Project Manager

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• 12 months, fixed term
•  Part time (0.8EFT), with flexibile working hours
• Convenient Heidelberg location

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 the Continuing Care department

Austin Health’s Continuing Care Service comprises the following Divisional specialties and services, which are provided within a range of care settings including inpatient, outpatient and community -based locales across Austin Health’s three key campuses:   

• Health Independence Programs 
• Community Aged Care Services   
• Admitted Aged Care services 
• Rehabilitation   
• Acquired Brain Injury Unit 
• Spinal Cord Rehabilitation Service   
• Residential In-Reach Services 
• Medical & Cognitive Research Unit   
• Better@Home Acute and Subacute  

About the role 

The Continuing Care Project Manager is responsible for providing expert improvement advisory services across the Continuing Care department, to support and drive measurable and sustainable improvements in patient access, experience and outcomes.

They are responsible for delivering this by building divisional capability through delivery of training and education in improvement science, engagement of staff through the Improvement Network, advice and coaching to staff members leading improvement work, and direct leadership of priority divisional improvement initiatives.

About you 

You will be someone who has excellent communication skills and strong commitment to improvement and project work resulting in excellent patient outcomes.

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

• Track record leading complex, improvement and transformation initiatives, delivering measurable clinical, operational and financial outcomes
• Ability to analyse complex datasets, quantify opportunities, model impact, and track benefits realisation to inform decision-making and drive performance improvement
• Understanding of healthcare service delivery, performance drivers, and operating models within large, complex health systems
• Capability in applying improvement methodologies (e.g. Improvement Science, Lean) at scale to achieve sustained change
• Experience in engaging staff and embedding sustainable improvement capability through coaching, training and structured programs
• Strong project management skills, with capability in setting direction, prioritising work, navigating ambiguity, managing risks, and driving delivery against agreed timelines and performance targets

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. Austin Health is a child safe organisation, committed to upholding the rights, safety, and wellbeing of children and young people in line with Child Safe Standards. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: Karan Sharma, Divisional Director Continuing Care at Karan.SHARMA@austin.org.au

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

Application closing date: Tuesday 25 August 2026