Senior Consultant - Organisational Change (Psychology)
- Location: Multiple Western Health sites
- Employment Type: Full-Time, Fixed Term (until August 2026)
- Salary: Admin Grade 6 (commensurate with experience) + Superannuation + Salary Packaging
About the role:
This role is responsible for enhancing positive workplace culture, wellbeing, and employee engagement for all staff. It is a strategic partnership role in providing overall leadership to Western Health leaders implementing new initiatives, enhancing employee wellbeing and experience to better support the delivery of best care.
Key responsibilities:
As a senior consultant, the role encompasses major aspects of the team's work:
- Providing superior facilitation skills to leaders and their teams to ensure team alignment
- Developing a shared understanding of best interventions and areas of focus for leaders and their teams
- Building leader capabilities and awareness of mental health and wellbeing enablers and supports
- Monitoring employee sentiment and developing strategic initiatives collaboratively with leaders to enhance experience and engagement
- Leading and designing programs that enhance people leaders understanding of work environment and demands and the contribution these elements have in workforce wellbeing
- Building awareness and promoting best practice to enhance mentally healthy workplaces at Western Health
About you:
- Interpersonal savvy - relating openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people
- Strategic mindset - seeing ahead to future possibility and translating them into breakthrough strategies
- Courage - stepping up to address difficult issues, saying what needs to be said whilst retaining relationships
- Manages ambiguity - operating effectively, even when things are not certain and the way forward is not clear
- Self-awareness - using a combination of feedback and reflection, has insight into personal strengths and areas of development need
About Western Health
Western Health is one of the largest healthcare providers in Victoria, caring for a vibrant, diverse and rapidly growing community of one million people in Melbourne’s western suburbs.
With more than 13,000 staff, Western Health delivers 800,000+ occasions of care every year, providing high-quality, person-centred care across every life stage.
We provide a combination of hospital, community-based, at-home and in-reach services to aged, adult and paediatric patients and newborn babies. Specialties include oncology, renal, mental health, women’s health and maternity, chronic diseases, geriatrics and cardiology.
We have remarkable strengths in chronic disease, complex care and developing innovative and sustainable healthcare solutions. Our experience at the coalface of healthcare delivery for some of Australia’s most culturally and socioeconomically diverse and vulnerable populations provides us with unique insights into the most pressing health challenges.
Western Health operates four acute public hospitals: Sunshine Hospital (including Joan Kirner Women’s and Children’s), Footscray Hospital, Williamstown Hospital and Bacchus Marsh Hospital. We also operate Sunbury Community Hospital, Sunshine Mental Health and Wellbeing Centre, Melton Health and Community Services, Bacchus Marsh Community Health Centre, Caroline Springs Community Health Centre and Grant Lodge Residential Aged Care in Bacchus Marsh. Western Health also provides the primary healthcare service at the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre, a women’s prison located in Ravenhall.
Why join us?
Compensation and benefits
- Competitive salary packages aligned with market standards.
- Health and wellbeing programs, including flexible work arrangements.
- Scholarships and grants to support your continuous learning journey.
Learning and development opportunities
- Access the Western Health Learning Academy (WHA) for personalised learning pathways.
- Professional growth programs, including postgraduate studies and clinical education.
- Mentorship and career support.
Community impact and inclusion
- Make a meaningful difference in patients’ lives through compassionate care.
- Join a workforce that champions diversity and inclusion.
- Engage in community wellbeing initiatives and groundbreaking healthcare research.
Organisational culture and environment
- Thrive in a collaborative, compassionate and innovative team environment.
- Be part of a culture that celebrates continuous improvement and excellence in healthcare.
Ready to make an impact?
If you’re passionate about supporting organisational development within a healthcare setting, we’d love to hear from you. Simply click on the “apply” button and follow the prompts.
If you are currently employed at Western Health, please ensure you sign in through the 'Employee Login' via the external Careers Page or access the Careers Page via the intranet before applying.
Closing date: 11:59pm on 10 February 2026.
Enquiries: For further information about this role, contact Livia Cremona-Bellizia via Livia.Cremona-Bellizia@wh.org.au.
Western Health is an equal opportunity employer committed to attracting and retaining diversity in our workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Western Health is committed to providing a safe environment for the children and young people who are involved in our services, sites and operations. We follow and abide by all legislative requirements to keep children and young people safe.
All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Police Record Check, an Immunisation Status Clearance and a Working with Children Check (if applicable).
Western Health does not accept unsolicited resumes/applications from recruitment agencies.
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