The Director of Medical Imaging is a senior leadership role within Canberra Health Services, responsible for the strategic, operational, and professional leadership of Medical Imaging services at North Canberra Hospital. The position provides direction for a 24/7 medical imaging service, ensuring the delivery of safe, high-quality, and patient-centred care across all modalities.

The role leads service planning and development, including future Northside Hospital Level 5 imaging service, and contributes to executive decision-making across Medical Services and Allied Health. It is accountable for clinical governance, workforce leadership, financial management, and service performance, while driving innovation, digital transformation, and research to ensure imaging services are efficient, sustainable, and aligned with CHS strategic priorities and standards.

Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following.

Strategic Leadership Provide strategic
leadership for Medical Imaging at North Canberra Hospital, including planning future Level 5 services, service expansion, and innovation. Contribute to executive and divisional decision-making to align imaging services with organisational priorities.

Operational Management of a 24/7 Service
Oversee the performance and delivery of all imaging modalities, ensuring an effective 24/7 service across emergency, inpatient, and outpatient settings, managing access and integrating imaging within key clinical pathways.

Clinical Governance & Safety Leadership
Lead a robust clinical governance framework to ensure safe, high-quality imaging services. Monitor performance, manage risks and incidents, ensure regulatory compliance, and maintain contemporary clinical protocols and standards.

Professional Leadership
Provide discipline leadership aligned with Allied Health frameworks, promoting evidence-based practice. Act as the senior escalation point for complex clinical and service issues.

Workforce Leadership & Capability Development
Lead and develop a multidisciplinary workforce, ensuring effective staffing, performance management, and workforce sustainability. Foster a positive culture aligned with CHS values and support ongoing capability development.

Financial & Resource Management
Manage budget, operational expenditure, and capital planning to ensure efficient and sustainable service delivery. Oversee procurement and lifecycle management of imaging equipment.

Quality Improvement, Risk & Compliance
Drive continuous quality improvement and ensure compliance with CHS and national standards. Oversee risk management, incident response, and accreditation readiness.

Stakeholder Engagement & Collaboration
Build strong relationships with clinical, executive, allied health and external stakeholders. Represent Medical Imaging in governance forums and support partnerships with education and training organisations.

Research, Innovation & Digital Health
Promote innovation and research, and lead adoption of digital and emerging imaging technologies. Support clinical trials and academic collaboration.

Undertake other duties appropriate to this level of classification which contribute to the operation of the department and organisation.

• Strong leadership skills and ability to motivate and inspire others to work together as a team with a sense of shared purpose to achieve objectives with integrity.
• High level interpersonal skills and leadership skills that foster credibility, trust and co-operation at senior levels of the organisation and professional networks.
• Conceptual and analytical skill with an ability to think strategically including planning and co-ordination at the strategic and operational levels.
• Change management and innovation. Ability to lead change and influence others in responding to change.
• Clinical governance and decision-making.
• Operational management.
• Financial and resource management.
• Quality improvement and safety focus.
• Professional expertise and credibility.

Specific requirements include, but are not limited to, the following.

Essential

• Relevant tertiary qualification in Medical Imaging (Radiography, Sonography, or Nuclear Medicine) and eligibility for professional registration/accreditation.

Desirable

• Post Graduate qualifications in health management, business administration or leadership
• Have an understanding of how the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) indicators align with this role.

Specific requirements include but are not limited to the following.

Essential

• Extensive senior leadership experience in a medical imaging service, including management of teams, services or programs.
• Minimum 7-10 years clinical experience in Medical Imaging.

Desirable

• Experience in tertiary or Level 4/Level 5 hospital setting.
• Involvement in major capital projects, such as hospital redevelopment, department design, or commissioning new imaging services.
• Experience managing change and service transformation at an organisational level.

Appointment to this position is conditional on being granted and retaining appropriate clearances:

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

All employees are required to:

• Adhere to the Canberra Health Services Values and the ACT Public Service Code of Conduct.
• Act in accordance and comply with all relevant Safety and Quality policies and procedures.
• Comply with all relevant clinical and/or competency standards.
• Be available for weekend and/or after-hours work.

CHS is leading the drive to digitally transform health service delivery in Australia through the implementation of a territory wide Digital Health Record. Computer literacy skills are required which are relevant to this role as you will be responsible for completing required documentation and becoming a proficient user of the Digital Health Record and/or other Information Technology systems; once proficient, you will need to remain current with changes, updates, and contingencies.

These are the key selection criteria for how you will be assessed in conjunction with your resumé and experience.

1. Broad experience at a senior level in the delivery, leadership and development of contemporary medical imaging services within an acute hospital setting, with proven ability to supervise medical imaging and support staff, effectively manage change and organisational resources, monitor and report on activity. and have.
2. Demonstrated high-level leadership experience with a sound understanding of relevant legislation. The ability to set strategic direction, lead service planning, and implement innovative models of care within a complex healthcare environment. Proven capacity to influence organisational decision-making and align services with broader health service priorities.
3. Highly developed conceptual, analytical, communication and negotiation skills, demonstrated through complex problem solving, appropriate correspondence and engagement with internal and external stakeholders, and in the development and implementation of departmental policies, procedures, initiatives and strategic plans.
4. Leadership in risk management and continuous quality improvement, with a demonstrated capacity to enhance safety, promote improvement initiatives and/or research activities within a Medical Imaging or health care service.
5. Demonstrated experience managing budgets and financial performance, including operational and capital resource allocation.
6. Demonstrates understanding of, and adherence to, safety and quality standards, Work Health and Safety and the positive patient experience. Displays behaviour consistent with CHS’s values of reliable, progressive, respectful, and kind.

The following work environment description outlines the inherent requirements of the role and indicates how frequently each of these requirements would need to be performed. Please note that the ACT Public Service is committed to providing reasonable adjustments and ensuring all individuals have equal opportunities in the workplace.

Administrative	Frequency
Telephone use	Frequently
General computer use	Frequently
Extensive keying/data entry	Occasionally
Graphical/analytical based	Occasionally
Sitting at a desk	Occasionally
Standing for long periods	Never

Psychosocial demands	Frequency
Distressed People e.g. Emergency or grief situations	Frequently
Aggressive & Uncooperative People e.g. drug / alcohol, dementia, mental illness	Occasionally
Unpredictable People e.g. Dementia, mental illness, head injuries	Occasionally
Restraining e.g. involvement in physical containment of clients/consumers	Never
Exposure to Distressing Situations e.g. Child abuse, viewing dead / mutilated bodies; verbal abuse; domestic violence; suicide	Never

Physical demands	Frequency
Distance walking (large buildings or inter-building transit)	Occasionally
Working outdoors	Never

Manual handling	Frequency
Lifting 0 - 9kg	Occasionally
Lifting 10 - 15kg	Occasionally
Lifting 16kg+	Never
Climbing	Never
Running	Never
Reaching	Occasionally
Kneeling	Occasionally
Foot and leg movement	Frequently
Hand, arm and grasping movements	Frequently
Bending/squatting	Occasionally
Bend/Lean Forward from Waist/Trunk twisting	Occasionally
Push/pull	Occasionally
Sequential repetitive movements in a short amount of time	Occasionally

Travel	Frequency
Frequent travel – multiple work sites	Never
Frequent travel – driving	Never

Specific hazards	Frequency
Working at heights	Never
Exposure to extreme temperatures	Never
Operation of heavy machinery e.g. forklift	Never
Confined spaces	Never
Excessive noise	Never
Low lighting	Never
Handling of dangerous goods/equipment e.g. gases; liquids; biological.	Never
Slippery or uneven surfaces	Never