CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
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BAROSSA HILLS FLEURIEU LOCAL HEALTH NETWORK
Executive Summary
- Strategic, Transformational and Innovative leader of health services
- Passionate about regional / rural healthcare provision
- Focus on contemporary models of care and sustainable workforce
The Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network provides care for around 201,220 people living across the Adelaide Hills, Barossa Valley, Fleurieu Peninsula and Kangaroo Island. The Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network is one of six Local Health Networks (LHN’s) across country South Australia. The LHN covers an area of 11,896 square kilometres providing a range of public acute, sub-acute, residential aged care, multi-purpose health services, community, and mental health services. The network is also hosts the Rural Support Service which provides corporate and clinical support to all six regional LHNs. Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network is a periurban network consisting of both regional and city based worksites. The network includes some of the state’s highest growth population centres including Gawler, Mount Barker and the Southern Fleurieu region. Barossa Hills Local Health Network is currently progressing a range of infrastructure upgrades including the new Mount Barker and Barossa hospitals and upgrades to existing infrastructure at Gawler Health Service and Southern Fleurieu Health Service.
The Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network has an expenditure budget of around $408 million and an employee workforce of approximately 1800 FTE.
A Chief Executive Officer is now sought to support the Governing Board to achieve the strategic aims of the Local Health Network, state-wide priorities and identified population needs. The role will provide operational leadership to the Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network and be responsible for the sound governance and management of the network.
The Chief Executive Officer will promote the integration of services, develop a population and primary health care approach and work towards co-ordination of services across the continuum of care within an environment of continuous improvement and open consultation. The position will ensure health services including health promotion, early intervention and family support and illness prevention are planned, delivered, and monitored according to the needs of the population, availability of resources and to achieve optimal health outcomes.
A number of exciting capital works and service development projects are underway, or in store, for sites across the network, which will see upgrades to essential infrastructure in the fast-growing communities in the inner North, the Adelaide Hills and Southern Fleurieu. This is a unique opportunity for an experienced Health Service leader, with a passion for leading excellence in health care provision, to work in a wonderful region of South Australia. With the LHN surrounding metropolitan Adelaide it also gives the ability to live in Adelaide but work in the region providing much needed services to a fast growing population of South Australia.
For a confidential discussion, please get in touch with:
Liz Hlipala, HardyGroup Principal Search Consultant
M: +61 (0)401 122 301
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Role Specification
The Chief Executive Officer will demonstrate skill and knowledge in the following criteria:
BAROSSA HILLS FLEURIEU LOCAL HEALTH NETWORK
The Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Networks (BHFLHNs) manages the delivery of public hospital services and other community based health services as determined by the state government for the Barossa Hills Fleurieu region. BHFLHN delivers a range of in-hospital, aged care, community, disability, and mental health services through public hospitals and other health and aged care service sites located at Gawler, Angaston, Tanunda, Eudunda, Kapunda, Mount Pleasant, Gumeracha, Mount Barker, Strathalbyn, Victor Harbor and Kangaroo Island.
We oversee country-wide mental health services through the Rural and Remote Mental Health Service, based at Glenside, and the state-wide borderline personality disorder service, BPD Co. We also host the Rural Support Service, which supports all six regional local health networks across the state with a focus on improving quality and safety.
As at November 2021, the overall BHFLHN workforce, including the Rural Support Service, was approximately 2,500 (1,100 full time equivalent). Further to this, there are approximately 450-500 individual general practitioners and medical specialists working in partnership with us and / or providing services through our sites.
BHFLHN is unique in Australia in that it completely encapsulates the land borders of all the Adelaide metropolitan local health networks. BHFLHN provides services to the largest population group of all regional local health networks in South Australia, home to 11.9% of the South Australian population and 41% of the regional South Australian population.
STRATEGIC PLAN 2021 - 2025
Our Purpose
We exist to deliver excellent health care that improves the health and wellbeing of our communities.
Our Vision
By 2025, we aspire to be acclaimed as a leading LHN, demonstrating courage in being innovative and creative as we continue to strive for excellence.
The BHFLHN Strategic Plan 2021 – 2025 will guide our planning over the coming four years, leading us to realise our vision of being acclaimed as a leading local health network, demonstrating courage in being innovative and creative as we continue to strive for excellence.
The Strategic Plan has been developed after an extensive engagement process involving our community, staff, clinicians, and a range of other stakeholders and partner organisations.
We engaged in this way not because we had to, but because we wanted to. We wanted to hear about what is most important about the health care and services that we provide, and to understand what our communities want for the future of our local health network.
It our aspiration that this Plan provides the foundation for us to build on our strengths and see that our organisational values of trust, respect, integrity, collaboration and kindness are central to our planning, decision-making and culture.
WORKING IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA
TIMELINE
Monday, 8 April - Friday 3 May 2024 | Search Phase |
From Wednesday 8 May 2024 | Shortlisting An HG Consultant will be in contact with you during this period if you have been successful in the shortlisting process. |
From 15 May 2024 | Interviews Interviews will be conducted either in person, or virtually, depending on client preference. |
Late May | Due Diligence Reference checking and probity checking will occur after interviews. This will include verification of substantive qualifications and police checks if required. |
Late May | Final Decision and Offer |
HOW TO APPLY
The closing date for applications is Friday, 03 May 2024
The reference number to include in your application is H24_4791
Note: Please use the online platform to submit your application. It will not be accepted via email.
If you require assistance in submitting your application online, please contact Executive Search Coordinator, Natasha Tirado via [email protected]
Applications submitted on-line will receive an automatic receipt. If a receipt in not received within 12 hours we request, you contact the search coordinator listed above to arrange a re-submission of your application if necessary.
APPLICATION
Your application must include:
- 1.A cover letter, addressed to the Principal Consultant, including a response to how you meet the Selection Criteria.
- 2.A copy of your current Curriculum Vitae
Please view HG’s Written Application Procedure prior to preparing your documentation and applying for the role.
For a confidential discussion, please contact:
Liz Hlipala
Executive Search Consultant
(M) +61 (0)401 122 301
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