Health Services Operational Manager

The Orchard Talent Group; Bathurst; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Bathurst Health Service in Bathurst, NSW, is seeking a Health Services Operational Manager to unite a broad portfolio of enabling and operational services into a cohesive directorate. Reporting to the General Manager, this executive will lead up to nine direct reports and shape service standards across administration, health information, clinics, food services and after-hours campus operations.

The successful candidate will establish the new directorate, drive accountability, collaboration and

Qualifications

• Senior operational leadership experience within a complex health service.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and managing change across services.
• Strong stakeholder management and problem-solving capability.
• Experience in business continuity, emergency preparedness or incident response.

Responsibilities

• Lead administration, health information, clinics, food services and after-hours campus operations.
• Establish the new directorate, strengthening accountability, collaboration and service standards.
• Oversee business continuity, emergency preparedness and responses to disruptions.
• Resolve operational challenges and improve coordination across clinical, corporate and support services.

Skills

Operational leadership

Stakeholder management

Change integration

Emergency preparedness

Education

AHPRA RN with postgraduate qualifications OR senior health service management experience

Job description

The organisation

Western NSW Local Health District provides public health services to, regional, rural and remote communities across a significant geographic area. Its network includes hospitals, multipurpose services and community-based health services.

Bathurst Health Service provides a broad range of acute, subacute and community services to Bathurst and surrounding communities. With continued service transformation and redevelopment underway, the organisation is strengthening its leadership structure and operational capability to support sustainable, high-quality care.

The opportunity

The Health Services Operational Manager is a newly established executive position responsible for bringing together a broad portfolio of enabling and operational services as a cohesive directorate. Reporting to the General Manager and leading up to nine direct reports, the Health Services Operational Manager will:

• Lead administration, health information, specialist clinics, food services and after-hours campus operations.
• Establish the new directorate, strengthening accountability, collaboration and service standards.
• Oversee business continuity, emergency preparedness and responses to operational or infrastructure disruptions.
• Resolve operational challenges and improve coordination across clinical, corporate and support services.

About you

You will bring:

• Senior operational leadership experience within a complex public or private health service.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and integrating services through change.
• Strong stakeholder management, influencing and problem-solving capability.
• Experience in business continuity, emergency preparedness or operational incident response.
• A visible, collaborative leadership style focused on practical delivery and improvement.
• Current AHPRA registration as a Registered Nurse with relevant postgraduate qualifications, OR extensive senior health service management experience with relevant tertiary qualifications.

What’s on Offer

• A newly created role with the opportunity to shape and build a directorate.
• Membership of the Bathurst Health Service Executive Team.
• A broad portfolio with influence across whole-of-hospital operations.
• Exposure to major service transformation and redevelopment initiatives.
• A strong development pathway towards future General Manager opportunities.

Applications close Friday 16th, October.

Please note applicants must have a legal right to work in Australia.

The Orchard Talent Group acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work. We pay our respect to their Elders past, present and emerging, for they hold the memories, traditions, culture and hopes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.