Clinical Governance Partners: Women's & Childrens

Title: Clinical Governance Partners: Women's & Childrens

Requisition ID: 6658

Location

Box Hill, VIC, AU, 3128 Upper Ferntree Gully, VIC, AU, 3156

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Job Posting Date: 13 Jul 2026

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Clinical Governance Partner- Women & Children’s Program

Permanent full-time | Secure role with excellent leave and development options

Box Hill Hospital and Angliss Hospital

Exciting clinical governance partnership role supporting quality and safety initiatives

Eastern Health

Eastern Health is one of Melbourne’s largest public health services. We provide a range of emergency, surgical, medical and general healthcare services and have a proud history of serving a diverse community.

Our Employee Value Proposition is “Being a part of Eastern Health means belonging to a welcoming team of healthcare experts”.

This statement aligns with our promise to our communities, patients, consumers and staff that we will be HEALTHIER TOGETHER. Bolder than a vision for the future, our promise calls us to action. We know that working together is the only way we can achieve what is necessary for a healthier future.

About the role

The Clinical Governance Partner fulfills a key leadership role, partnering with the Women & Children’s Program to effectively ensure delivery of clinical governance through incident management, support of continuous improvement targets and ensuring the program provides services which focus on patient quality and safety.

The Women & Children’s Program is based across multiple sites and has been involved in with over 4,000 births, 2500 gynaecology procedures, over 2000 paediatric admissions and more than 99,000 outpatients’ appointments in 2025.

The Clinical Governance Partner is part of the Clinical Governance Directorate which provides organisational support through alignment with specific programs and whilst also working alongside key stakeholders across programs.

About you

Knowledge of the National Safety and Quality Standards and Industry Standards and legislation

Current registration with AHPRA

Post Graduate qualifications in Midwifery highly desirable

Demonstrated ability to engage clinical leaders in patient safety initiatives

Experience in incident investigation and rootcause analaysis

The ability to work as part of a diverse team

Excellent communication and organisational skills

Healthcare workers are strongly recommended to follow COVID vaccination recommendations provided in the Australian Immunisation handbook (based on ATAGI advice). Seasonal vaccination against influenza is a mandatory requirement of this role and an offer is conditional on this being up to date prior to employment. Those that are offered and/or start between January and April do not require an up to date vaccination for Influenza to progress providing they are aware of its requirement later in the year. Those that are offered and/or start between May and December require the up to date Influenza vaccination prior to offer.

What we offer

Eastern Health offers a variety of fantastic Employee Benefits, view the extensive range here!

Mentor and Shadowing program

Access to discovery days across our 50 sites

Study and professional development leave

Friendly & supportive teams

Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Fitness Passport for work-life balance

Employee Assistance program accessible for you and your loved ones

Flexible working hours and excellent entitlements

Salary packaging options and an employee benefits scheme

Access to Private Health Insurance offers

Digital upskilling, such as excel and Power-Bi training

Cafes at all of our Hospitals

Next Steps

Apply online if you feel we are a good match, you have the skills and qualities to make a difference, and are eligible to work in Australia.

We review all applications when we receive them, and we notify unsuccessful candidates.

If you are shortlisted, we will be in touch to arrange an interview, and you must complete a National Police Check.

Good to know

We are an equal opportunity employer and actively promote equality for people of all races, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, and for people living with disability – within the communities we serve and our Eastern Health team.

We provide a culturally safe and welcoming environment for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander employees.

As a child-safe organisation, we ensure child safety and wellbeing is embedded in our everyday culture.

Vaccination and screening for immunity to vaccine-preventable disease is a mandatory requirement of this role.

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Contact Person: Susan Power, Deputy Director Clinical Governance

Contact Number: 0419131964

Contact Email: ***email_hidden***

Job Posting End Date: 9th August 2026

Need help submitting your application?

Just contact the Hiring Manager in the advertisement or call the Talent Acquisition Team on (03) 9955 7555 (Option 1)

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