Job Description:

St Vincent’s Virtual & Home | Bringing Care Home

Location: Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane
Employment Type: Permanent, part‑time (0.4 FTE)

Help redefine hospital‑level care — beyond hospital walls.

St Vincent’s Health Australia is bringing care home. Through our Care at Home program, we are extending safe, hospital‑grade acute care into homes and communities, supported by digital monitoring, strong escalation pathways and contemporary clinical governance.

We are seeking a Clinical Director – Acute Care to provide senior clinical leadership across this rapidly evolving portfolio. This is a unique opportunity for an experienced acute care clinician to shape how high‑acuity care is safely delivered outside traditional hospital settings — without compromising standards, decision‑making or outcomes.

The Opportunity

With dual reporting to both operational and clinical leadership, you will provide authoritative acute clinical leadership for hospital substitution and virtual acute care models across St Vincent’s. You will ensure acute care delivered in the home is clinically appropriate, tightly governed and operationally aligned with emergency, peri‑operative and inpatient services — enabling innovation while maintaining the highest standards of safety and quality.

What You’ll Do

Clinical Leadership & Governance

Define patient selection criteria, risk thresholds and escalation pathways for acute care at home
Provide senior clinical oversight for complex or high‑risk cases
Establish clear re‑admission and deterioration response frameworks

Model of Care Design

Co‑design acute admission‑avoidance and post‑procedural pathways
Embed evidence‑based acute practice within virtual and digitally supported models
Integrate monitoring, alerting and escalation into everyday care delivery

Stakeholder Leadership

Partner with ED, surgical, anaesthetic, medical and ICU outreach leaders
Drive alignment across hospital and community‑based teams
Represent acute care at executive and governance forums

Workforce & Capability

Mentor and support clinicians delivering acute care in distributed environments
Strengthen clinical decision‑making capability outside traditional hospital settings
Champion a culture of safety, clinical excellence and accountability

About You

You are a respected senior clinician who brings both clinical authority and system‑level thinking.

Essential

Fellowship with a relevant College (RACS, ANZCA, RACP or ACEM)
Current AHPRA registration
Extensive experience in acute care decision‑making and clinical governance
Strong background in managing deterioration, escalation and complex risk
Proven ability to lead across specialties and services

Highly Regarded

Experience in hospital‑in‑the‑home, virtual wards or acute care‑at‑home models
Exposure to digital health or remote monitoring technologies
Involvement in acute care innovation or quality improvement

Why St Vincent’s?

At St Vincent’s, care is an act of love — for the people we serve and for each other. Guided by compassion, excellence, integrity and justice, we are building a connected system of care that allows clinicians to practice at their best, wherever care is delivered.

You’ll be part of shaping a national, mission‑led transformation — helping Australia receive better, fairer acute care, closer to home.

Ready to Apply?

If you’re motivated by purpose and excited by redefining how acute care is delivered, we’d love to hear from you.

Please submit your CV and cover letter. Applications will be reviewed as received and may close early.

Additional Information

Employment is subject to pre‑employment checks, including required immunisations.

St Vincent’s Health Australia is committed to diversity and inclusion.

Closing Date:

11 May 2026 11:59pm

Reconciliation Action Plan:

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

View Reconciliation Action Plan