Planned Procedures Project Lead

Austin Health; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging benefits

Wellness initiatives

Onsite childcare

Mentoring and career development

Job summary

Austin Health is seeking a Patient Support Unit - Planned Procedures Project Lead to improve access, experience and outcomes for patients undergoing planned surgery. You will lead pathway redesign, implement evidence-based models of care, and drive sustainable improvements across the perioperative journey.

Working closely with clinical and operational stakeholders, you will coordinate initiatives, manage projects, monitor performance and report on KPIs while applying change management

Qualifications

• Experience implementing evidence-based clinical pathways, models of care or service improvement initiatives within a healthcare setting.
• Strong project management experience with a proven track record of delivering complex healthcare improvement initiatives.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to influence and drive change across multidisciplinary teams.
• Knowledge of quality improvement methodologies, change management frameworks and governance structures within a healthcare setting.
• Strong data analysis skills to identify trends, measure performance and support continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Leading the planning, delivery and evaluation of key initiatives aligned with divisional and organisational priorities.
• Driving quality and operational improvements across the perioperative journey through pathway redesign and Enhanced Recovery After Surgery initiatives.
• Coordinating the development, implementation, education and review of evidence-based clinical pathways, policies and guidelines.
• Developing and maintaining project plans, timelines, performance reports and KPIs.
• Providing expert, evidence-based advice on operational, clinical and administrative processes.
• Applying change management methodologies to embed innovation and use data to inform decision-making and reporting.

Skills

Project management

Quality improvement

Stakeholder engagement

Data analysis

Change management

Healthcare operations

Education

Tertiary qualifications in nursing, allied health or related healthcare discipline

Job description

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• Play a pivotal role in driving strategic reform, optimising patient pathways, and enhancing patient experience and access
• Part-timefixed term opportunityavailable (until 30 June 2027)
• JoinoursupportiveSurgical Anaesthesia and Procedural Medicine team

Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and statewide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.

About the Surgical Anaesthesia and Procedural Medicine Division

The Surgical Anaesthesia and Procedural Medicine Division (SAPM) is part of the Operations Directorate at Austin Health. SAPM managesa number of specialties and services including theatres, Central Sterilising Services Department (CSSD), outpatients and the surgical wards at the Austin or Heidelberg Repatriation Hospitals.

SAPM promotes a culture of delivering quality patient care, whilstprovidinga broad range of elective and acute surgical procedures including Liver and Renal Transplant and Cardiac Surgery. Other surgical specialties include Neurosurgery, Orthopaedics, Plastics, Vascular,Thoracic,Urology, ENT, Paediatrics, General Surgery, HPB, UGI, Endoscopy and Radiology Services.

About the role

As thePatient Support Unit - Planned Procedures Project Lead, you will play a key role in improving access, experience and outcomes for patients undergoing planned surgery. Working closely with clinical and operational stakeholders, you will lead pathway redesign, implement evidence-based models of care, and drive sustainable improvements across the perioperative journey.

This will include:

• Leadingthe planning, delivery and evaluation of key initiatives aligned with divisional and organisational priorities.
• Drivingquality and operational improvements across the perioperative journey through pathway redesign, Enhanced Recovery After Surgery initiatives, surgical conversionprogramsand other evidence-based models of care.
• Coordinatingthe development, implementation, education and review of evidence-based clinical pathways,policiesand guidelines.
• Developingandmaintainingproject plans, timelines, performancereportsand key performance indicators.
• Providingexpert, evidence-based advice on operational,clinicaland administrative processes.
• Applyingchange management methodologies to embed innovation, foster continuous improvement, and utilise data to inform decision‑making and reporting.

About you

To be successful in this role you’ll bring with you:

• Tertiary qualifications and clinical experience in nursing, alliedhealthor a related healthcare discipline.
• Experience implementing evidence-based clinical pathways, models of care or service improvement initiatives within a healthcare setting.
• Strong project management experience with a proventrack recordof delivering complex healthcare improvement initiatives.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to influence and drive change across multidisciplinary teams.
• Knowledge of quality improvement methodologies, change managementframeworksand governance structures within a healthcare setting.
• Strong data analysis skills, with the ability toidentifytrends, measureperformanceand support continuous improvement.
• A proactive, collaborative approach and the ability to work effectively within a team environment.

Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:

• Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging, for living expenses, meals, and holiday accommodation.
• A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted fitness memberships and special offers on health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program.
• Onsite childcare at Austin Hospital, easy access via public transport and car parking options.
• Mentoring and career development opportunities.

Work with us!

We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures.