Clinical governance done well ensures every client and family is held with care, builds trust, and shapes the culture of an entire organisation. At Sana Health Group, we’re looking for someone who knows that, and who wants to build it from the ground up across a growing network of mental
health and addiction services.
About Sana Health Group
Sana Health Group is a private healthcare group specialising in the treatment of mental health conditions, addiction, and eating disorders. Our name draws from the Latin word for “heal,” and it guides everything we do.
Across our network of residential treatment centres and a private mental health hospital, we provide high-quality, evidence-based care in nurturing environments.
Our values are Respect, Excellence, and Integrity, and they’re the standard we hold ourselves to every day.
The Opportunity
This is a newly created, group-level role reporting directly to the CEO. You will be the architect of our clinical governance framework: designing it, embedding it, and owning it across multiple sites.
We’re looking for someone who has shaped governance systems in growing organisations, led NSQHS accreditation processes under pressure, and knows how to bring site leaders along with them rather than just hand down frameworks.
The role is part-time, with some flexibility in how that’s structured. Some travel between our Queensland and NSW sites will be required.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Establish and lead a group-wide Clinical Governance Framework across all Sana Health Group sites
- Drive NSQHS accreditation readiness and compliance, including leading accreditation cycles
- Develop and monitor clinical KPIs and a governance scorecard for reporting to the Executive and Board
- Ensure each site has functioning systems for incident reporting, risk registers, audit cycles, complaints management, and quality committees
- Provide leadership and oversight in the review and resolution of clinical risk and high-risk incidents
- Partner with People and Culture on staff orientation, credentialling, and competency development
- Contribute to site QI Committees and the Group Clinical Governance forum
- Build a genuine culture of continuous improvement and accountability across the group
Who We’re Looking For
Essential
- Tertiary qualifications in nursing, allied health, or a related healthcare field
- Minimum 7 years of clinical governance experience at a senior level, with at least 5 years in quality and safety
- Demonstrated experience leading NSQHS accreditation processes, including in hospital or residential healthcare settings
- Proven ability to design, implement, and embed governance frameworks, ideally in a multi-site environment
- Strong understanding of risk management, incident review, and compliance systems
- Confident presenter and communicator, comfortable preparing board-level reports and leading governance committees
- Someone who works with genuine rigour
Desirable
- Postgraduate qualification in health management, public health, infection prevention and control, or a related field
- Experience in mental health, addiction, or residential care settings
- Background in or exposure to academic or research environment
How to Apply
Please submit your current resume along with a cover letter of no more than one page, telling us what draws you to this role and to Sana Health Group specifically.
Sana Health Group respects and honours Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge the stories, traditions and living cultures of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples on this land and commit to building a brighter future together.
