Join our team

ACHS has a proud history of partnering with member organisations to drive quality improvement in healthcare. These endeavours are supported by our Assessors who have long standing professional experience from across the healthcare industry.

If you are interested in becoming an Assessor on behalf of ACHS, please register your interest here. Submitted applications are reviewed as vacancies arise.

About The Role
ACHS is seeking (2) Board Directors with skills and experience in either of 2 key areas:

1. Digital transformation/Data governance; or

2. Corporate governance/legal expertise.

The composition of the Board includes up to 6 Board Appointed Directors and up to 6 Member Elected Directors elected from the ACHS Council. Each Director can serve a term of up to three (3) years, but is eligible for re-election or re-appointment if not disqualified by law. For current Board composition, see: Our People | ACHS

Role Outline

Role Title:	ACHS Board Director
Appointment Term:	3 years
Remuneration:	Applicable expenses only
Meeting Frequency:	Every 2 months
Location:	Annually: 3 Virtual + 3 In Person Meetings (5 Macarthur Street, Ultimo, Sydney)

Selection Criteria

1. Demonstrates a range of appropriate skills, qualifications, and experience to support the collective knowledge, skills and experience required on the ACHS Board, in either:

   1. Digital transformation/Data governance; or

   2. Corporate governance/legal expertise

2. Provides diversity of thought, experience, demographics, and other attributes

3. Demonstrates unwavering integrity and ethics

4. Available to attend Board meetings and engage constructively in Board discussions so to add overall value to ACHS

5. Demonstrates competency as a director and complies with the requirement to be a ‘fit and proper’ person

6. Demonstrates depth of understanding of the role and legal obligations of an ACHS Director

7. Is not prohibited by law from being a director of a company in any country

8. Demonstrates extensive knowledge of and/or experience in a healthcare environment (e.g., provider, regulator, government, etc.)

9. Demonstrated healthcare experience currently or within the past five (5) years to support business development within Australia.

Key Documents
Please refer to the following information to learn more about the role:

• Role Outline – as above

• Selection Criteria – as above

• ACHS Constitution – Table of contents

How to apply
Please submit the following documents to atawharu@achs.org.au by COB 16 March 2026

1. Board Resume / CV

2. Selection Criteria responses

Next Steps
Your application will be reviewed by our Nominations Committee against the Selection Criteria detailed above.

Questions
If you have any questions or want to discuss the role further, please contact:

• Dr Karen Luxford – Group Chief Executive Officer – kluxford@achs.org.au

About Us
The Australian Council on Healthcare Standards (ACHS) is an independent, not-for-profit organisation dedicated to improving quality in health care throughout Australia. As Australia’s leading healthcare assessment and accreditation provider for over 50 years, we have taken a partnership approach to continuous improvement, tailored to the needs of individual services and health systems, using our expertise in accreditation, standards development, education and consulting.

We work collaboratively with healthcare professionals, consumers, and government and industry stakeholders throughout Australia to implement healthcare accreditation programs.

The organisation looks towards a positive future to diversify its services, be a data-driven organisation and continue our market leading, customer-centric service to deliver upon our new Strategy.