NOTE - This frontline support role provides essential support enabling the development and delivery of frontline services, programs and outcomes.

Are you ready to swap the city grind for a leadership role where you can see the impact of your work?

We are seeking a dynamic, community minded Business Manager to join our team in Longreach. In this role, you will be the backbone of our regional health service operations, leading a dedicated administration team and managing critical financial, human resource and operation functions.

APPLY NOW!

Patient Centred Care

for our Central West communities

Job details

We care about people | We champion safety and quality | We act with integrity and accountability | We are a capable and confident workforce | We strive to improve

What's involved –  The Business Manager plays a pivotal leadership role in overseeing, coordinating, and supporting a team of administrative staff to deliver consistent, efficient, and high-quality administrative services. This role is integral to supporting the operational and strategic needs of the Regional Health Services portfolio core components including Allied Health, Community, Mental Health and Child, Youth, and Family Services, by effectively managing resources, ensuring compliance with governance frameworks and organisational policies, and driving quality improvement initiatives. The Business Manager fosters a culture of collaboration, innovation, accountability and continuous improvement, enabling the delivery of sustainable, client-focused services that achieve organisational objectives and enhance outcomes for the communities served.

About Central West Hospital and Health Service - Our diverse and rewarding work environment is as unique and dynamic as Central West Queensland itself.  Our far-reaching health services cover a region of almost 20.6 percent of Queensland, encompasses seven local government areas, and reaches 18 unique and lively communities.

Expansive in the true sense of the word, the region opens new horizons painted in red earth, blue sky and burnt orange sunsets.  It might feel miles away from urban life, but we are just a two-hour flight from Brisbane – well within reach of the city and South East Queensland's beautiful beaches.

As a Central West Health employee, your benefits include:

• generous employer superannuation contribution up to 12.75%;
• salary packaging to increase your take home pay;
• 17.5% annual leave loading;
• career development opportunities;

The locals will tell you a role with Central West Health is more than just a job, and a life in central west Queensland is as iconic as the region that defines it.  Be prepared to be embraced by warm, welcoming, and close-knit communities, and caring for and living among the people you work with to make a difference in their lives and yours, every day.

First impressions count - 

• Submitting your CV with a statement “this is a true and correct representation of my work experience”, signed and dated by yourself.
• Provide a relevant and concise cover letter that address the ‘How you will be assessed' section of the attached role description.
• Complete the VPD paperwork and submit this as part of your application.

For more insight into what Central West Health has to offer, check out our YouTube channel: Central West Hospital and Health Service.

It is a condition of employment for this role for the employee to be, and remain, vaccinated against measles, mumps, rubella, varicella and hepatitis B during their employment.

Applications should be submitted ONLINE. Include a completed vaccine preventable disease form and evidence of immunity and vaccinations and relevant qualifications with your application. For additional information regarding the responsibilities, mandatory qualifications and/or other requirements for this position please refer to the role description.

Further information

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

It is recommended that you download the Role Description for future reference. If you have difficulty viewing the role description, contact Central West Recruitment (07) 4650 4017. Microsoft Word or PDF files are supported. Files ¿ max: 2MB each.

Documents

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

• 2025.v1_QH Applicant Information Kit (V1_Qh Applicant Information Kit.Pdf)
  
  FORM_TB (PDF)
  
  FORM_VPD (PDF)
  
  Role Description_Administration_Business Manager RHS AO5 (PDF)