Victorian Numbered Acts

HEALTH SERVICES (GOVERNANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY) ACT 2004 (NO 52 OF 2004) - SECT 30

After section 65X of the Principal Act insert —

        "65XA.     Chief executive officer

    (1)     The board of a public health service must appoint a chief executive officer of the public health service and determine, subject to the Secretary's approval, the remuneration of the chief executive officer and the terms and conditions of his or her employment.

    (2)     The chief executive officer of a public health service     is subject to the direction of the board in controlling and managing the public health service.

        65XB.     Functions of the chief executive officer

    (1)     The functions of the chief executive officer are—

        (a)     to manage the public health service in accordance with—

              (i)     the financial and business plans, strategies and budgets developed by the board; and

              (ii)     the instructions of the board;

        (b)     to prepare material for consideration by the board including statements of priorities, strategic plans, business plans, strategies and budgets;

        (c)     to ensure that the board and the committees established or appointed under this Division are assisted and provided with relevant information to enable them to perform their functions effectively and efficiently;

        (d)     to implement effective and accountable systems to monitor the quality and effectiveness of health services provided by the public health service;

        (e)     to ensure that the public health service continuously strives to improve the quality of the health services it provides and to foster innovation;

        (f)     to ensure that the board's decisions are implemented effectively and efficiently throughout the public health service;

        (g)     to inform the board in a timely manner of any issues of public concern or risks that affect or may affect the public health service;

        (h)     to inform the board, the Secretary and the Minister without delay of any significant issues of public concern or significant risks affecting the public health service.

    (2)     In performing his or her functions, the chief executive officer must have regard to—

        (a)     the needs and views of patients and other users of the health services that the public health service provides and the community that the public health service serves; and

        (b)     the need to ensure that the public health service uses its resources in an effective and efficient manner; and

        (c)     the need to ensure that resources of the Victorian public hospital sector generally are used effectively and efficiently.".