clinical Directors, you will foster collaboration, innovation, and service excellence across surgical specialties. Key responsibilities include: * Providing strategic leadership, governance, and direction for the Division of Surgical Services * Managing and supporting medical staff across multiple disciplines * Driving surgical service planning, development, and quality improvement initiatives * Ensuring effective workforce, budget, and resource management within the Division * Promoting a culture of research, education, and continuous improvement * Delivering safe, high-quality patient care through best practice models About you We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced senior medical leader who can inspire teams, build partnerships, and ensure excellence in patient care. You will bring a strong record of leadership in surgical or acute care environments and the ability to balance clinical and strategic responsibilities. You will have: * Specialist medical qualifications and current AHPRA registration in a relevant surgical discipline (e.g. General Surgery, Orthopaedics, Urology, Gynaecology, Anaesthetics, Intensive Care) * Proven experience in senior leadership and management in a hospital environment * Demonstrated expertise in clinical governance, quality, and safety frameworks * Strong financial and workforce management skills * Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder engagement abilities * Commitment to education, research, and continuous professional development What we can offer you: * We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions. * We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role * You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs. Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital: The Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital (QEII) is a medium metropolitan adult facility providing a range of inpatient and outpatient services including a 24-hour Emergency Department. We provide a range of services, including surgery, cardiology, endoscopy, orthopaedics, gynaecology, urology, geriatric, respiratory and emergency medicine. We're making our hospital bigger and better to make it easier for our growing community to get the health care they need. We'll have more beds, medical wards and expanded intensive care and emergency services planned to be opened by 2027. INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care. We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.We are Metro South Health: We are the major public healthcare provider for Brisbane's south side, Logan, Redlands, and the Scenic Rim operating five major hospitals and a range of community, specialty, and state-wide healthcare services. We are bold, innovative, collaborative, inspiring. We save lives, change lives, and make the world a better place. We are part of and proud of the community we serve. We are better together.