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Eastern Health

Clinical Program Director - Mental Health & Wellbeing

Box Hill

FULL TIME

October 21, 2024

Title: Clinical Program Director - Mental Health & Wellbeing
Location:Eastern Health, VIC, AU, 3128
Job Posting Date: 21 Oct 2024
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Clinical Program Director - Mental Health & Wellbeing

  • Permanent Full Time | Monday to Friday Working Hours
  • Based in Box Hill | Close to cafes & shops
  • Unique and exciting senior leadership opportunity for a experienced Clinical Leader!

Eastern Health


Eastern Health is one of Melbourne’s largest public health services. We provide a range of emergency, surgical, medical and general healthcare services and have a proud history of serving a diverse community.


Our Healthier Together promise underpins our strategic plan – which is to serve the growing and changing needs of our community and to care about and develop our staff. We believe our people make the difference.

About the role

Reporting to the Executive Director Mental Health and Clinical Support and operating in accordance with Eastern Health’s values, the role of the Clinical Program Director is to partner effectively with the Program Director - Mental Health and Wellbeing to provide clear accountability and direction to optimise clinical outcomes and performance through the application of quality systems and evidence based practice.

The Clinical Program Director oversees the implementation of Medical Professional Governance and Medical Professional Practice across the program for all medical specialties, in alignment with our vision for connected, collaborative, engaged and aligned Medical Profession at Eastern Health.

It is envisioned that the Clinical Program Director will hold an active clinical role within the Eastern Health operations, to bring real-time day to day experiences of clinical care to the directorate and lead reform changes.

About you


To be successful in this role you will:

  • Be legally qualified medical practitioners, registered or registrable with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) without conditions, undertakings or reprimands that could impact on their clinical practice.
  • Have Fellowship of the relevant Australian specialist college.
  • Demonstrate relevant knowledge and experience in a relevant specialty.
  • Meet Eastern Health requirements for appropriate credentialing and scope of practice in the relevant specialty.

Clinical Leadership requirements

  • Demonstrated experience managing multiple health professions and a commitment to excellence in the provision of mental health services.
  • Demonstrated ability to develop and successfully implement creative solutions to complex systemic and organisational problems.
  • Strong record of experience within a large, complex healthcare organisation
  • Demonstrated clinical and management experience in acute or subacute services as well as multi- disciplinary models of care.
  • Demonstrated expertise in healthcare financing and budgetary management.
  • Demonstrated expertise in health industry workforce and industrial systems.
  • Experience in successfully working with health care professionals and executive staff at a senior organisational level.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead high performing teams and individuals and address under-performance issues as they arise.


Vaccination against infectious disease is a mandatory requirement of this role. An offer of employment is conditional on you providing evidence that you are currently vaccinated against COVID-19 with booster & Influenza, prior to commencing employment.

What we offer

Eastern Health offers a variety of fantastic Employee Benefits, view the extensive range here!

  • Diverse and engaging career opportunities
  • Friendly & supportive team
  • Flexible working hours
  • Salary packaging options
  • Career progression in our teaching hospitals

Next Steps


Apply online if you feel we are a good match, you have the skills and qualities to make a difference, and are eligible to work in Australia.
We review all applications when we receive them, and we notify unsuccessful candidates.
If you are shortlisted, we will be in touch to arrange an interview, and you must complete a National Police Check (which we will pay for). We will notify unsuccessful candidates.

Good to know:

  • We are an equal opportunity employer and actively promote equality for people of all races, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, and for people living with disability – within the communities we serve and our Eastern Health team.
  • We provide a culturally safe and welcoming environment for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander employees.
  • As a child-safe organisation, we ensure child safety and wellbeing is embedded in our everyday culture.
  • Vaccination and screening for immunity to vaccine-preventable disease is a mandatory requirement of this role.
  • Advertising may end before the closing date.
  • We do not accept recruitment agency application

Please


Contact Person: Toni Gutschlag
Contact Email: toni.gutschlag@easternhealth.org.au
Job Posting End Date: 10 November 2024
Need help submitting your application?
Just contact the Hiring Manager in the advertisement or call the Medical Workforce Unit on (03) 9895 3469.
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