Healthcare

Executive Search for the Healthcare Sector | Recruiting Leaders Across Australia’s Health Sector

The healthcare sector is both undergoing rapid transformation and experiencing extraordinary pressure.

Appointing the right leadership team has never been more critical.

We partner with health and health-adjacent organisations across the full spectrum of patient care and health services management to identify and secure senior executives who can deliver impact in complex environments.

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Our Approach

We combine in-depth healthcare expertise with a rigorous executive search methodology to deliver leaders who thrive in high-stakes, high-complexity settings.

  • Tailored search strategy aligned with your organisation’s mission.

  • National and international candidate networks across health and health-adjacent services.

  • Strong cross-sectoral networks across core ANZ markets.

  • Emphasis on candidate experience, discretion, and long-term cultural fit.

How to make a discreet appointment.

While all appointments with GoodWörk are held confidentially, there is often the need for additional safeguards.

If you are a senior leader within the healthcare sector, contact us directly for a discrete & confidential in-person or virtual meeting to discuss objectives like succession, board appointments, confidential search processes or resignations. Responses to any contact labelled confidential will be made within an hour and treated as urgent.

Direct Contact:
Mobile: +61 416 362 434 - Please header your message with “CONFIDENTIAL”
Email: ben@goodwork.net.au - Subject “CONFIDENTIAL”

GoodWörk appoints to the following roles & their derivative senior leadership teams

Capability and experience

C-Suite Executives

Chief Executive Officer
Chief Operating Officer
Chief Medical Officer
Chief Nursing Officers

Corporate & Strategy

Chief Financial Officer
Chief People Officer
Chief Information Officer
Strategy & Transformation Leadership

Clinical & Operational Leadership

Director of Nursing
Hospital General Manager
Service Line Directors

Clinical & Specialist Leadership

Medical Directors
Clinical Leads
Heads of Department

Health Ecosystem Leadership

Community & Primary Health Leadership
Aged Care & Disability Services Leadership
HealthTech & Digital Health Leaders
Research Institutes & Not-for-profit Health

Governance


Board Chairs
Non-Executive Directors
Advisory Board Members

Why work with us?

We understand the unique pressures facing healthcare organisations:

  • Talent shortages in critical leadership pipelines.

  • Complex regulatory environments demanding compliance and governance strength.

  • Integration of innovation and digital health requiring change-ready leaders.

  • Patient-centric care expectations driving cultural and operational change.

  • Financial headwinds due to ecosystem funding & current economic climate.


Our team has proven success in placing healthcare executives across public, private, and not-for-profit organisations with our approach incorporating:

  • Experience across the full continuum of healthcare, from primary to complex quaternary services.

  • Relationship-driven approach that ensures the right fit in practice, not just on paper.

  • Insight into both clinical and corporate leadership needs through deep sector experience.

  • Highly extensive cross-sector networks to draw from the best talent pools across the Australian market, and not from the same sources as our competitors.

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