Business Development Manager & GP Liaison

Business Development Manager & GP Liaison | Buderim Hospital

• Employment Term: Permanent Full Time position

• Location: Buderim Private Hospital, Sunshine Coast, Queensland

• Remuneration: Competitive Salary + Super + NFP Salary Packaging (save tax and increase your take home pay) *Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and therefore may result in the role closing early if the right applicant is found.*Make a meaningful difference with Buderim Private HospitalAs one of the Sunshine Coast’s largest hospitals, we provide a comprehensive range of surgical and medical services using the latest technology. This includes emergency, maternity, intensive care, cardiovascular, obstetric and gynaecology, urology, cancer care, general medicine, renal and respiratory services, orthopaedic and mental health care, among many others. With a deep connection to the Sunshine Coast that’s 40 years in the making, Buderim Private Hospital partners with our patients to deliver personalised one-on-one care from the heart and make a meaningful difference in people’s lives. An integral part of our team, as a Business Development Manager & GP Liaison, you’ll be encouraged to grow, develop and feel empowered to make the everyday easier for the people we care so passionately about. Let’s make a meaningful difference, together!

Your part in our Buderim Hospital team

As a Business Development Manager & GP Liaison at Buderim Private Hospital, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping sustainable growth for our hospital and the community we serve. Working in close partnership with hospital leadership, clinicians and operational teams, you’ll be empowered to strengthen relationships, identify opportunities and translate strategy into meaningful outcomes that support patients, practitioners and our broader health network. This is an opportunity to bring strategic thinking, trusted relationships and genuine care together and make a lasting impact. You will:

• Lead and deliver strategic business development initiatives that support growth, service optimisation and market position at Buderim Private Hospital.

• Build, nurture and sustain trusted relationships with Visiting Medical Practitioners (VMPs), General Practitioner and, practice managers.

• Identify emerging referral trends, service gaps and market opportunities, translating insights into actionable growth strategies.

• Support VMP onboarding, engagement and retention in collaboration with hospital executives and operational teams.

• Plan, coordinate and deliver face‑to‑face GP engagement visits to strengthen referral pathways and business growth.

• Collaborate closely with the General Manager, clinical leaders and operational managers to align business development activity with hospital capacity and priorities.

• Work as part of the broader hospitals business development team to ensure consistency, shared learning and coordinated engagement across sites.

• Support hospital‑led events, education programs and stakeholder engagement initiatives.

• Monitor, analyse and report on business development activity, outcomes and key engagement metrics, providing insights to inform decision‑making and continuous improvement.

What makes a difference for us?

• Demonstrated experience in business development, stakeholder engagement or relationship management, ideally within healthcare or a complex service environment.

• Proven ability to engage credibly and confidently with senior clinicians and health professionals.

• Strong commercial awareness, with the ability to translate strategic priorities into practical, measurable outcomes.

• Experience working within, or alongside, private hospital environments is highly regarded, as is experience in GP liaison or stakeholder engagement.

• Excellent communication, relationship‑building and influencing skills.

• Strong organisational capability, with the ability to manage competing priorities and deliver outcomes.

• Current unrestricted Queensland driver licence and willingness to travel locally for stakeholder engagement.

• Willingness to obtain required vaccinations in line with hospitals infection control requirements, as well as undergo national criminal history check and functional assessment

• Desirable: Tertiary qualifications in business, marketing or a related field. Previous GP liaison or private hospital business development experience.

What makes a difference for you?

• NFP Salary Packaging: Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum. To learn more about this benefit watch the video via the following link: Salary Packaging Explained
• Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance
• A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, annual awards celebration, wellbeing and employee assistance programs
• 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme
• Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events
• Career development opportunities to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference
• A positive and inclusive team based on respect, shared standards, strong values and a commitment to serving others

We’d love you to be part of our UnitingCare family

By joining our Hospitals, you’ll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. The second-largest Queensland employer, we’re a proud not-for-profit with more than 17,500 staff and 9, 000 volunteers across our brands of BlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen’s Hospital, and St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, and have been leading by example for more than 100 years. Our team are compassionate, inclusive and committed to the work we do, helping people live life in all its fullness.

Child safe, Child friendly

UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:

• provide welcoming, safe and nurturing services for children
• implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services
• appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur
• abide by the Child Safe Standards and adhere to the Reportable Conduct Scheme

Diversity & Inclusion

Our approach is simple – everybody is welcome here.  At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity. Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position.

Safe workplace

We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.  

Commitment to Safeguarding

We are committed in creating services and workplaces that are welcoming and safe for every person. We work together to protect children, young people, adults and the elderly from harm within our services and the communities we support. We speak up for their safety to ensure their voices are heard. Our recruitment and workplace practices reflect our dedication in preventing abuse, harm and exploitation across UnitingCare.