Improvement Coach

Work in an environment that offers: 

• Part time hours for good work-life balance
• An opportunity to make a real impact with a trusted name - Bendigo Health
• Access to 5 weeks annual leave and Salary Packaging benefits

The Position 

Job Reference: 4414

Position Title: Improvement Coach
Classification: Dependent on qualifications 
Salary per hour (exc. super): Dependent on qualifications 
Hours per fortnight: 64
Employment Status: Fixed Term Part Time until March 2027

Other requirements: 2026 Flu Vaccination  

Closing date: 19/08/2026

The Improvement Coach is a member of the Improvement and Innovation Team, supporting Bendigo Health's commitment to delivering safe, high-quality, patient-centred care through continuous improvement. The role partners with clinical and operational leaders to provide expertise in improvement science, facilitate organisation-wide improvement initiatives, and implement evidence-based practices that enhance patient outcomes, quality, safety, and operational performance.

The position builds capability through coaching, education, and stakeholder engagement, while supporting data-driven improvement, knowledge translation, and the implementation of strategic and statewide initiatives. The Clinical Improvement Coach promotes collaboration, consumer engagement, and the sustainable spread of improvement initiatives across Bendigo Health, contributing to a culture of quality, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Working with Bendigo Health

Bendigo Health are a leader in regional health care, combining outstanding services with a strong education, training and personal development culture.

Created by our community in the 1850s, we have a long, proud history of delivering excellent care to our community.

Our organisation is diverse, welcoming and committed to delivering our vision to be a trusted regional healthcare service recognised for delivering exceptional care, being a great place to work, and being deeply connected to our community. 

Bendigo Health has around 5000 staff and a catchment area covering a quarter of the size of Victoria. The three main campuses of Bendigo Health are in Bendigo, with many services extended to regional settings including areas such as Mildura, Echuca, Swan Hill, Kyneton and Castlemaine.

We offer a fantastic range of benefits for our staff, including: 

• Staff health and wellbeing programs
• Career development and education opportunities
• Generous salary packaging opportunities, to increase your take-home pay each fortnight
• Flexible Working Arrangements
• Use of staff gym and pool and access to other fitness facilities through fitness passport program

If successful for a position at Bendigo Health you must provide evidence of your full immunisation record as part of the on boarding process.

Your New Division

Quality and Risk provides leadership and support for quality, compliance, risk, patient safety, consumer experience and engagement and improvement and innovation across the organisation. The division has responsibility for overseeing the risk management framework and compliance to various accreditations and legislative requirements and to ensure improvements are undertaken through our responses to recommendations arising from assessments. There is a strong strategic and operational focus of promoting and advancing continuous improvement, partnering with consumers, and supporting the organisation to review incidents, data and systems to improve patient outcomes and efficiency of the business. The division collaboratively provides high quality clinical governance support and advice, both internally and when supporting health services in the Loddon Mallee Health Services Network.

Bendigo Region

Bendigo is one of Victoria’s largest regional cities making it a great city to live and work in. Bendigo provides services for the region’s population of over 320,000 and so the city offers excellent schools, shopping and cultural precincts, sporting facilities and various tertiary facilities. We can offer generous flexible working arrangements - giving you more time to enjoy the fantastic restaurants, beautiful parks, walking trails and wineries within our region.

Interested?

We’d love to hear from you!  Please ensure that you attach a cover letter and an up-to-date copy of your resume.  

Need more information?  Please contact Shona Critch, Advisor Improvement and Innovation on 03 5454 9087 for a confidential discussion.  

Diversity and Inclusion

Bendigo Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We embrace diversity and social inclusion and encourage people from a diverse cultural background, people with disabilities and or Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people to apply.

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