Director of Clinical Governance
Contract type
Full Time
Location
Campbelltown
Industry
Medical & Nursing
Contact name
Jessica Gough
Contact email
jessica.gough@orchardtalent.com.au
Contact phone
02 9157 6222
Date published
28.05.2026
Lead enterprise-wide quality, safety and clinical governance across a growing private healthcare organisation during a significant period of expansion, integration and organisational growth.
The organisation
Our client is a growing private healthcare provider operating across a network of hospitals and healthcare services in the South West Sydney region. Following a period of significant growth and expansion activity, the organisation is strengthening its leadership capability and governance infrastructure to support future scale, operational performance and high-quality patient care delivery.
Focused on delivering safe, person-centred and clinically excellent healthcare services, the organisation is continuing to invest in leadership, governance and scalable operating frameworks across its network.
The opportunity
This newly created position presents a rare opportunity to establish and lead a group-wide quality, safety and clinical governance function within a rapidly evolving private healthcare environment. Operating during a significant period of expansion and integration activity, the successful candidate will play a central role in aligning governance approaches, embedding consistent quality standards and supporting clinical excellence across an increasingly complex multi-site organisation.
Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, the Director of Quality and Clinical Governance will lead enterprise quality, safety, risk and clinical governance strategy across a growing network of hospitals and healthcare services. A key focus of the role will be strengthening governance capability and establishing scalable frameworks that support regulatory compliance, operational performance and high-quality patient care outcomes.
Working closely with clinicians, operational leaders and the executive team, the successful candidate will drive organisation-wide quality improvement initiatives and support a culture of accountability, transparency and continuous improvement. The position carries responsibility for accreditation, patient safety, clinical risk management, infection prevention and control, governance reporting and regulatory compliance, together with supporting safe, effective and person-centred care across the hospital network.
This role provides the opportunity to influence enterprise-wide decision making and support the organisation through its next phase of growth, operational integration and governance capability uplift.
About you
You are a senior healthcare executive with significant experience leading quality, safety and clinical governance functions within complex healthcare environments, ideally within private hospitals or similarly complex multi-site healthcare environments. You bring deep knowledge of healthcare legislation, regulatory requirements, accreditation standards, patient safety frameworks and clinical risk management together with experience operating across complex multi-site healthcare environments.
You have demonstrated experience leading accreditation activity, quality improvement initiatives and enterprise-wide clinical governance programs, with the ability to drive organisational change and embed a culture of accountability, safety and continuous improvement.
Professionally, you bring relevant tertiary qualifications in Nursing, Allied Health, Medicine, Healthcare Management or a related discipline. Additional qualifications or certifications in governance, risk management or quality improvement methodologies will be highly regarded.
You are comfortable operating in fast-paced and evolving environments and bring the ability to balance strategic leadership with operational delivery. You build strong relationships with clinicians, executives and Boards and are recognised for your ability to influence across complex stakeholder environments. Experience presenting to Boards and governance committees will be highly regarded.
How to apply
For a confidential discussion or role related questions, please contact Jessica Gough or Lisa Gleichmann of The Orchard Talent Group by email clinicalgovernance@orchardtalent.com.au. To apply please submit your CV and 1 – 2-page Cover Letter detailing your interest in the role via email to clinicalgovernance@orchardtalent.com.au.
Please note applicants must have a legal right to work in Australia.
Applications close 19 June 2026.
The Orchard Talent Group acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work. We pay our respect to their Elders past, present and emerging, for they hold the memories, traditions, culture and hopes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
The organisation
Our client is a growing private healthcare provider operating across a network of hospitals and healthcare services in the South West Sydney region. Following a period of significant growth and expansion activity, the organisation is strengthening its leadership capability and governance infrastructure to support future scale, operational performance and high-quality patient care delivery.
Focused on delivering safe, person-centred and clinically excellent healthcare services, the organisation is continuing to invest in leadership, governance and scalable operating frameworks across its network.
The opportunity
This newly created position presents a rare opportunity to establish and lead a group-wide quality, safety and clinical governance function within a rapidly evolving private healthcare environment. Operating during a significant period of expansion and integration activity, the successful candidate will play a central role in aligning governance approaches, embedding consistent quality standards and supporting clinical excellence across an increasingly complex multi-site organisation.
Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, the Director of Quality and Clinical Governance will lead enterprise quality, safety, risk and clinical governance strategy across a growing network of hospitals and healthcare services. A key focus of the role will be strengthening governance capability and establishing scalable frameworks that support regulatory compliance, operational performance and high-quality patient care outcomes.
Working closely with clinicians, operational leaders and the executive team, the successful candidate will drive organisation-wide quality improvement initiatives and support a culture of accountability, transparency and continuous improvement. The position carries responsibility for accreditation, patient safety, clinical risk management, infection prevention and control, governance reporting and regulatory compliance, together with supporting safe, effective and person-centred care across the hospital network.
This role provides the opportunity to influence enterprise-wide decision making and support the organisation through its next phase of growth, operational integration and governance capability uplift.
About you
You are a senior healthcare executive with significant experience leading quality, safety and clinical governance functions within complex healthcare environments, ideally within private hospitals or similarly complex multi-site healthcare environments. You bring deep knowledge of healthcare legislation, regulatory requirements, accreditation standards, patient safety frameworks and clinical risk management together with experience operating across complex multi-site healthcare environments.
You have demonstrated experience leading accreditation activity, quality improvement initiatives and enterprise-wide clinical governance programs, with the ability to drive organisational change and embed a culture of accountability, safety and continuous improvement.
Professionally, you bring relevant tertiary qualifications in Nursing, Allied Health, Medicine, Healthcare Management or a related discipline. Additional qualifications or certifications in governance, risk management or quality improvement methodologies will be highly regarded.
You are comfortable operating in fast-paced and evolving environments and bring the ability to balance strategic leadership with operational delivery. You build strong relationships with clinicians, executives and Boards and are recognised for your ability to influence across complex stakeholder environments. Experience presenting to Boards and governance committees will be highly regarded.
How to apply
For a confidential discussion or role related questions, please contact Jessica Gough or Lisa Gleichmann of The Orchard Talent Group by email clinicalgovernance@orchardtalent.com.au. To apply please submit your CV and 1 – 2-page Cover Letter detailing your interest in the role via email to clinicalgovernance@orchardtalent.com.au.
Please note applicants must have a legal right to work in Australia.
Applications close 19 June 2026.
The Orchard Talent Group acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work. We pay our respect to their Elders past, present and emerging, for they hold the memories, traditions, culture and hopes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
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