As the top operational leader within the HHS the Chief Operating Officer drives clinical operations to achieve strategic, operational and business goals and targets. For further information on our health service, please watch our corporate video:

Job details

Our vision is to have the best health outcomes in Australia, based on being a leader in sustainable, compassionate and highly reliable health care.

Our Always Care philosophy underpins our values of Integrity, Community First, Respect, Excellence, Compassion and Empower. Always Care is the commitment every employee makes every day to ensure person-centred care is at the heart of everything we do. The simplest acts of compassion can have the greatest impact.

Gold Coast Health delivers a broad range of secondary and tertiary health services across more than 20 facilities, including three hospitals and two health precincts.

Reporting to the Health Service Chief Executive, the Chief Operating Officer (COO) is a critical influence to ensure that activity and behaviours bring strategy to life and provide a more integrated care system that is agile, responsive, efficient, safe and effective. Specifically the role is required to provide strategic leadership and assume responsibility and accountability for the day to day delivery of all clinical services of the GCHHS, which will necessitate the planning and delivery of clinical support functions in collaboration with the relevant functional leadership teams. Additionally, the COO will have full accountability for the planning and operationalisation of the new Coomera hospital development.

This is a role for a strong and collaborative leader with significant executive level operational management success in a complex healthcare environment.

Download the Role Description for full details of the position.

Gold Coast Health is committed to attracting the right people for our organisation. To help us with this we have developed a Core Capability Framework (PDF) which defines the skills and behaviours required to perform successfully as an organisation.

To submit your application please click ‘Apply' and submit the information as outlined in the role description by Monday, 4 August 2025.

Job Ad reference:  GC649750

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• GC649750 - Role Description (PDF, 435KB)
  Role Description