National Manager - Caring@Home Project

Health; Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 160,000 - 169,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous leave entitlements

Salary packaging

Professional development allowances

Study and research assistance

Employee wellness programs

Corporate discounts

Job summary

Queensland Health invites applications for National Manager – Caring@Home Project to lead a high-impact national initiative improving access to end-of-life care at home. You will provide strategic direction, oversee a multi-million-budget, and coordinate workstreams across advocacy, education, communications, resources and research from Brisbane.

This role requires senior leadership, strong governance and stakeholder engagement to influence national partners and deliver evidence-based care

Qualifications

• Senior leadership experience managing complex programs across multiple stakeholders.
• Strong financial governance, strategic planning and risk management capabilities.
• Advanced communication, negotiation and relationship-building skills for national collaboration.
• Collaborative and inclusive leadership with commitment to culturally safe, high-quality care.

Responsibilities

• Lead the national caring@home project and drive initiatives to improve access to quality end-of-life care at home.
• Provide strategic direction and operational leadership for a major national project funded through to June 2030.
• Lead a multidisciplinary team and oversee a multi-million-dollar project budget.
• Drive national workstreams across advocacy, education, communications, resources and research.

Job description

# National Manager - Caring@Home Project**Queensland Health** (Organisation site) Eight Mile Plains**Drive Innovation and Excellence in Palliative Care****An exciting opportunity to lead a nationally funded project improving access to quality end of life care at home. Bring your strategic leadership, partnership building and project management expertise to make a lasting difference across Australia.**## Job details| | || --- | --- || Position status | Fixed Term Temporary || Position type | Full-time || Occupational group | Administration || Classification | AO8 || Workplace Location | Brisbane - South || Job ad reference | QLD/MS11696180 || Closing date | 17-Nov-2026 || Fortnightly salary | $6136.30 - $6493.00 || Job duration | 3 years and nine months || Contact person | Karen Cooper || Contact details | 0428 422 818 Access the National Relay Service |**This frontline support role provides essential support enabling the development and delivery of frontline services, programs and outcomes.**#### **Your new role:**Lead the national caring@home project and drive initiatives that improve access to quality, timely and evidence-based end of life care for people receiving care at home. You will:* Provide strategic direction and operational leadership for a major national project funded through to June 2030.* Lead a multidisciplinary team and oversee a multi-million-dollar project budget.* Drive national workstreams across advocacy, education, communications, resources and research.* Build strong partnerships with Commonwealth, State and Territory governments and key stakeholders.#### **About you:**You are an accomplished strategic leader with a passion for improving healthcare outcomes and the ability to bring people together to deliver complex national initiatives. You will have:* Demonstrated senior leadership and experience managing complex projects or programs across multiple stakeholders.* Strong financial governance, strategic planning and risk management capabilities.* Highly developed communication, negotiation and relationship-building skills, with the ability to influence at a national level.* A collaborative and inclusive leadership style, with a commitment to culturally safe, equitable and high-quality care.Check out our quick tips and application essentials!#### **What we can offer you:*** We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.* 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.#### **About us:**The Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) is a tertiary health care centre providing care in most major adult specialties. We provide world class health care to Brisbane City's southern suburbs across emergency, medical, mental health and surgical services, including liver and kidney transplant.We are nationally recognised for our expertise in trauma management and organ transplants and are one of Australia's leading academic and research health centres. The PAH as a major medical research precinct hosts Australia's most advanced medical research facility, the Translational Research Institute (TRI) as well as a new Clinical Research Facility for the discoveries made at TRI to be trialed in a safe clinical environment.We're expanding our hospital to make sure everyone gets the care they need. We're adding more beds, modernising our buildings, and improving our spaces to treat kidney and cancer patients with all new services and facilities planned to open 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 *better together*.## Further informationWe are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.Applicants are encouraged to apply online. Please review the Role Description for more information on application process requirements. Agency referrals will not be accepted for this position.## DocumentsBefore applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.* Application essentials - things you need to know (PDF) We are MSH - five reasons why you should join us (PDF) MS11696180 Role Description (PDF)