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State Clinical Director, BreastScreen Queensland

Applications close: Tuesday 3rd June 2025

Executive Medical Leadership – Combining strategic influence with clinical excellence and a competitive remuneration package
Lead Statewide Impact – High-profile leadership role guiding Queensland’s breast cancer screening strategy, directly influencing outcomes for thousands of women across the state.
Drive Innovation in Women’s Health – Champion cutting-edge clinical practices, technologies, and research that shape the future of breast medicine and population health.
Shape the Clinical Workforce of Tomorrow – Build and mentor a statewide clinical team, leading transformative workforce strategies in one of Australia’s most vital health services.

THE OPPORTUNITY

This is a rare and impactful opportunity for a senior medical leader to shape the future of early detection services across Queensland. As the State Clinical Director of BreastScreen Queensland, you will lead clinical excellence, champion innovation, and drive strategic initiatives within a statewide, multidisciplinary program committed to improving women’s health outcomes. Working in collaboration with leading clinicians, researchers, and public health experts, you will oversee clinical operations, workforce capability, and the implementation of new models of care. If you are a visionary leader with a passion for population health, clinical governance, quality and safety and service innovation—this is your moment to make a lasting difference in unlocking new horizons in healthcare excellence for Queenslanders.

THE ROLE

To provide clinical leadership in collaboration with a statewide multidisciplinary team in the operational and strategic directions of the BreastScreen Qld program as part of the BSQ State Coordination Unit.
To contribute breast medicine expertise and advice to key partners and stakeholders in the development and implementation of new and emerging models of care, innovations, screening technologies and alternative screening strategies, and opportunities that improve the way breast cancer screening and assessment services are delivered across the state.
To represent state interests at relevant national forums, as directed by Department of Health officials.
To provide clinical oversight and operational management of the BSQ Statewide Coordinated Reading Model (SCRM) and BSQ Expanded Service Delivery Model, including managing screen readers and coordinating the supply of clinical staff across the state.

THE CANDIDATE

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate:

Expertise and leadership in a clinical setting preferably in a population health or women’s health area.
Possess advanced leadership skills including critical thinking and reasoning, problem-solving, negotiation and high-level communication skills to maintain effective collaborative work relationships with a wide range of partners and stakeholders to ensure effective team functioning, positive patient outcomes and the achievement of departmental and program objectives.
Knowledge of or an ability to acquire knowledge of the philosophy and future directions of the BreastScreen Australia program and BreastScreen Queensland Program, including policies, regulations, standards and systems/models which impact upon the position.
Evidence as an approved digital mammographic screen reader within the BreastScreen program or an ability to rapidly obtain skills and training to become an approved screen reader.
Possess advanced level communication, interpersonal, management and leadership skills and outstanding personal qualities which reflect Queensland Health’s people focussed values.
Possess governance skills and knowledge, including Chair experience and active contribution to strategic level governance committees.
Demonstrated ability to lead and promote innovative models and quality improvement activities, participating in continuing professional development activities as directed by the relevant specialist college and supervisor/manager to maintain registration and personal professional improvement.