- Visionary and inspirational leader
- Lead and promote best practice in clinical and care governance
- Enable excellence and embed a culture of safety, quality and continuous improvement
THE OPPORTUNITY
You may know us as UnitingCare, Blue Care, ARRCS, Lifeline, or one of our hospitals – St Stephen’s Hospital, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, or St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital. At UnitingCare, you are part of something bigger. Through these services we support more than 400,000 people every year in urban, rural, and remote communities across Queensland and the Northern Territory. You’ll find our people everywhere. People committed to and passionate about delivering services that improve the lives of individuals, families and communities. And with more than 16,500 staff and 9,000 volunteers – we’re proud to be making a meaningful difference every day.
UnitingCare is the second-largest Queensland employer who has been leading by example as a proud not-for-profit, for more than 100 years. As a team we’re inclusive, supportive, and diverse, working constructively together with respect and compassion. Always striving to make a difference for our frontline services and the people we serve, we look to the future as we evolve.
THE ROLE
The General Manager (GM) – Clinical and Care Governance (CCG), enabled by a clear mandate and authorising environment, is accountable for providing whole of organisation leadership for clinical and care governance. The role, hosted by the Group Executive BlueCare, will provide critical leadership and support to service-line executives in the establishment and operation of best practice Clinical and Care governance functions across the Hospitals, Aged Care and Family & Disability Services. Working closely with the relevant Service Group Executives this role will hold the delegation for whole of organisation positioning on strategic clinical and care governance, continuous improvement and adherence to legislation and regulation.
The GM CCG will design, drive and coordinate integrated clinical and care governance systems achieving a single, contemporary shared understanding of robust governance and continuous improvement. The role will provide strategic and operational advice and influential leadership to create, drive and embed a culture of safety, quality and continuous improvement, whilst ensuring alignment with organisational strategy, regulatory requirements and clinical governance frameworks.
THE CANDIDATE
To be successful in this role you will have:
- Strong analytical, governance, communication and change leadership capability
- Tertiary qualifications in a health-related discipline (e.g. Nursing, Allied Health, Medicine, Public Health or similar)
- Significant senior leadership experience in clinical governance, clinical risk and quality management within complex health and/or aged care and community services environments.
- Demonstrated leadership of whole of organisation transformation or integration initiatives.
- Demonstrated and extensive experience in developing and implementing patient and client safety and quality improvement programs in large health care and community services organisations.
- Proven experience leading multidisciplinary teams and influencing senior stakeholders across diverse service models.
For a confidential discussion, please get in touch with:
Liz Hlipala
HG Principal Consultant
M. +61 (0)401 122 301 | E. lhlipala@hardygroupintl.com
HOW TO APPLY
The closing date for applications is Tuesday, 19 May 2026
The reference number to include in your application is H26_5496
Ready to make people your organisation’s greatest asset?
