Associate Director Medical Services
Employment Type: Permanent Part-Time (36 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
- Growth opportunities & career pathways
- Discounted gym access for you & your family (Fitness Passport & Medic-Fit)
- Private health insurance discounts
- Free, confidential staff support program
About the Opportunity:
Associate Director of Medical Services works with the Executive Director of Medical Services and Research and the Office of Medical Services to provide senior clinical advice to the Chief Executive and Executive Directors in order to deliver safe, innovative, high quality and value-based healthcare for people in NSW. The role provides senior strategic clinical leadership as part of a multi-professional team, with a focus on clinical support for operational and education functions across the range of NSW Ambulance activities. Support for individual clinicians is provided through participation in the Clinical Advice Line on-call roster. As part of the Office of Medical Services team, the position will provide out-of-hospital medical expertise to internal and external project and governance committees; supporting NSW Ambulance to innovate as a provider of advanced, flexible and safe mobile urgent and emergency healthcare.
About You:
- You are a highly experienced medical leader with extensive clinical expertise and advanced leadership capabilities. Your career reflects a strong commitment to delivering safe, high-quality, and innovative healthcare solutions.
- You bring strategic insight and the ability to influence and collaborate effectively across multidisciplinary teams, ensuring alignment with organisational goals.
- With a proven record in senior clinical leadership, you combine sound decision-making with a consultative and inclusive leadership style. You excel at building strong professional relationships, fostering a culture of integrity, and driving continuous improvement in clinical governance and patient care.
- Your exceptional communication skills enable you to convey complex clinical concepts clearly to diverse audiences and lead organisational change initiatives with confidence.
- You are passionate about shaping the future of prehospital medicine through innovation, collaboration, and a focus on patient outcomes.
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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