Better and fairer care. Always.
For over 175 years, St Vincent’s has stood as a pioneer in compassionate, high-quality care. Inspired by the enduring legacy of the Sisters of Charity and their Founder Mary Aikenhead, we are now embarking on our most ambitious chapter yet: Bringing Care Home.
This bold strategy redefines how we serve our communities, extending our reach beyond traditional residential and hospital settings directly into people’s homes. To spearhead this transformation, we are seeking an inspirational executive clinical leader to oversee our aged care clinical governance team, lead our professional nursing stream, and command clinical excellence across our multi-state footprint of 30 residential aged care homes and retirement villages.
As the National Director of Nursing & Clinical Governance, you will provide contemporary leadership in clinical governance, quality resident safety professional nursing.
Reporting directly to the CEO, Care Services (and dotted-line to the National CMO), you will serve as the principal clinical voice across our operation. Your experience will be best utilised through working with the Clinical Governance Team and the Care Services Leadership Team (CSLT) to bring exemplary clinical and care governance to our frontline, residents and families. A strategic and operational role, this position provides strategic assurance while partnering to drive a culture of clinical excellence, innovation, continuous learning, and person-centred care.
This permanent full-time opportunity can be based in Brisbane, Sydney or Melbourne from any of our Group Head Office locations with interstate travel as required.
You are a strategically minded, values-driven executive nurse leader who thrives in complex, highly regulated environments and is passionate about clinical innovation and quality transformation.
You will bring:
Your employment is conditional upon the completion of all required pre-employment checks, including Responsible Person and NDIS Worker Screening checks.
At St Vincent’s, we value inclusivity and diversity. We acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, fair, and impartial, and we invite people from all backgrounds to join us.
St Vincent’s Health Australia embraces Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s unique perspectives, knowledge, and culture. We warmly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. For further information, visit https://www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation, https://www.svcs.org.au/people/aboriginal-torres-strait-islander-recruitment
Please submit your application via the Apply button. Email applications will not be accepted at this time.
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11 October 2026 11:59pm
At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
For further information, visit https://www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation or get in contact at indigenouscareers@svha.org.au
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The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 147 years.
We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.
With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of over 5,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.
We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.
When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.
In 2016–17, more than 85,654 children attended our Emergency Department, 322,291 specialist clinic appointments were held which was almost 70,000 more than the previous year, more than 17,000 surgeries were performed and more than 48,552 children were admitted to our wards.
