Job Description

Position overview

• Employment Type: Full Time, Fixed term position (80 hours per fortnight) with monthly ADO
• Duration: 12 month fixed term appointment
• Location: Negotiable with successful applicant with travel across Network sites required
• Classification: Salary and classification will be commensurate with the successful candidate's qualifications, skills and experience

About the Role

The South West Local Health Services Network (SW LHSN) is seeking a motivated and experienced professional to lead a significant regional reform initiative aimed at improving planned surgery processes and patient access across South West Victoria.

This newly established 12-month project role offers an exciting opportunity to work across multiple health services, bringing together clinicians, managers, digital health teams and executives to deliver meaningful and sustainable improvements in planned surgery management.

If you are passionate about healthcare improvement, enjoy working collaboratively across organisations, and have experience in planned surgery workflows, this role offers the opportunity to make a lasting impact across the region.

What You will Be Doing

The Planned Surgery Reform Lead will work closely with participating health services across the South West Local Health Services Network to support a coordinated and consistent approach to planned surgery management. Over the 12-month project, you will:

• Lead the implementation of standardised planned surgery documentation across participating organisations.
• Support health services in preparing for and progressing towards shadow ESIS reporting.
• Plan and facilitate implementation of the VicKey portal to enable the secure and consistent transfer of surgical information.
• Build strong partnerships and engage stakeholders across clinical, operational, digital and executive teams.
• Support the adoption of new processes, systems and ways of working across the Network.
• Monitor project progress, identify risks and opportunities, and support achievement of key project milestones.
• Promote sustainable change through collaboration, communication and continuous improvement.

What you will bring

You are an experienced healthcare professional with expertise in planned surgery, perioperative services and leading change. You will bring:

• Tertiary nursing qualifications with postgraduate surgery and/or perioperative experience.
• Strong understanding of planned surgery governance, workflows, and documentation within public health.
• Strong digital literacy, experience with TRAK, reporting, data requirements and clinical information systems.
• Proven ability to lead change, engage stakeholders and implement sustainable improvements.
• Strong communication, collaboration and project management skills.
• Proven change management experience and the ability to deliver on agreed outcomes in complex environments.

What we offer

You will enjoy benefits such as:

• Excellent salary packaging options including meals & entertainment, novated leasing and additional superannuation contributions
• Internal and external professional development opportunities
• A range of internal development opportunities focusing on personal development such as resilience and mentoring workshops and comprehensive leadership programs
• Excellent terms and conditions of employment

Who we are

As an organisation SWH prides themselves on their values; Care, Respect, Excellence, Integrity and Leadership and their overall dedication to the local community. Learn more about SWH here.

The South West Local Health Service Network (SW LHSN) is a collaborative partnership of public health services across Victoria's South West, united by a shared commitment to improving health outcomes and wellbeing for our communities. We work at a system level to strengthen care across the continuum - from prevention and primary care through to acute and non-acute services, by enabling collaboration, innovation and collective leadership.

Grounded in strong regional relationships, the SW LHSN brings together health services, clinicians, consumers and government partners to shape place-based, regionally informed solutions to complex health challenges. Our work is guided by a commitment to equity, sustainability and respect for local communities, and a belief that working together, across organisational and sector boundaries, enables lasting, system-wide impact.

To learn about the vibrant town and region please visit: http://www.warrnambool.com/

How to apply

Submit your application by selecting the Apply button below and include a resume and cover letter addressing the key selection criteria by Sunday 12 July 2026. Please ensure you address the selection criteria as outlined in the position description.

Employment Terms and Conditions will be in line with the Nurses and Midwives (Victorian Public Sector) Single Interest Employer Agreement 2024-2028.

The successful applicant will be required to be eligible for and undergo the following:

• Police Record Check
• Employee Working with Children's Check, where required
• Current Immunisation status

South West Healthcare is an Equal Opportunities employer and commits to Inclusion, Diversity & Equity by providing a trusting workplace that are safe, respectful and inclusive of all individuals, and that our workplaces reflect the diversity of the communities in which we operate. We strongly encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, disability, all genders, and LGBTQI+ community. We are committed to The Child Safe Standards, which aim to protect children and young people.

Note: If you experience any difficulties using this website or require assistance at any stage of the recruitment process, please email: humanresources@swh.net.au