Planned Procedures Project Lead

Victorian Government; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging benefits

Wellness program

Onsite childcare

Mentoring and career development

Job summary

Austin Health is hiring a Project Lead for the Patient Support Unit focused on Planned Procedures. You will guide pathway redesign, implement evidence-based care models, and drive improvements across the perioperative journey. Strong clinical background and project leadership are essential.

Join a collaborative team that values innovation, data-driven decision making, and continuous improvement, with opportunities for mentorship and professional growth.

Qualifications

• Clinical experience in nursing or allied health with healthcare delivery.
• Experience implementing evidence-based clinical pathways or service improvements.
• Proven project management experience in complex healthcare initiatives.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and cross-disciplinary communication.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, delivery and evaluation of initiatives aligned with priorities.
• Drive quality improvements across perioperative pathways and ERAS initiatives.
• Coordinate development and review of clinical pathways, policies and guidelines.
• Develop and maintain project plans, timelines and KPIs.
• Provide evidence-based operational and clinical advice.
• Apply change-management to embed innovation and data-informed decisions.

Skills

Clinical experience

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Quality improvement

Data analysis

Team collaboration

Clinical pathways

Education

Nursing/allied health degree

Job description

Location: Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs

Reference: 6125

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

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.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. Austin Health is a child safe organisation, committed to upholding the rights, safety, and wellbeing of children and young people in line with Child Safe Standards. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: RebeccaFewster, Patient Support Unit Manager, at [e-mail].

Applications close Friday 30 October 2026 at 11.59pm