Deputy Director Medical Services and Research
Employment Type: Permanent Part-Time (16 hours per week)
Salary range: $251,618 per annum + 12% super and benefits (Snr Staff Specialist)
Location: NSW Ambulance State Operations Centre, Sydney Olympic Park
Applications Close: Midnight 16 January 2026
With your skills and experience, you can contribute to the millions of ways we're enriching health and develop your career as part of the largest health organisation in Australia.
Join Us & Enjoy Exceptional Employee Benefits as we offer more than just a job — we support your lifestyle, growth, and wellbeing
Salary packaging: Up to $9,000 for living expenses + $2,600 for meals & entertainment
Novated leasing options
Public transport accessible locations
Discounted gym access for you & your family (Fitness Passport & Medic-Fit)
Private health insurance discounts
Free, confidential staff support program
About the Opportunity:
The Deputy Director Medical Services and Research works with the Executive Director Medical Services and Research to provide senior clinical advice to the Chief Executive and Executive Directors in order to enable the effective delivery of safe, innovative, high quality and value-based health care. The position holder will deputise for the Executive Director as required, and will lead agreed clinical portfolios within the Office of Medical Services and Research.
The Deputy Director Medical Services supports the setting, maintenance and monitoring of all clinical standards for NSW Ambulance including medical, paramedical, nursing, psychology and pharmacy. This is achieved through establishing appropriate, integrated clinical policy objectives and establishing frameworks for clinical practice. Specifying clinical professional development programs across the multi-disciplinary health workforce and embedding a culture of professional practice, ethics and sense of professional identity across its practitioners will be a key requirement.
The position supports the safety, effectiveness and compliance of research activity undertaken at NSW Ambulance, in conjunction with the Associate Director of Research. This includes the development of internal research capability, implementing processes to ensure compliance with Research Governance requirements, and the establishment of collaborative research relationships with academic institutions and other research partners.
About You:
You are a highly experienced medical leader with a strong foundation in clinical governance, research oversight, and strategic healthcare delivery. Your background demonstrates exceptional ability to set and maintain clinical standards across diverse disciplines, while fostering a culture of professional practice and ethical integrity.
With a proven track record in senior leadership roles, you combine strategic thinking with collaborative decision-making to drive innovation and operational excellence. You excel in building partnerships across internal teams and external research organisations, ensuring compliance with governance frameworks and advancing evidence-based practice.
Your outstanding communication skills enable you to articulate complex clinical and research concepts to varied audiences, lead organisational change, and inspire multidisciplinary teams.
How to Apply:
Please respond to the below two questions (max 4000 characters including spaces) and submit this with your CV and other required information.
Question 1: How have you created a team amongst a group of people who have just started to work together. Describe your approach, and what happened next?
Question 2: Provide an example of an organisation wide issue/problem where you used lateral thinking. What did you do and what were the results?
Click here for the Role Description and Position Conditions and General Information
Additional Information:
Applicants will be assessed against the essential criteria articulated in Role Description.
NSW Health is committed to accessibility and may provide adjustments to the recruitment and interview process as needed, including physical adjustments, interview setup, or scheduling needs.
Employment of temporary visa holders is only considered if no suitable permanent resident or citizen is identified after labour market testing.
Eligibility lists and talent pools may be created and used to fill temporary or permanent vacancies over the next 18 months at the same, or other locations that are at the same grade and capability level.
Contact People:
Please contact Rachel McKeown on Rachel.McKeown@health.nsw.gov.au if you have any questions about this role.
For Aboriginal candidates who would like to talk to NSW Ambulance’s Aboriginal Workforce Consultant, please contact Leonie Garvey on Leonie.Garvey@health.nsw.gov.au. Support is also available through the Stepping Up website.
Please contact ambulance-diversity@health.nsw.gov.au if you require any adjustments to the recruitment process so we can support you to present your best self.
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