Data and Information Lead

About the Role

Exciting Opportunity: Join Victoria's Exclusive Cancer Service Improvement Network

This role is an excellent opportunity to join Victoria's exclusive cancer service improvement network, working within the Victorian Integrated Cancer Service team. We are seeking a candidate who:

• Brings experience and expertise in managing local and state-wide health datasets, with a proven ability in analysing, translating, and effectively communicating data to key internal and external stakeholders.
• Values flexible working arrangements and salary packaging with associated benefits.

Integrated Cancer Services (ICS) are pivotal in Victoria, dedicated to enhancing the experiences and outcomes of individuals affected by cancer. Guided by the Victorian Cancer Action Plan 2020-2024, ICS activities are strategically directed.

GICS is among the nine teams forming the VICS network.

This position offers a fixed-term opportunity for 12 months, with a fortnightly workload ranging from 32 to 64 hours.

Key Responsibilities

• Represents GICS at VICS statewide cancer Data and Information forums as directed by the GICS Director including contributing to the development of the VICS IT environment, as a member of the Information Management Group, working with VICS colleagues to standardise reporting and reduce duplication of effort.
• Assumes responsibility for data governance, storage, integrity, access and flow on behalf of the GICS team.
• Oversee the access, maintenance, extraction, and analysis of data from a variety of existing datasets including maintenance and administration activities for GICS SQL databases via the Victorian data Access Linkage Trust (VALT)
• In consultation with the GICS team, develops bespoke data collection tools and methods to support the collection, analysis and presentation of data pertaining to service quality and improvement research projects as required.
• Develops Microsoft Power BI dashboards, and uses visualisation techniques to highlight data insights to a broad range of stakeholders to inform cancer service improvement, and enabling quality and performance monitoring
• Assists stakeholders to understand current local, state-wide, and national health information by drawing on relevant sources of data pertaining to cancer and delivery of cancer services.
• Supports GICS staff to increase their data capability, providing education where necessary on data availability, data accessibility, and analysis techniques.

Skills and Experience

• Hold a tertiary qualification in health information management, health informatics, data/computer science or equivalent combination of relevant experience, education, and training.

• Familiarity with healthcare systems and knowledge of issues pertaining to the provision of high-quality healthcare services.
• Demonstrated skills and experience in health record audit, data collection, management, analysis, and reporting
• High level data analysis and interpretation skills including sound working knowledge of general statistical analysis methods
• Understanding of data collection design principles, data integrity and the use of data to inform and evaluate projects.
• Ability to work collaboratively, sharing responsibility for the achievement of team’s goals, objectives and outcomes and thereby contributing to a positive and trusting team culture.
• Excellent oral presentation and written communication skills, especially for reporting complex statistical results.

Culture & BenefitsAt Grampians Health, we recognise our staff are our greatest asset.  We are committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for our staff, patients, residents, visitors, volunteers and contractors at all sites.

• Flexible work arrangements and purchase leave opportunities
• Salary packaging for living expenses such as rent/mortgage plus meals, entertainment & holidays
• Discounted on-site parking
• Access to discounted health club membership
• Staff rewards and recognition programs

About Grampians HealthGrampians Health provides healthcare to a large region at our campuses based in Ballarat, Dimboola, Edenhope, Horsham and Stawell.

Our mission is to deliver sustainable healthcare tailored to evolving community and workforce needs. We strive to enhance services and careers, providing quality healthcare to rural and regional communities. Joining Grampians Health means being part of a diverse team, with a variety of career opportunities in acute, maternity, mental health, allied health, aged care and support services.

Ballarat RegionBallarat is the largest centre in Western Victoria and the states fastest growing inland city.  Dubbed Australia’s most liveable city in 2020, Ballarat is home to first class education, fine dining and boutique shopping.  Uniquely located within easy access to Melbourne, Geelong, Bendigo and the Western district, Ballarat is blessed with some of Australia’s most significant heritage buildings and natural landscapes.

How to apply

Click APPLY or contact Kerry Davidson, Director GICS on  0417 635 ***  for a confidential discussion.

All appointments are subject to a satisfactory police records check, immunisation clearance and Working with Children check and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check.

All employees must be willing and able to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when required, which at a minimum is a surgical mask.  Additional PPE requirements are role-dependent.

Grampians Health is a child safe organisation, committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people.

Grampians Health is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, mature age workers and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or questioning), intersex and asexual LGBTQIA+.