Chief Executive
Chief Executive
Contract Type:
Location: Sydney
Industry: CEO & General Management
Contact Name: Rob Macmillan
Contact Email: rmacmillan@derwentsearch.com.au
Contact Phone: 0421 593 535
Date Published: 04-Aug-2025
Chief Executive
South Eastern Sydney Local Health District
Shape tomorrow's healthcare today – lead a world-class health service defining next generation care
About South Eastern Sydney Local Health District
South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) delivers world-class healthcare to nearly one million people across nine hospitals and extensive community health services. With a $2.4 billion budget and 15,000 dedicated staff, we're one of Australia's largest and most innovative health networks. As a founding partner of the renowned Randwick Health and Innovation Precinct, one of Australia's largest and most comprehensive co-located health precincts, SESLHD sits at the heart of a thriving ecosystem of education, research, and healthcare excellence. Our commitment to cutting-edge research, quality care, and exceptional patient outcomes drives everything we do.
SESLHD is now seeking a visionary CE to lead the organisation on its next stage of evolution.
About the Role
With accountabilities to both the SESLHD Board and NSW Health Secretary, you will:
About You
You're a transformational leader who thrives on complexity. With proven success leading large-scale health services, you bring the strategic vision and executive presence needed to drive a $2.4 billion organisation forward.
Your leadership style inspires confidence across every level. You're equally comfortable presenting to Boards, negotiating with multiple stakeholders, engaging diverse patient communities and building coalitions with NGOs and academic partners.
You possess the rare combination of strategic thinking, financial acumen and operational excellence, with the energy and passion to elevate SESLHD's already impressive reputation. Most importantly, you're committed to knowledge sharing and developing others, understanding that great leaders create more great leaders.
This is an opportunity to shape the future of healthcare for nearly one million people while leading one of Australia's most respected health networks.
Please click on the "Additional Information" button to download the Candidate Information Pack which includes information about SESLHD, the role description, salary details and how to apply.
To discuss further, please contact Rob Macmillan, Partner - Health, at healthservices@derwentsearch.com.au or call 0421 593 535 and reference job number 33236.
Applications close: Tuesday 2nd September 2025.
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South Eastern Sydney Local Health District
Shape tomorrow's healthcare today – lead a world-class health service defining next generation care
About South Eastern Sydney Local Health District
South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) delivers world-class healthcare to nearly one million people across nine hospitals and extensive community health services. With a $2.4 billion budget and 15,000 dedicated staff, we're one of Australia's largest and most innovative health networks. As a founding partner of the renowned Randwick Health and Innovation Precinct, one of Australia's largest and most comprehensive co-located health precincts, SESLHD sits at the heart of a thriving ecosystem of education, research, and healthcare excellence. Our commitment to cutting-edge research, quality care, and exceptional patient outcomes drives everything we do.
SESLHD is now seeking a visionary CE to lead the organisation on its next stage of evolution.
About the Role
With accountabilities to both the SESLHD Board and NSW Health Secretary, you will:
- Lead with impact – inspire our community, organisation and staff to deliver our strategic vision within budget while setting new standards for healthcare excellence;
- Champion a person-centred culture – foster collaboration across all teams with an unwavering focus on patient safety and quality, and world-class care delivery;
- Mobilise exceptional talent – lead and elevate our established teams of nursing, medical, allied health and operations professionals, aligning our workforce behind a shared strategic direction;
- Drive governance excellence – oversee robust clinical and corporate governance frameworks that ensure accountability and continuous improvement;
- Forge powerful partnerships – collaborate with clinical, research, academic, and corporate partners to create breakthrough medical and research outcomes that directly improve patient lives;
- Shape healthcare's future – work strategically with NSW Health, government, NGOs, the community and other key stakeholders to ensure SESLHD shapes the conversations on health policy and innovation;
- Embody our values – ensure every activity across the organisation reflects and advances NSW Health's core values.
About You
You're a transformational leader who thrives on complexity. With proven success leading large-scale health services, you bring the strategic vision and executive presence needed to drive a $2.4 billion organisation forward.
Your leadership style inspires confidence across every level. You're equally comfortable presenting to Boards, negotiating with multiple stakeholders, engaging diverse patient communities and building coalitions with NGOs and academic partners.
You possess the rare combination of strategic thinking, financial acumen and operational excellence, with the energy and passion to elevate SESLHD's already impressive reputation. Most importantly, you're committed to knowledge sharing and developing others, understanding that great leaders create more great leaders.
This is an opportunity to shape the future of healthcare for nearly one million people while leading one of Australia's most respected health networks.
Please click on the "Additional Information" button to download the Candidate Information Pack which includes information about SESLHD, the role description, salary details and how to apply.
To discuss further, please contact Rob Macmillan, Partner - Health, at healthservices@derwentsearch.com.au or call 0421 593 535 and reference job number 33236.
Applications close: Tuesday 2nd September 2025.
