Recruitment Team Leader - Medical Workforce Unit

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Health Manager Level 1
Remuneration: $91,326 - 121,497 per annum plus Superannuation
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ677323
Application Close: 5 August 2026

REQ677323 - Recruitment Team Leader - Medical Workforce Unit

• Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment where no two days are the same? 
• Can you confidently juggle competing priorities while maintaining exceptional attention to detail? 
• Are you passionate about leading a small team that recruits the doctors who keep one of NSW’s busiest hospitals running?

Disclaimer: This is not a job for the faint of heart! It is hands-on, fast paced and highly rewarding! You will need to be organised, resilient, solutions focussed and know how to hustle!

An exciting opportunity exists for an experienced medical workforce recruitment professional to join St George Hospital as the Medical Workforce Recruitment Team Leader.

About You

You are an experienced recruitment professional with demonstrated success leading end-to-end recruitment within a large, complex organisation, ideally within NSW Health or another healthcare environment. You thrive under pressure, enjoy solving complex workforce challenges and have a proven ability to manage multiple recruitment campaigns simultaneously without compromising quality or candidate experience.

You are highly organised, proactive and customer-focused, with exceptional communication and relationship-building skills. You can confidently provide expert advice on recruitment processes, employment legislation, workforce policy and medical workforce matters to candidates, hiring managers and senior clinicians. You know how to build credibility, influence stakeholders and navigate competing priorities while maintaining compliance and delivering results.

Most importantly, you are a people leader who enjoys coaching and developing staff, fostering a positive team culture and driving continuous improvement.

The Opportunity

Reporting to the Medical Workforce Manager, you will lead the Medical Workforce Recruitment team responsible for delivering end-to-end recruitment services for junior and senior medical staff across St George Hospital.

You will oversee large-scale annual medical recruitment campaigns, manage complex ad hoc recruitment, ensure compliance with NSW Health recruitment policies and employment legislation, and work closely with clinical departments to meet workforce demands. You will identify opportunities to improve recruitment processes, use workforce data to inform decision-making and lead strategic initiatives that enhance the candidate and hiring manager experience.

Success in this role requires strong leadership, exceptional organisational skills and the ability to balance operational priorities with continuous improvement initiatives in a dynamic healthcare environment.

The Team

You will join a small, high-performing Medical Workforce Unit that prides itself on collaboration, professionalism and supporting one another. Working closely with the Junior Medical Officer Unit, Payroll team and key hospital stakeholders, you'll play a vital role in ensuring St George Hospital attracts and appoints high-quality medical staff who deliver exceptional care to our community.

If you're looking for a challenging leadership opportunity where your work has a direct impact on patient care, medical workforce capability and organisational success, we'd love to hear from you.

Enquiries: Damien Barrett, Medical Workforce Manager, St George Hospital ph: (02) 9113 2747

Benefits

• Up to 12 allocated days off each year (for full-time employees) in addition to annual leave.
• Salary packaging options that reduce your taxable income and increase your take-home pay! Up to $9K for living expenses and $2.6K meal & entertainment & Novated Leasing.
• Discounted gym memberships with a Fitness Passport.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for employees and family members.
• Discounted Private Health Insurance.

Selection Criteria

1. Relevant tertiary qualifications in Workforce/Human Resources/Recruitment or relevant equivalent work experience working in a Recruitment environment for a large complex organisation or a combination of study and work experience
2. Demonstrated experience in the supervision and leadership of staff with the ability to determine priorities for others, allocate tasks, coach, and monitor work performance of staff to achieve agreed key performance indicators and objectives
3. Demonstrated interpersonal, verbal, and written communication, consultation, and negotiation skills necessary to gather and share information while building and maintaining effective collaborative relationships and teamwork with a diverse range of stakeholders at all levels
4. Proven engagement, influencing and customer service skills with the capability to build and maintain positive relationships with customers and stakeholders
5. Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills to drive insights and effective decision making
6. Demonstrated organisational skills and experience working in a high volume and demanding environment with a capacity to proactively prioritise competing demands and achieve results with a customer focused approach
7. Demonstrated experience using an online recruitment system and proven capability in using MS Office suite of software

Need more information? 
 1) Click here for the Position Description and SESLHD Expected Standards
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For role related queries or questions, please contact Damien Barrett via email at Damien.Barrett@health.nsw.gov.au

We embrace diversity as our strength and are committed to maintaining an inclusive and collaborative work environment. Our workplaces are welcoming and safe for all our employees, irrespective of their unique characteristics including age, ethnicity, cultural or spiritual background, gender identity, disability, education and social-economic status. Read about our Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Strategy for more information.

Our CORE Values are Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment and have been created by employees for employees and help define how we work and to inspire positive interactions in the workplace.

Reasonable Adjustments

NSW Health recognises everyone is unique, and that you may require some adjustments to ensure you have the best opportunity to apply. If we can make some adjustments to the NSW Health recruitment/interview process, then please email SESLHD-Recruitment-STG@health.nsw.gov.au and let us know.

Adjustments may include but are not limited to, physical requirements, interview setups and specific interview availability times where required. 

Information for applicants

• An eligibility list may be created for future vacancies.
• Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified for this position following suitable labour market testing.
• Applicants will be assessed against the essential requirements and selection criteria contained within the position description.
• Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with NSW Health policy directive Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination Against Specified Infectious Diseases for all positions prior to offer.
• We do have an Aboriginal Employment Consultant that can also provide support (SESLHD-AboriginalWorkforce@health.nsw.gov.au) and for additional information please visit our Stepping Up Website.