Mater Mother’s Hospitals is looking for a Director of Clinical Services to join the team. This permanent, full-time role is based at our South Brisbane campus.

Salary: Commensurate with experience plus superannuation and access to not-for-profit salary packaging up to $15,900  + access to many staff benefits!  

What you’ll be doing 

The Director of Clinical Services (DCS) has responsibility for the clinical leadership and management of Mater Mothers’ Hospitals (MMHs), Australia’s largest provider of maternity and women’s health services. The DCS is accountable for Mater’s maternity, neonatal and gynaecology services, and aligning the strategic plans and goals of MMHs to Mater’s strategic plan. The role ensures optimal performance in service delivery through contemporary approaches to healthcare provision and is pivotal in driving excellence in clinical care and the continued growth of Mater Mothers’ Private Brisbane.  

The DCS will support the overall delivery of care and services, through safe, highly reliable care to achieve optimal clinical outcomes and an exceptional patient centred experience. This role, in conjunction with the MMHs General Manager (GM) contributes to strengthening the reputation and brand of Mater, through its healthcare services in the community, and always, achieves efficient and sustainable financial performance. 

The DCS works with the hospital’s clinical, financial and patient safety leaders to achieve exceptional clinical and corporate governance, operational performance, healthcare outcomes and a culture which acknowledges excellence in professional standards, behaviour and accountability.  

This role’s internal and external relationships will also contribute to fostering an environment where research and evidence are translated through education into innovative consumer-centric approaches to care delivery, and exemplary clinical practice that drives the best possible patient outcomes.

For more information specific to the role, please view the PD here –  Director of Clinical Services – Mater Mothers’ Hospitals Brisbane .pdf

About you 

You will have relevant registration with the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Australia and at least 5 years post-basic or post-graduate nursing and/or midwifery experience and minimum 1 years’ experience as Nurse/Midwifery Unit Manager or Higher. You will also meet the below criteria:

• Proven previous experience managing a large, complex health provision organisation.
• Proven experience managing a large expense budget, with demonstrated achievement of related performance and accountability outcomes.
• Significant experience in leading:
  • A large integrated, multidisciplinary workforce comprising of both clinical and non-clinical team members; and
  • both private and public acute services
• Master’s degree in business, finance, healthcare management or human behaviour discipline or working towards (highly desirable)
• Deep understanding of Mater’s identity and a strong commitment to lead and role model the Mater Mission, Vision and Values
• Effective understanding of Australia’s public and private health system, and the opportunities and challenges facing it - domestically and globally
• Strong skills as a contemporary leader, and a demonstrated ability to build and maintain high performing, cohesive and collaborative teams where team members are supported to maximise their potential
• Successful history in working closely with a range of internal and external stakeholders, including clinicians, to achieve common goals
• Demonstrated experience in leading and supporting a whole of service patient safety and quality agenda, achieving hospital accreditation
• Demonstrated experience in leading major change and achieving cultural alignment in a healthcare environment
• Highly developed communication (written and oral), interpersonal, strategic planning, negotiation, risk management, data and research interpretation skills
• Skills and demonstrated experience in facilitating and achieving patient access and flow for a whole of service, leading to safe quality outcomes and positive consumer experience
• Skills, experience and accreditation in process and service improvement methodologies, such as Lean Thinking and Six Sigma

Why join us? 

Mater is Queensland’s largest and most innovative not-for-profit healthcare service, providing care for almost 700,000 patients a year across a network of 11 hospitals.

If you are an accomplished and visionary healthcare professional seeking a prestigious leadership role, Mater Mothers' Hospitals Brisbane, is the place for you. As Australia's largest single-site tertiary maternity and neonatal service provider and a preeminent institution in our field, Mater Mothers' Hospitals proudly delivers more than10,000 babies annually and provides critical care to approximately 2,000 babies in our Neonatal Critical Care Unit. Our commitment to excellence encompasses comprehensive care from pre-conception to six weeks postpartum and beyond.

Mater Mothers' Hospitals' reputation has resulted in our facility being a preferred service of choice for women, babies, and families not only from Brisbane but also across regional Queensland and Northern New South Wales for over a century.  More than 1 in 5 Queensland babies are born at Mater.

Our Neonatal Critical Care Unit comprises two neonatal intensive care units, preterm medical intensive care, cardiac surgical intensive care, and a specialised Special Care Nursery. The unit works closely with Children's Health Queensland and contributes to the neonatal retrieval service, NeoRESQ within the wider neonatal services network. Our Maternal Fetal Medicine team stands at the forefront of medical advancement, offering in-utero fetal surgery for infants diagnosed with Spina Bifida, the sole provider of this specialised procedure in Australia.

We provide world-class treatment and care through state-of-the-art facilities, and exceptional patient care. We support clinicians and teams in regional, rural, and remote services by delivering care, in addition to supporting skills maintenance in midwifery, obstetrics and gynaecology, and neonatal care.

Join us in our commitment to providing unparalleled, compassionate care to our diverse community, and embark on a truly transformative journey that will positively impact the lives of women, babies and families now, and into the future.

Mater is a leader in healthcare, education and research — and that’s because we employ exceptional people. #MAKEYOURMATERMOVE

• Via salary packaging arrangements, allocate some living expenses directly from your pre-taxable income and ultimately increase your take-home pay
• Access to package meal and entertainment expenses via salary packaging
• Access to leading education and professional development via Mater Education
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program and on-site pastoral care teams
• Discounts to local and national business/venues for Dining/Retail/Travel & Accommodation/Other
• Unlimited access to a multitude of discounted fitness facilities through Fitness Passport
• Access to on-site, discounted parking
• Discounted food and beverage at various campus cafés and coffee venues

For more information regarding the role, please contact Kerri Gane, General Manager MMPH and MMH via 07 3163 7501.

Applications close on Wednesday 5 March 2025. Please note, we may contact applications prior to the closing date, please do not hesitate to APPLY NOW!

Mater is committed to the wellbeing of their staff, and it is underpinned by our flexible and remote working policies.

Please Note: We will not require any support from Recruitment Agencies at this time and kindly request no contact is made. Only direct applications will be considered.

Mater Group is dedicated to creating a workplace that values diversity and inclusion. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and abilities. We believe in providing equal opportunities for all qualified candidates.