Clinical Director

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Monash Health is Victoria’s largest and most comprehensive health service. For more than 170 years, Monash Health and its predecessors have provided safe, high-quality healthcare for people at every life stage. With 25,500 employees, we provide care to south-eastern metropolitan Melbourne and rural Victoria from over 40 locations, via telehealth, within local communities and in people’s homes.

We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity. We are committed to patient safety, promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace and to Child Safe Standards. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and our five ICare values.

About Monash Doctors 

To help grow your career, there are more than 1,900 Junior and 1,700 Senior Doctors at Monash Health in over 200 medical specialties. We offer unparallel opportunities in Victoria's largest & most clinically diverse teaching health service. 

We are seeking x2 Directors, to work 16 hours per fortnight each. 

About the Role 
Southern Melbourne Integrated Cancer Service (SMICS) seeks to appoint a Clinical Director. The successful applicant will have the opportunity to make an outstanding leadership contribution in supporting the development of a cohesive, integrated and coordinated multidisciplinary approach to best practice cancer care across south and east Melbourne. There is an emphasis of introduction of modern cancer quality pedagogies and on program implementation and evaluation. This position is a fixed term 24 month role. 

About Us 
Southern Melbourne Integrated Cancer Service (SMICS) was established in May 2004.  It is one of three metropolitan, five regional, and one paediatric Integrated Cancer Services (ICS) established and funded by the Department of Health (DH) to assist with the implementation of the Victorian Government’s cancer reform agenda. These reforms are being implemented by Integrated Cancer Services (ICS), that are partnerships between health services with responsibility for facilitating the planning, and improvements in integration and coordination of cancer services across a specified geographic region to improve the delivery of cancer services through the development of clear and formal communication processes, referral patterns and relationships between services to meet the needs of people with cancer. SMICS is not a direct provider of services, but facilitates system development and service improvement by supporting local services. Services include public hospitals, community-based services, general practitioners, private hospitals and supportive care services. As an independent organisation SMICS is governed by the SMICS Governance Committee, comprised of representatives from: 

• Alfred Health 

• Peninsula Health 

• Cabrini Health 

• Monash Health 

The governance of the organisation is further underpinned by a Memorandum of Understanding between SMICS and its member health services. There are organisations who are informal members of the SMICS Governance Committee such as South East Primary Health Network, Monash Partners Comprehensive Cancer Consortium, South East Metro Health Service Partnership. 

About You
To ensure your success in this role you will demonstrate the following: 

• Proactively develop and maintain cooperative and supportive relationships with peers / communities of practice across the region and State ensuring high standards of behaviour and integrity are demonstrated at all times; 

• Identify potential conflicts of interest and manage these acting in an open and ethical manner; 

• Develop and maintain a level of influence amongst peers which is aligned with clinical best practice which proactively facilitates and enables positive change; 

• Be guided by contemporary evidence based practice; 

• Provide clinical system level leadership 

For a confidential discussion and to explore the opportunity further, please contact Jennifer Thresher - Acting Program Director, SMICS on 0407 113 136 or Jennifer.thresher@monashhealth.org OR email Charmaine.thoy2@monashhealth.org.

Salary negotiable depending on experience.

Position Description can be found here

We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity. We are committed to patient safety, promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace and to Child Safe Standards. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and our five ICare values.

How to Apply

Applications are accepted via the Monash Health online EHub system. For information including how to apply and probity check requirements, please click here for the ‘Application Guide’ 

Applications will be screened upon receipt and selection activity may commence prior to the closing date. 

Applications close April 29th, 2025.