Choose Your Career Path with Joint Health Command (JHC):

• Deliver strategic health advice and health governance to support ADF capability and operational readiness.
• Provide health leadership and expertise that enables Defence capability while shaping the future of Defence health service delivery and workforce support.
• Lead an integrated workforce of ADF members, APS employees, contractors and health professionals to deliver high-quality health services across Australia and overseas.
• Support a healthy, ready and resilient workforce throughout the employee lifecycle, from enlistment through to transition, through the provision of trusted healthcare, workforce support and specialist health expertise.
• Partner with Navy, Army and Air Force to develop, sustain and enhance the ADF’s deployable health capability in support of current and future operational requirements.
• Provide medical leadership, occupational health advice and governance oversight that supports workforce generation for the ADF.
• Assess and recruit suitable candidates to meet capability requirements, including providing governance, occupational health assessment authority and specialist advice.
• Support the Director General DFR and the DFR Chief Medical Officer (CMO) through leadership, specialist medical advice, policy development and implementation, and compliance oversight, working closely with internal and external stakeholders to deliver efficient, effective and medically sound recruiting outcomes for the ADF.

Essential qualifications

Our ideal candidate will:

• be a collaborative and inclusive leader who exemplifies Defence Values and Behaviours
• demonstrate strong strategic thinking and an ability to influence health policy, workforce planning and capability development
• possess highly developed written and oral communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively at all organisational levels
• have proven experience interpreting, implementing and communicating complex policy positions
• be capable of representing Defence in senior internal and external forums
• demonstrate experience leading multidisciplinary teams and delivering outcomes through collaboration and stakeholder engagement
• have experience managing complex and sensitive health issues within large organisations
• support workforce capability development through mentoring, supervision and professional education activities
• demonstrate a commitment to continuous improvement, evidence-based practice and innovation

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