Director of Medical Imaging

The Hospital:

The Royal Children’s Hospital’s (RCH) Vision is “A world where all kids thrive”.

RCH is 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.

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 paediatrics 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 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.

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.

For further Information on RCH is available here.

The Department:

The Department of Medical Imaging provides specialist Medical Imaging expertise to support tertiary and quaternary care of children. The Director will be engaged in considerable internal improvement to drive operational excellence as well as collaboration with external stakeholders to develop system capability and delivery of consistent standards of care to patients close to home. In particular, the Director will work closely with multiple internal stakeholders to optimise service capacity and capability; and with precinct counterparts to build, maintain and leverage inter-organisational collaboration and cross-campus services.

The Role:

The purpose of this role is to provide leadership for the Department of Medical Imaging (Division of Surgery) in line with RCH wide vision and strategy. The Director is responsible to the Chief of Surgery for the overall leadership, strategic and operational performance of the department and its services, as determined by agreed key performance indicators, both local and hospital-wide . The role is also accountable for Quality and Patient Safety related activities which ensures the Department consistently provides the highest quality care, education and research, whilst maintaining a sound and sustainable financial position, strong staff engagement and support, as well as effective relationships with the community and consumers of care.

You will be responsible for:

• Lead and work within a multidisciplinary team that includes consultants, subspecialist consultants, junior medical, nursing, allied health and administrative support staff.
• Develop a sustainable model of care to ensure that inpatient and outpatients at RCH receive timely care.
• Develop, implement and monitor quality measures as well as actively ensuring compliance with hospital wide quality measure and initiatives.
• Identify, build and maintain strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Set the direction of the Department in clinical care, education, research and quality in line with the hospital’s strategic direction and priorities.

What we offer:

• Salary Packaging – Increase your take home pay!
• Employee Assistance Program

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Demonstrated experience in managing people and programs at a strategic and operational level with accountability for financial and human resource functions.
• Demonstrated experience with the implementation of change initiatives, including transformation of work practices and service delivery models;
• Effective stakeholder management with proven ability to build and maintain strong relationships.

If this sounds like you, click  here to view the Position Description.

If you would like more details regarding this role, please reach out to Maddi Playford: maddi.playford@rch.org.au.

Why work at the RCH?

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and 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.

It is a requirement of your employment that you be vaccinated against Influenza annually for Category A and B roles, in compliance with any public health orders in place at the relevant time, unless you have a medical exception in line with those public health orders, which has been accepted by The Royal Children’s Hospital.  Applicants will be required to provide their Australian Government Immunisation History Statement, it is a requirement of the RCH to collect, record and hold vaccination information.

It is also a requirement of your employment that you comply with any direction given by The Royal Children’s Hospital that you be vaccinated against, or prove immunity to, any other disease, unless you have a relevant exemption

Are you ready to join our team? 

 Apply online by clicking on the “Apply” button

Applications close 12 August 2025