Medical Director - Hospital in the Home

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Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and statewide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives. 

About Hospital in the Home

Hospital in the Home (HITH) is a multi-disciplinary team providing 7 day/week home-based services and aligns with a key direction of providing more care outside the hospital. Through recent funding opportunities the HITH program is developing the strategic direction to provide new models of care to see a higher acuity HITH program utilising virtual care.

HITH has historically been primarily a nursing led service with local clinical unit oversight. The nursing model has both case coordination and visiting nurse teams alongside pharmacy and pharmacy technician support. The appointment of a Director of HITH will see increased medical input provided through the appointment of additional medical specialists and Registrars, alongside exploring new patient pathways for HITH admissions including elective surgery same day HITH admissions and prevention of readmission volumes in our complex care patient cohorts.  The introduction of virtual care technology extends the scope of possibilities for bed substitution.

About the role 

The Director of HITH and Virtual Care (VC) leads all strategic and operational facets of the service to ensure the efficient management of resources and effective provision of patient centered services within a complex and dynamic health service. 

• Hours per week: 17.5 hours 
• Employment status:  Fixed-term Fractional 
• Appointment period: 5 years commencing October 2025 
• Additional notes: Hours/Sessions may be split. 3 clinical session / 2 HOU sessions 

About you 

To be successful in this role you’ll bring with you:

• Must be a registered Medical Practitioner in Australia with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA). 

• Current Fellowship of an appropriate Australian Learned College (for example, but not limited to: The Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Australasian College of Emergency Medicine, Royal Australasian College of Surgeon) Leadership qualities including the ability to set clear individual/unit objectives commensurate with the health service objectives; ability to develop effective relationships and generate team confidence; commitment to ongoing quality improvement; a commitment to exercising stewardship over available resources to ensure the efficient and effective use of available funds 

• Have appropriate training and experience applicable to undertake the defined scope of practice. 

• Demonstrated commitment to high quality patient care. 

• Demonstrated commitment and ongoing activity in research and/or clinical audit activities. 

• Involvement in teaching and training of medical, technical and nursing staff, including at undergraduate and post-graduate level. 

Our benefits 

Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including: 

• Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging, for living expenses, meals, and holiday accommodation. 
• A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted fitness memberships and special offers on health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program. 
• Onsite childcare at Austin Hospital, easy access via public transport and car parking options. 
• Mentoring and career development opportunities. 

Work with us! 

We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures. 

If you feel this role is right for you, we encourage your early application. Even if you don’t meet every single requirement, we encourage you to apply. What matters most is your passion, your drive and your willingness to learn and contribute. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place prior to the closing date. This means we reserve the right to close a job ad prior to the advertised closing date. 

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: Stephen Warrillow, Divisional Medical Director - Medical Services Div at Stephen.Warrillow@austin.org.au

Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the position description for further details. 

Application closing date: Thursday 18 September 2025