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Project Lead, New Women's and Children's Hospital Project
SA Health
Job reference: 927399
Location: 5000 - ADELAIDE
Job status: Long Term Contract
Eligibility: Open to Everyone

  • ­­Women's and Children's Health Network, New Women's and Children's Hospital Project, Adelaide (5000)
  • Registered Nurse Level 5.2 $160,848 or Allied Health Professional Level 5 $132,440 - $144,852 + 12% Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice Benefits
  • Full-time, long-term contract until 30 June 2028

About the Opportunity

This is a unique opportunity to play a key leadership role in shaping the future of health service delivery at the New Women's and Children's Hospital (WCH). As part of the New WCH Project, you will:

  • Provide lead oversight over the operational readiness and commissioning portfolio within the Clinical and Operations stream
  • Provide strategic clinical and operational leadership across health service and facility planning, service design and transformation
  • Work closely with senior leaders, clinicians, consumers and community stakeholders to deliver innovative, evidence-based service models
  • Lead initiatives that enhance safety, quality, equity of access and efficiency across services
  • Oversee governance, performance monitoring and resource management to support operational readiness
  • Champion interdisciplinary collaboration, continuous improvement and a high-performing, values-driven culture
  • Translate strategy into practice to influence system-wide outcomes and deliver lasting benefits for women, children and families across South Australia

For more about the new Women's and Children's Hospital, please click here.

About You

You are a strategic, influential leader with the capability to drive outcomes in complex, large-scale environments. You will bring:

  • Proven ability to inspire and lead multidisciplinary teams through complexity, uncertainty and rapid change
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving and decision-making capability, with the confidence to negotiate, manage conflict and influence at a senior level
  • Deep knowledge of contemporary management practices, including strategic planning, quality management, continuous improvement and risk management
  • Demonstrated experience in health infrastructure and facility planning, ideally within major capital or system transformation projects such as the New WCH
  • A strong understanding of the political, social and economic factors shaping health service planning, funding and delivery
  • The ability to navigate complex governance environments to drive change, ensure safety and deliver high-performance outcomes in fast-paced settings

What WCHN Can Offer You

  • Relocation financial support may be negotiated, subject to eligibility. Click here for details and contact the enquires person listed below for further information.
  • Access to salary packaging benefits of up to $9,010 each FBT year for living expenses (e.g. mortgage, rent, utilities, groceries), plus an additional $2,650 each FBT year for meal entertainment expenses.
  • Fitness Passport - giving employees and their families unlimited access to a range of gyms, pools, and health facilities, providing variety and flexibility. It supports regular exercise, wellbeing, and a healthy lifestyle.
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP), offering free, confidential counselling for employees, and their immediate families.
  • WCHN promotes flexible ways of working. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

About WCHN

Join the Women's and Children's Health Network (WCHN), South Australia's leading provider of care for women, babies, children and young people. We're shaping the future of healthcare through compassion, innovation and excellence — with our communities at the heart of everything we do.

This recruitment process is being managed by HardyGroup (HG). Applications via IWorkForSA will be redirected via the HG recruitment platform. For any enquiries, please contact Janine Hammat at Hardy Group on 0488 555 858 or jhammat@hardygroupintl.com 

To learn more about this role — including key selection criteria, special conditions and minimum requirements — please refer to the role description and document checklists below:

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Want further information on applying and winning this role, go to our SA Health Careers Site for the Australian Applicant Guide or if you are an international applicant, check out the International Application Guide.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.

Application Closing Date: Tuesday 24th February 2026 at 11:55PM




Flexibility Statement
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.