40IFunctions of the chief executive officer of public hospital

40I Functions of the chief executive officer of public hospital (1) The functions of the chief executive officer of a public hospital are— (a) to manage the public hospital in accordance with— (ii) the instructions of the board; and (b) to prepare material for consideration by the board including the following— (i) statements of priorities, other than in the case of the Queen Elizabeth Centre and the Tweddle Child and Family Health Service; (ii) strategic plans, business plans, strategies and budgets; and (c) 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 (d) to implement effective and accountable systems to monitor and improve the quality, safety and effectiveness of health services provided by the public hospital; and (e) 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 (f) to ensure that the board's decisions are implemented effectively and efficiently throughout the public hospital; and (g) 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 (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 hospital. (2) In performing the chief executive officer's functions under this section, the chief executive officer must have regard to— (a) 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 (b) the need to ensure that the public hospital uses its resources in an effective and efficient manner; and (c) the need to ensure that resources of the Victorian public health sector generally are used effectively and efficiently. Pt 3 Div. 4A (Heading and ss 40A–40L) inserted by No. 46/1995 s. 8, amended by Nos 46/1998 s. 7(Sch. 1) (as amended by No. 12/1999 s. 3(Sch. 1 item 13)), 66/1998 s. 7, 44/2001 s. 3(Sch. item 61.1), repealed by No. 52/2004 s. 15. Division 5—Public hospitals and denominational hospitals