Senior hospital executives in discussion in a hospital administration building

Skilled Medical Executive

Providing the executives who inspire and lead medical services

Skilled Medical EXECUTIVE is the executive recruitment arm of Skilled Medical, specialising in the recruitment and placement of health and medical executive leaders across Australia. FRACMA founded and led, Skilled Medical is committed to medical leadership and health workforce development. For more than two decades we have been the largest supplier of medical executives to Australian health services.

Established 2005

Placing medical executives since 2005

Largest Panel

The largest panel of contract medical directors in Australia

FRACMA Led

Qualified medical leadership in-house

National Coverage

Metropolitan, regional and remote health services

What we do

Recruiting permanent, contract and locum medical and health executives

Serving clients and candidates with an unparalleled level of service, knowledge and expertise. Our heritage is in medical services — our in-house senior doctors and advisors are FRACMA-qualified medical leaders with years of experience at executive levels.

We understand health care and keep abreast of the roles and challenges facing both medical executives and health services. We provide leaders who can trouble shoot, build confidence and competencies, engage medical professionals at all levels, manage stakeholder relationships and help health services to best serve their communities.

Positions we recruit to

  1. 01Medical Chief Medical Officer
  2. 02Executive Director of Medical Services
  3. 03Director of Medical Services
  4. 04Corporate Medical Director
  5. 05Medical Superintendent
  6. 06Clinical Director
  7. 07Specialist Medical Consultant
  8. 08Director of Nursing
  9. 09Nurse Manager
Healthcare leaders in conversation in a hospital

Permanent health & medical executives

One of the largest medical executive search and permanent placement services in Australia. We have placed executives in metropolitan and regional health services and in the corporate sector, working with clients on a retained search or contingency basis.

Our client services
An experienced doctor in business attire in a regional hospital corridor

Contract & locum executives

The senior doctors we place are highly experienced, well qualified and operate effectively in regional and metropolitan settings, in public and private sectors. They provide a safe pair of hands for short-term or continuing roles up to 12 months.

For candidates

Current opportunities

Executive roles open across Australia and New Zealand

View current and recently closed executive appointments, including dedicated role microsites for the Limestone Coast and Eyre & Far North Local Health Networks.