Clinical Team Leader - Joint Reconstruction, Melbourne

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Parental leave up to 18 weeks

Volunteer leave 4 days per year

Additional annual leave up to 2 weeks

Wellbeing Day

Global Wellness Reimbursement AUD780/年

Employee Assistance Program

Compassionate leave up to 30 days

Life insurance

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine in Melbourne is seeking a Clinical Leader to run the Joint Reconstruction Clinical Team in VIC. You will lead and develop the team, provide advanced clinical support, and collaborate with surgeons and commercial leaders to deliver patient-focused outcomes.

The role requires strong leadership, extensive hip and knee reconstruction experience, and Robotics expertise with VELYS to support complex procedures and technology adoption across hospitals in Melbourne

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years’ clinical expertise in Joint Reconstruction, including Primary and Revision Hip & Knee procedures.
• Proven ability to provide advanced clinical support for complex orthopaedic cases.
• Strong people leadership with coaching, mentoring, and developing high-performing clinical teams.
• Excellent stakeholder management with surgeons and healthcare professionals.
• Ability to coordinate clinical resources with commercial leaders for operational excellence.

Responsibilities

• Leading, coaching and developing the VIC Joint Reconstruction Clinical team to high performance.
• Ensuring strong clinical support and case coverage across VIC by optimizing resources.
• Maintaining advanced clinical expertise in Hip & Knee Reconstruction and robotics.
• Partnering with surgeons, customers, and regional sales to align resources and priorities.
• Overseeing operations, recruitment, and cross-functional collaboration to enhance education and adoption of technology.

Skills

Joint Reconstruction

VELYS Robotic-Assisted Solution

Leadership & Coaching

Stakeholder engagement

Clinical resource coordination

Tools

VELYS Robotics

Job description

At Johnson & Johnson,we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build aworld where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured,where treatments are smarter and less invasive, andsolutions are personal.Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity.Learn more at jnj.com.

As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world. We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual. At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit.

Job Function:

Customer Management

Job Sub Function:

Technical Field Service

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Notting Hill,, Victoria, Australia

Job Description:

About Orthopaedics

Fuelled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalised treatments.

Are you passionate about improving and expanding the possibilities of Orthopaedic surgeries? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how we heal? Our Orthopaedics Teams help keep more than 6 million people moving each year while delivering clinical and economic value to surgeons and healthcare systems. Our teams build solutions for joint reconstruction; trauma and craniomaxillofacial; sports, extremities, and elective foot and ankle; spine; and robotics and digital surgery.

Visit us at https://www.jnj.com/medtech to see how your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness.

The Opportunity

Clinical leadership opportunity available in Melbourne! This role combines team leadership, clinical expertise, customer management, operational coordination and partnership with the Regional Sales Manager to support the performance and capability of the Joint Reconstruction Clinical Team in VIC. Key responsibilities include:

• Leading, coaching and developing the VIC Joint Reconstruction Clinical team, building capability, accountability, high performance, and effective collaboration
• Ensuring strong clinical support and case coverage across VIC by optimising resources, developing talent, and addressing team capability needs
• Maintaining advanced clinical expertise in Hip & Knee Reconstruction, including complex revision procedures and VELYS™ robotic technology
• Partnering with key surgeons, customers, and the Regional Sales Manager to align clinical resources, drive customer priorities, and support business execution
• Overseeing clinical operations, team performance, recruitment, and cross-functional collaboration to enhance clinical education, technology adoption, and long-term talent development

About You

• Minimum 5 years’ clinical expertise in Joint Reconstruction, including Primary and Revision Hip & Knee procedures, and proficiency in VELYS™ Robotic-Assisted Solution will be highly regarded
• Proven ability to provide advanced clinical support for complex orthopaedic cases while driving best-practice outcomes
• Strong people leadership capability, with experience coaching, mentoring, and developing high-performing clinical teams
• Excellent customer relationship management and stakeholder engagement skills, building trusted partnerships with surgeons and healthcare professionals
• Skilled at coordinating clinical resources and collaborating with commercial leaders to deliver operational excellence, customer support, and business objectives

Why Choose Us

• Competitive remuneration package
• Continuous training and support
• Award-winning leadership development programs
• Inclusive, flexible, and accessible working arrangements
• Equal opportunity employer supporting diversity and inclusion

Our Benefits

• Up to 18 weeks of parental leave to support new parents
• 4 days of volunteer leave to give back to the community
• Option to purchase up to 2 weeks of additional annual leave for extra time off
• Enjoy a dedicated Wellbeing Day to prioritise self-care
• Global Wellness Reimbursement of AUD$780 per year for healthy eating, exercise, or mindfulness activities
• Access to an Employee Assistance Program for personal and professional support
• Enhanced leave provisions for compassionate (caregiver) leave, providing up to 30 days of additional support
• Life insurance coverage for added peace of mind

And much more…

This position requires regular travel to hospitals in Melbourne Metro. All applicants must have rights to work in Australia, a reliable car and a valid Driver Licence.

Johnson & Johnson announced plans to separate our Orthopaedics business to establish a standalone orthopaedics company, operating as DePuy Synthes. The process of the planned separation is anticipated to be completed within 18 to 24 months, subject to legal requirements, including consultation with works councils and other employee representative bodies, as may be required, regulatory approvals and other customary conditions and approvals.

Should you accept this position, it is anticipated that, following conclusion of the transaction, you would be an employee of DePuy Synthes, and your employment would be governed by DePuy Synthes employment processes, programs, policies, and benefit plans. In that case, details of any planned changes would be provided to you by DePuy Synthes at an appropriate time and subject to any necessary consultation processes.

Required Skills:

Preferred Skills: