Head of Unit - Emergency Department Ballarat

Permanent Full Time

0.7 FTE Non-clinical; 0.3 FTE Clinical (negotiable)

Salary: Base $450,000 + (additional allowances and superannuation)

 About the Role:

The Head of Unit GH Emergency - Ballarat will work in partnership with the Director and Clinical Director of Emergency and Intensive Care and the GH Ballarat Emergency Nurse Unit Manager. The Head of Unit to provide operational and strategic clinical leadership to enable staff and unit development in line with the operational needs and strategic vision of Grampians Health. A key initial focus will be ensuring readiness of the team to move into the new and expanded emergency department in 2027.

The Requirements:

• Medical qualification and current emergency specialist registration with AHPRA.
• Fellow of Australasian College of Emergency Medicine.
• Broad experience across the spectrum of emergency medicine.
• Previous experience in a senior leadership role is desirable.
• Demonstrated skills in multidisciplinary team building in acute health care settings.

About you: 

You are suitably experienced in the field of Emergency Medicine and be seeking to develop your career in clinical leadership and governance. You are experienced in teaching and professional development of medical students, interns, HMOs and emergency trainees and be able to provide mentorship and leadership for FACEMs. You are invested in delivering a high quality service for patients and a safe and rewarding workplace for staff. 

Emergency Department - Ballarat:

GH Emergency - Ballarat is a designated regional trauma centre with a Tier 1 accredited training program through the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine. It currently has 35 points of care plus 12 short stay unit beds. It sees more than 56 000 presentations per year and over 23% of presentations are paediatric. GH Emergency – Ballarat will move into a new and expanded department in 2027 with completion of the Ballarat Base redevelopment.

Join a large regional tertiary referral hospital:

• Grampians Health is a large regional health service with campuses at Ballarat, Horsham, Stawell, Edenhope and Dimboola.
• Opportunity to lead the development of Ballarat Base Hospital's new and expanded emergency department due to open in 2027.
• Designated regional trauma centre.
• Tier 1 ACEM accreditation.
• Over 56 000 presentations per year and growing.
• Well supported by accredited critical care, anaesthetic, medical, surgical, mental health and women's and children's specialties.

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How to apply

Click APPLY or contact If you have any further enquiries please contact A/Professor David Langsford, General Manager of Medical and Clinical Programmes on 03 5320 4322 for a confidential discussion.

We're actively seeking candidates for this role and will review applications as they are submitted. Applications will close when the position is filled. 

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Location:

• Ballarat is one of Victoria’s largest and fastest growing inland centres and dubbed Australia’s most liveable city in 2020
• A regional city that offers first class schools, shopping and cultural precincts, sporting facilities and various tertiary facilities.

• Melbourne city centre and Tullamarine (Melbourne) airport is approximately 1 hour from Ballarat with easy access to Geelong, Bendigo and the Western districts and Grampians National Park. Ballarat is blessed with some of Australia’s most significant heritage buildings and natural landscapes.

Grampians Health:

Grampians Health was established on 1 November 2021, bringing together Edenhope and District Memorial Hospital, Stawell Regional Health, Wimmera Health Care Group and Grampians Health - Ballarat as one united health service. More information can be found at www.grampianshealth.org.au

Our purpose is to provide high quality and accessible health care services in each of the communities we serve. We currently service the healthcare needs of more than 250,000 Victorians across an area five times the size of Greater Melbourne. We employ more than 7000 people across 21 campuses and sites with an annual operating revenue of over $900m. Across our campuses we have over 700 beds (over 330 acute beds) with over 75 000 presentations to our emergency departments (Ballarat and Horsham Emergency and Stawell and Edenhope UCC) each year.

Grampians Health is a major training site for the University of Melbourne and Deakin Rural Clinical Schools and a large clinical trials unit with over 100 Phase IB, II, III, IV clinical trials open.

A career with Grampians Health means you are connected and are part of a team providing quality healthcare to rural and regional communities. Our communities are diverse – as is our workforce, with expert clinical staff from across the world choosing to live and work in our beautiful region.

Grampians Health Culture & Benefits:

At Grampians Health, we recognise our staff are our greatest asset.  We are committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for our staff, patients, residents, visitors, volunteers and contractors at all sites.

• Flexible work arrangements and purchase leave opportunities
• Salary packaging for living expenses such as rent/mortgage plus meals, entertainment & holidays
• Discounted on-site parking
• Access to discounted health club membership
• Staff rewards and recognition programs

Diversity and Inclusion
All appointments are subject to a satisfactory police records check, immunisation clearance and Working with Children check and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check.

All employees must be willing and able to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when required, which at a minimum is a surgical mask. Additional PPE requirements are role dependent.

Grampians Health is a child safe organisation, committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. Grampians Health is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workforce.

We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, mature age workers and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or questioning), intersex and asexual LGBTQIA+.