Whyalla Hospital & Health Service
Modern general hospital: 75 acute beds, purpose-built Regional Cancer Centre, inpatient mental health unit, birthing unit, renal dialysis and five-day theatres.
Executive Appointment · Flinders & Upper North, SA
Executive Director Medical Services
Lead medical services for around 43,500 people across almost 400,000 square kilometres — from the Spencer Gulf cities to the outback.
- Reports to
- Chief Executive Officer, FUNLHN
- Classification
- MD2 · Executive
- Location
- Flinders and Upper North, SA
- Total package (TIRP)
- $496,140 – $608,624
- Applications close
- 2 November 2026
The Flinders Ranges~43,500People served
~400,000Square kilometres
6Health sites
2Regional ABF hospitals
MD2Classification
OutbackService profile
The Opportunity
Medical leadership with genuine reach.
FUNLHN delivers acute, mental health, aged care, NDIS and community and allied health services through six health sites — anchored by two substantial regional hospitals in Whyalla and Port Augusta and reaching remote communities through Country Health Connect.
Its vision is simple and ambitious: excellence in health care for everyone, every day, all the time — delivered in a culturally safe way, in partnership with consumers, and enhanced through research and innovation.
The EDMS is accountable to the Chief Executive Officer, sits on the Regional Leadership Team, manages every medical officer working in FUNLHN, and works collaboratively with the Chief Clinical Advisor and fellow regional EDMSs.
The Network
Six sites, one medical service.
Port Augusta Hospital & Health Service
54 acute beds including monitored beds, chemotherapy unit, and the largest renal dialysis and paediatric services outside Adelaide. Maternity, surgery and five-day theatres.
Quorn Health Service
Multi-purpose site within the Flinders Ranges MPS: 41 beds across acute and residential aged care, with general medical and emergency services.
Hawker Memorial Hospital
Multi-purpose site with acute and residential care beds and an emergency service.
Roxby Downs Health Service
Remote 10-bed facility ~260 km north of Port Augusta, serving Andamooka, Olympic Dam, Woomera and outlying homesteads.
Leigh Creek Health Clinic
Nurse-led ambulatory service with 24-hour on-call emergency cover.
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Three accountabilities, one clinical vision.
Safety & Quality
Co-lead the FUNLHN clinical governance structure with the Executive Director of Nursing & Midwifery: clinical review, morbidity and mortality, incident investigation, antimicrobial stewardship and accreditation.
Medical Workforce
Recruit, credential, orient and develop all medical officers and contracts — including Rural GP Agreements and fee-for-service arrangements — and own the FUNLHN medical workforce plan and budget.
Education & Models of Care
Lead regional training with universities and metropolitan units, coordinate rotations, and give strategic input to service models under the Clinical Services Capability Framework.
FUNLHN Values
Five values, one standard of care.
Integrity
Open, honest, equitable and consistent in everything we do.
Respect
Behaving with dignity, courtesy and fairness in all that we do.
Compassion
Empathy, care, kindness, support and understanding.
Engage
Working together to involve our community.
Courage
The strength to act, and to embrace change for the better.
Living in the Flinders & Upper North
Where the gulf meets the ranges.
Leave the hustle of city life behind for a region of cultural diversity, outback landscapes and welcoming regional cities. From the ancient ridges of the Flinders Ranges to the calm waters of the Spencer Gulf, adventure, recreation and space are never far away.
Communities served
- Whyalla
- Port Augusta
- Roxby Downs
- Quorn
- Hawker
- Leigh Creek
- Woomera
- Andamooka
See for yourself
Life and work in the region.
Your Team
The medical service you will lead.
- →Director Medical Services
- →Heads of Unit — Medicine, Anaesthetics, Paediatrics (Port Augusta)
- →Heads of Unit — General Medicine, Anaesthetics, Surgical, O&G (Whyalla)
- →Manager Medical Workforce and Medical Liaison Officers
- →Director of Clinical Training and Medical Education Officer
- →Professional oversight of all registrars, interns and trainee medical officers
Essential
- MBBS/BMBS or equivalent, with an appropriate specialist qualification.
- Registrable with AHPRA as a specialist medical practitioner.
- Leadership of complex multi-disciplinary organisations through change.
- Strategic planning, risk management and contract management experience.
- Awareness of, and sensitivity to, Aboriginal culture and community protocols.
Desirable
- Fellowship of RACMA (FRACMA) or working towards it.
- Tertiary qualification in health management or business administration.
- 5+ years in medical administration; senior rural hospital experience.
- Clinical research and research translation experience.
Appointment requires a satisfactory National Police Certificate and Working With Children Check. The full role description (P24743) is available from Skilled Medical on request. Package figures are indicative and subject to Private Practice Arrangements.
Remuneration
Total package of $496,140 – $608,624.
Applications close 2 November 2026.
- Base annual salaryMD0200 Medical Consultant (incl. Senior)
- $243,212 – $320,467
- Attraction & Retention Allowance30%
- $72,963 – $96,140
- Managerial AllowanceDivisional / Clinical Director
- $42,920
- Remote Call Allowance
- $41,790
- Professional DevelopmentFull time · not included in superannuation
- $23,000
- Regional IncentiveMMM Zone 4
- $20,391
- Leave Loading17.5%
- $1,171
- Superannuation12%
- $50,694 – $62,745
- Total TIRPSubject to Private Practice Arrangements
- $496,140 – $608,624
Confidential enquiry · Applications close 2 November 2026
A conversation with Kirsty MacIsaac.
Dear Colleague,
This is a rare chance to shape medical care for communities spread across the Flinders Ranges and the north of South Australia. I would welcome a confidential conversation about the appointment and life in the region.
— Kirsty