Employment Type: Full-time, Temporary 13-months with possibility of extension and/ or permanency.
Classification: Health Professional Officer Level 5 (PN 28640)
Salary: $146,705 - $164,506 (Plus 12% Super)
Location: Canberra Health Services, ACT
Section: Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine
Closing Date: 17 September 2025

• Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
• Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
• Flexible working conditions.
• 12% Superannuation.
• Access to Employee Assistance Program.
• Access to discounted gym membership.
• Access to onsite Physiotherapists.
• Access to onsite cafes, staff cafeteria, pharmacy and gift shop.
• Up to $12K reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates. (subject to review and approval).

About the Role:

The Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine (DRSM) offers comprehensive inpatient and outpatient services to the ACT and surrounding region. Our service includes respiratory and sleep diagnostic investigations and therapeutic interventions, interventional bronchoscopy (including EBUS) and specialised services for sleep disorders, TB, cystic fibrosis, severe asthma, interstitial lung disease and respiratory infections. The laboratory performs approximately 2,500 tests per annum.

This senior leadership role oversees both the Respiratory Physiology Laboratory (RPL), accredited by the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ) and the Sleep Disorders Unit (SDU). The RPL provides clinical services for assessing and monitoring respiratory conditions in both adult and paediatric patients, while the SDU offers 24-hour clinical services for the assessment and management of sleep disorders in adults.

The role includes managing Allied Health staff in respiratory and sleep science disciplines, and involves strategic planning, stakeholder engagement, and change and project management in collaboration with the DRSM multidisciplinary team and Division of Medicine Leadership.

Under limited direction of the Unit Director, DRSM, you will provide leadership, and strategic direction relating to safe and quality service delivery across DRSM to identify areas of high performance and opportunities for improvement while fostering a culture of exceptional patient care, quality assurance and continuous improvement.

For more information regarding the position duties click here for the Position Description.

Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:

• Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
• Current registration issued under the Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011 is required.
• Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.
• Comply with CHS credentialing and scope of clinical practice requirements for allied health professionals.

To Apply:

Please submit a copy of your CV along with a 2-page pitch responding to the Selection Criteria listed in the position description. Only applications submitted online via the E-Recruitment system will be accepted.

***Please note applications submitted via an agency will not be accepted for this position***

Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website.

Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together
Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our community
Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind

CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.

The new state-of-the-art Building 5 is now officially open at Canberra Hospital. This 44,000sqm, nine-storey facility, the largest healthcare infrastructure project in the Territory's history, delivers cutting-edge acute clinical services. Building 5 seamlessly integrates with existing campus buildings, ensuring smooth public access, patient transportation, and efficient logistics.

If you would like further information regarding this opportunity, please see the full contact details and how to apply on the CHS Careers Page.