The Hospital:

The Royal Children’s Hospital’s (RCH) vision is to be a great children’s hospital – delivering Great Care, Everywhere.

RCH is located within the Melbourne Biomedical Precinct, with more than 45 world-class biomedical organisations and more than 50,000 of the brightest minds working together to make the Precinct number one in the Asia Pacific region for health, education, research, and training. Within this, RCH is also a cornerstone member of the Melbourne Children’s Campus, partnering with Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics and The Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation. Each organisation contributes to a paediatric academic health centre which is greater than the sum of its parts.

RCH has cared for the children and young people of Victoria for more than 150 years since it was founded in 1870. A full range of paediatric and adolescent health services are provided plus tertiary and quaternary care for the most critically ill and medically complex patients in Victoria. Tasmania, southern NSW and other states around Australia and overseas. The RCH is the only provider of heart transplant services and CAR T-cell therapy for paediatrics in Australia. RCH is an effective advocate for patients and their families with a particular focus on vulnerable children and increasingly, mental health in young people. The hospital also supports many health promotion and prevention programs. The Hospital has more than 6,000 staff, a budget of $850M, 12 wards and 350 beds. Annually, the RCH has 300,000+ Specialist Clinic appointments, 90,000+ Emergency Department presentations and 20,000 elective surgeries.

We work collaboratively with hospitals to deliver the right care, in the right place, at the right time. The RCH is committed to the Child Safe Standards.

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact.

Further information about RCH is available at www.rch.org.au

The role:

An exciting full time, ongoing opportunity has arisen for an experienced Business Operations Manager to join the Paediatric Infant Perinatal Emergency Retrieval (PIPER) team.

PIPER is one of the world’s busiest retrieval services providing emergency advice and retrieval across Victoria and southern NSW. The BOM is a member of the PIPER Leadership group and has responsibilities across Finance and all non-clinical administrative and operational areas of the service.

The role interacts with multiple internal and external partners including Ambulance Victoria and requires well developed business and financial skills, a collaborative and engaging communication style and capacity to prioritise and negotiate to achieve the best outcomes. The BOM is the main link between our communication system provider and PIPER, and as such a reasonable level of expertise and confidence in the area of information and communication technology would be advantageous.

If you need further information about this position please contact A/Prof Michael Stewart, Director PIPER, B+61393459030 or [email protected] using the subject line: Business Operations Manager enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Why work at the RCH?

RCH is committed to a positive culture through enactment of our Compact. We offer the opportunity to work in world-class facilities, surrounded by Royal Park and only a short tram trip from the heart of Melbourne city.

We also offer discounted staff parking, salary packaging, and an award-winning health and wellbeing program.

The RCH is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse background, all members of the LGBTQI community and people with disability.

All applicants please be aware that it is a requirement of your employment that you be fully vaccinated against Covid-19, in compliance with any public health orders in place at the time of, and during, employment. Applicants will be required to provide their Australian Government COVID -19 vaccination Certificate, it is a requirement of the RCH to collect, record and hold vaccination information.

While RCH has an obligation to consider all Australian and Permanent Resident applicants in the first instance, RCH welcomes applications from overseas healthcare professionals and may consider supporting visa applications.

Currently, international and returning Australian health workers may be eligible for an allowance of $10,000 to help fund relocation costs to Victoria. Further information can be found on the Department of Health's website.

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