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• Women’s and Children’s Health Network, Corporate Services, Adelaide (5000)
• Salary –
  • Classification - RN/M3 - Registered Nurse/Midwife LV 3 - $130,190 to $136,010 + 12% Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice Benefits OR
  • Second Classification - AHP3 - Allied Health Professional L3 - $108,347 to $116,216 + 12% Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice Benefits OR
  • Third Classification - ASO8 - Administrative Services Officer L8 - $ 121,107 to $125,679+ 12% Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice Benefits OR
• Full Time, Term Contract (temporary up to 25 Jun 2027)

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.

What WCHN Can Offer You

• 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.
• Access to Fitness Passport (workplace health and fitness program that gives you and your family access to a wide choice of gyms and pools across South Australia.)
• Free public transport to and from the Women’s and Children’s Hospital for SA Health metropolitan hospital staff (excludes network community sites).
• Support for you and your family via our Employee Assistance Program.
• Relocation financial support may be negotiated, subject to eligibility. Click here for details and contact the enquires person for further information.

About the role

The position of Clinical Project Manager – New Women’s and Children’s Hospital Project is accountable to the Clinical and Operations Project Lead for the day-to-day operational management of the planning, implementation, transition, commissioning and decommissioning to support the New Women’s and Children’s Hospital Project (New WCH Project).

Key duties of the role

• Leading consumer and clinical engagement for the New WCH Project.
• Ensuring service planning, models of care, and development of physical designs undertaken for New WCH which are consistent with the organisation’s clinical service profile and functional relationships in the context of the organisational health service framework and SA Strategic Health Plan. 
• Facilitating reviews and analysis of critical issues relevant to health service provision and corporate initiatives.
• Contributes to the development of policies, procedures, executive briefings and presentations.
• Provides leadership to facilitate deliverables relating to strategic and holistic service infrastructure including but not limited to emergency management, hospital wide/building security, emergency management and resilience.
• Develops and contributes to key strategic documents for the project’s clinical and operations workstream including commissioning, logistics, procurement, change management, training plan and stakeholder engagement.

Skills and Experience

• Demonstrated experience in management and leadership roles.
• Demonstrated leadership in environments of change, complexity and uncertainty.
• Demonstrated experience in managing projects.
• Highly effective interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills to present complex technical concepts clearly, prepare high-level documents, successfully facilitate consultation forums and deliver a range of complex, strategic and technical advice and consultancy services.
• Proven problem solving, decision making, conflict resolution, and negotiation skills to navigate complex and sensitive issues, appropriately manage risk and develop effective solutions.

Please see below Role Descriptions for specifics regarding the essential minimum requirements for your own respective discipline.

Enquiries can be directed to

Rebecca McMullen

Position: Clinical and Operations Project Lead nWCH

Phone: 0417882216

E-mail: Rebecca.McMullen@sa.gov.au

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

• RNM3 Clinical Project Manager - nWCHN.pdf
• AHP3 Clinical Project Manager nWCHN.pdf
• ASO8 Project Manager nWCH.pdf
• Immunisation Requirements Checklist
• Applicant Documents Checklist

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time.  Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role. 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: Thursday 12th March 2026 - 11:55 PM