Operations Director - Allied Health
CANDIDATE INFORMATION PACK
Monash Health
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Executive Summary
- Lead Allied Health operations across five major hospital sites, delivering integrated, patient‑centred care for diverse and complex adult inpatient populations.
- Drive innovation, service improvement, and workforce development across physiotherapy, occupational therapy, nutrition, social work, speech pathology, and other allied health disciplines.
- Shape the future of allied health services through strategic leadership, system integration, and partnerships with multidisciplinary teams across Victoria’s largest health network.
THE OPPORTUNITY
Monash Health is Victoria’s largest and most comprehensive health service, providing safe, high‑quality care across more than 40 locations to a rapidly growing and diverse population. As part of the Medicine, Aged, Community and Mental Health Division, the Allied Health program delivers inpatient services across Casey Hospital, Dandenong Hospital, Monash Medical Centre Clayton, Moorabbin Hospital, and the Kingston Centre. The program encompasses physiotherapy, occupational therapy, nutrition and dietetics, social work, speech pathology, spiritual care, and other disciplines, playing a critical role in optimising patient outcomes and supporting multidisciplinary care. This leadership role presents a unique opportunity to drive system‑wide improvement and innovation across one of Victoria’s most complex allied health portfolios. Recruitment for this role forms part of a recent broader organisational restructure at Monash Health, incorporating a more contemporary and future-fit leadership structure across all Divisions. This is a career-defining opportunity for an accomplished leader to make a significant impact within a complex and progressive health organisation.
THE ROLE
Reporting operationally to the Divisional Director, Medicine, Aged, Community and Mental Health, and professionally to the Chief Allied Health Officer, the Operations Director provides strategic and operational leadership for bed‑based Allied Health services across Monash Health’s hospital network (excluding Monash Children’s Hospital and Mental Health). The role is accountable for delivering safe, high‑quality, evidence‑based care, achieving operational and financial objectives, and fostering collaboration across multidisciplinary teams. It will also lead workforce development initiatives, drive integration and service redesign, and ensure the program is positioned to meet the needs of a growing and ageing community.
THE CANDIDATE
You are an experienced allied health leader with a proven track record in managing complex, multi‑disciplinary services in large healthcare organisations. With an Allied Health qualification, current AHPRA registration (as applicable) or eligibility for professional membership, you bring expertise in operational governance, financial management, and strategic service planning. You are a collaborative and innovative leader, committed to advancing integrated care, building workforce capability, and driving continuous improvement in patient outcomes. Postgraduate qualifications in management, leadership, or health administration are essential (or you are actively working towards them).
For a confidential discussion about this role, you are welcome to contact Andrew Slattery, Divisional Director, Medicine, Aged, Community & Mental Health on M: +61 (0)459 941 148
E: Andrew.Slattery@monashhealth.org or alternatively you can speak with Rhodie Miller, Principal Consultant at HardyGroup M: +61 (0)422 816 557
Please note: If you wish to apply for more than one vacancy at Monash Health, you will need to submit a separate application for each role via our portal.
Monash Health
Monash Health is Victoria’s largest and most comprehensive health service. For more than 170 years, Monash Health and its predecessors have provided safe, high-quality healthcare for people at every life stage.
With more than 24,000 employees, we provide care to south-eastern metropolitan Melbourne and rural Victoria from over 40 locations, via telehealth, within local communities and in people’s homes. Each year:
- We provide more than 3.8 million episodes of care to our community,
- More than 310,000 people are admitted to our hospitals,
- Close to 269,000 people receive care at our four emergency departments,
- We respond to more than 65,000 ambulance arrivals,
- We perform more than 82,000 surgical operations, and
- We birth more than 10,500 babies.
As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to a fair, non-discriminatory workplace that maximises the talent, potential and contribution of all.
Monash Health is committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children, including those under the care and supervision of its services. Monash Health recognises the importance of, and its responsibility for, ensuring a safe and supportive environment which respects the rights of children and fosters their enrichment and wellbeing.
Monash Health’s approach to creating and maintaining a child safe environment is guided by the core belief that every child has access to world class care and support. Applicants must familiarise themselves with Monash Health’s Code of Conduct and Child Safety Policy available on our website.
Our Values
Integrity: Honesty, open and transparent, admit mistakes, maintains confidentiality, fairness, builds trust.
Compassion: Empathy, sensitivity, concern for others, interacts with dignity, tolerance, anticipates needs
Accountability: Understands roles, uses resources wisely, delivers on time, timely decision making, achieves stretch goals, takes responsibility for performance
Respect: Builds relationships, courteous, listens and understands, gives, and receives feedback, sensitivity and understanding, values difference and individual worth
Excellence: Supports creativity and innovation, proactive and solution-focused, seeks out opportunities, embraces quality improvement, professionalism
Information specific to the Allied Health portfolio
Together with doctors and nurses, allied health practitioners are regarded as the third pillar of health care providers in Australia.
At Monash Health, more than 1,000 allied health practitioners play a critical role in diagnosis, recovery and quality of life for people of all ages across all specialties. You will find allied health practitioners in our hospitals, facilities and community and mental health services.
Practitioners work in multi-disciplinary teams with medical and nursing staff to facilitate quality, effective and efficient health care. Allied health practitioners may deliver direct patient care or provide support in diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and health improvement interventions to restore and maintain optimal physical, sensory, psychological, cognitive and social functions.
The Operations Director Allied Health’s role scope encompasses all bed-based allied health services (excluding Monash Children’s Hospital and Mental Health) at Casey Hospital, Dandenong Hospital, Monash Medical Centre Clayton, Moorabbin Hospital, and the Kingston Centre.
The program is integral to the operations of the Divisional Director, Medicine, Aged, Community and Mental Health and is a key partner of all other operating programs delivering adult, inpatient care at Monash Health.
Role Specification
Functions, responsibilities and accountabilities of the Operations Director Allied Health in addition to those on the overarching Operations Director position description
The Operations Director Allied Health, is responsible for the following specialities and services within this portfolio:
Adult bed-based allied health (excluding Monash Children’s Hospital and Mental Health) including:
- Physiotherapy, Exercise Physiology and Neurophysiology
- Podiatry and Allied Health Administration
- Social Work and Spiritual Care
- Nutrition and Dietetics
- Speech Pathology and Adult Music Therapy
- Occupational Therapy and Equipment Services
In addition to the responsibilities and accountabilities required of an Operations Director position, the role will also be responsible for:
- Providing strategic and operational leadership for Allied Health services across Monash Health’s hospital sites, ensuring alignment with organisational priorities and high standards of clinical governance.
- Developing and implementing strategies to promote and support effective and responsive communication between all Allied Health services, and other multidisciplinary clinicians, across the care continuum.
- Fostering evidence-based, person-centred care through innovation, service improvement, and integrated models that respond to evolving patient and community needs.
- Ensure effective financial and resource management, contributing to organisational performance through efficient service delivery, quality improvement, and system optimisation.
- Work in close partnership with the Monash Health’s Chief Allied Health Officer on matters pertaining to Allied Health Professional leadership, and/or with appropriate Allied Health Heads of Profession for profession specific matters relating to Allied Health including workforce development, and policy implementation.
Specific key criteria for this position in addition to those on the overarching Operations Director position description
- Allied Health qualification with current AHPRA registration (as applicable) and /or eligibility for membership of relevant professional organisation.
- Refer to overarching Operational Director position description for key selection criteria.
Site Base: Multiple sites - Melbourne, Victoria
Division: Medicine, Aged, Community and Mental Health
Term: 5-year Health Executive Employment and Remuneration (HEER) contract
Please note: If applying for multiple vacancies at Monash Health, a separate application is required for each role via our portal. You may submit a single cover letter outlining the roles applied for, and reuse Selection Criteria responses where appropriate. Please also address any role-specific criteria, if applicable.
The closing date for applications is Friday, 15 August, 5pm
The reference number to include in your application is H25_5222
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 get in touch with Executive Search Coordinator, Aldie Zuñiga: M: +61 494 101 082 /
E: azuniga@hardygroupintl.com
Your application must include:
- 1.Cover letter addressed to the Divisional Director;
- 2.A written response addressing the selection criteria including role specific selection criteria (maximum 2 pages)
- 3.An up to date copy of your Curriculum Vitae.
It is standard practice for HardyGroup to acknowledge receipt of your application no later than the next business day. We request that if you do not receive the acknowledgement, you contact the search coordinator listed above as soon as possible after the 24-hour business period and arrange to resend your application if necessary.
For a confidential discussion about this role, you are welcome to contact Andrew Slattery, Divisional Director, Medicine, Aged, Community & Mental Health on M: +61 (0)459 941 148 | E: Andrew.Slattery@monashhealth.org alternatively you can speak with Rhodie Miller, HardyGroup Principal Consultant.
Rhodie Miller
HardyGroup Principal Consultant
M. +61 (0)422 816 557
E. rmiller@hardygroupintl.com
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