Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer

Bayside Health is a public health service delivering high-quality care across every stage of life for close to 1.2 million people living in metropolitan Melbourne, the Mornington Peninsula, Koo Wee Rup, Bass Coast and Southern Gippsland.

With three Care Groups (Alfred, Peninsula and Regional), 15 main sites and more than 22,000 staff Bayside Health provides exceptional, equitable and locally connected care. Education and training are central to staff development as we encourage all employees to strive and thrive.

Reporting to the Bayside Health CEO and serving as a member of their Executive Leadership Team, the Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer (CNMO) is responsible for providing strategic and professional leadership for nursing and midwifery across Bayside Health and contributes to realising the aspirations of Bayside Health to strengthen existing partnerships, enhance access to care, and expand opportunities for staff and community wellbeing across metropolitan and regional Victoria.

The CNMO will:

• Lead the delivery of safe, high quality, and person-centred care across all hospitals, sites and services across Bayside Health
• Advance excellence in nursing and midwifery practice, education, research and innovation
• Lead workforce transformation in support of service integration across Bayside Health
• Build a culture of excellence, accountability and compassion to support staff engagement, wellbeing and organisational performance

The successful candidate will demonstrate:

• Proven strategic leadership within a large-scale health service and the ability to drive integration across multiple services
• Extensive knowledge of contemporary nursing and midwifery practice and clinical governance frameworks
• A track record of quality, safety and risk management initiatives that have improved patient outcomes, consumer experience and organisational performance
• Strong commercial and financial acumen

Candidates will have a current Nursing or Midwifery registration with NMBA, and a relevant postgraduate qualification.

Further information regarding this position can be found within the attached Position Description.

Applications close 11pm Friday 21st August.

We embrace diversity and strive to have a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We actively encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, and people of all genders, sexualities, and cultural backgrounds.

If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process, or require an alternative format to any of the application materials, please don’t hesitate to let us know.

In accordance with the Health Services Amendment (Mandatory Vaccination of Healthcare Workers) Act 2020, health care workers in Category A or B roles (as determined by the department’s risk ratings) are required to be vaccinated against influenza or hold an acceptable medical exemption.