Health Services Act 1988

The functions of the chief executive officer of a public hospital are—

to manage the public hospital in accordance with—

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

the instructions of the board; and

to prepare material for consideration by the board including the following—

statements of priorities, other than in the case of the Queen Elizabeth Centre and the Tweddle Child and Family Health Service;

strategic plans, business plans, strategies and budgets; and

to ensure that the board and any committees established or appointed by the board are assisted and provided with relevant information to enable them to perform their functions effectively and efficiently; and

to implement effective and accountable systems to monitor and improve the quality, safety and effectiveness of health services provided by the public hospital; and

to ensure that the public hospital continuously strives to improve the quality and safety of the health services it provides and to foster innovation; and

to ensure that the board's decisions are implemented effectively and efficiently throughout the public hospital; and

to inform the board in a timely manner of any issues of public concern or risks that affect or may affect the public hospital; and

to inform the board, the Secretary and the Minister without delay of any significant issues of public concern or significant risks affecting the public hospital.

In performing the chief executive officer's functions under this section, the chief executive officer must have regard to—

the needs and views of patients and other users of the health services provided by the public hospital and of the community served by the public hospital; and

the need to ensure that the public hospital uses its resources in an effective and efficient manner; and

the need to ensure that resources of the Victorian public health sector generally are used effectively and efficiently.