Chief Operating Officer

• Healthcare Executive role with Competitive Remuneration Package
• North Queensland Based combining lifestyle and career
• Experienced Operations Leader for Tertiary Health Service

THE OPPORTUNITY

The Townsville Hospital & Health Service (THHS) is seeking to recruit a senior health executive to the role of Chief Operating Officer.

THHS is the largest tertiary health service in northern Australia. The Townsville Hospital provides, complex, high level services across a wide range of specialities including cardiothoracic, neurosurgery, adult and paediatric ICU, general surgery, medicine, radiation and medical oncology, transplant haematology, paediatrics, obstetrics and neonatology to the North Queensland region. Uniquely, The Townsville University Hospital is the only tertiary facility in Queensland to offer all of these services within the one hospital.

In addition to the Townsville University Hospital, the THHS delivers clinical services in nine locations over 150,000 square kilometres. Our services include rural hospitals, health centres, multi- purpose health services, mental health rehabilitation, clinics and aged cared, supported by our innovative telehealth services.

THE ROLE

The Chief Operating Officer (COO) provides effective executive level operational leadership for the delivery of day-to-day patient-centred services across the health service. The COO leads the development of integrated, innovative and optimised organisational strategies that enable delivery of the THHS Strategic Plan and Clinical Plans including the achievement of performance targets specified in the THHS Service Agreement.

With THHS being the tertiary provider of health services for North Queensland, the COO has executive level leadership for tertiary services provided to neighbouring HHSs. This role also has responsibility for the implementation of new services that provide health care across the whole of North Queensland. The COO is the designated Health Incident Controller for THHS in the event of any major emergency, and the executive lead for all major infrastructure projects across THHS.

The COO is required to provide strategic leadership, has overall accountability for the delivery of tertiary level health care and deputises for the Health Service Chief Executive as required.

THE CANDIDATE

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate:

• Senior executive leadership experience in the health service industry environment with a clinical, quality and performance management focus.
• Experience in a significant health service delivery environment with a clinical activity costing and performance management focus would be highly regarded.
• Highly developed leadership skills including the capacity to develop high-performing teams.
• High level communication and interpersonal skills including the ability to engage effectively with key stakeholders.

HOW TO APPLY

The closing date for applications is Sunday, 10 August 2025. The reference number to include in your application is H25_5198.