Director Digital Delivery

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• Shapeand enable the delivery of streamlined, efficient, andhigh-quality care to young people and theirfamilies

Wecurrently have a permanent, full-time opportunity available; parttime options may be considered for the rightcandidate.

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We areseeking a Director of DigitalDelivery  to drive operational and strategic digitalhealth initiatives across our service. This is an excitingopportunity help shape the future of digital health within CAHS andthe broader paediatric health system landscape.

Reporting tothe Chief Digital Health Officer, you will oversee the planning,execution, and completion of digital projects and initiatives thatenable clinical excellence, support our workforce to deliverequitable and high-quality health outcomes, and have the capacityto adapt to meet future health requirements.

Initiativesinclude the EMR (Electronic Medical Records) implementationproject, virtual care programs, and medical technologies includingmedication management, clinical decision support and diagnostictools. These initiatives are designed to reduce the administrativeburden on clinicians (allowing them to focus on delivering care),enable clinicians to diagnose at the point of capture (in realtime), and help healthcare professionals make informed decisionsbased on the latest guidelines and patient-specificinformation.

As a leader,you will foster a culture of innovation, and role modelsolution-oriented, empathy-driven decision making. This meansempowering and challenging your team to comprehend how digitaltools impact frontline operations, ensuring patient safety isprioritised. You will be accountable for the effectiveness andadoption of digital solutions, monitor and evaluate, and providespecialist advice to solve complex problems across business andtechnical domains.

Your abilityto foster collaboration and alignment, and build strongrelationships with leaders, our clinical workforce and frontlinestaff, our young patients and their families, will be pivotal inkeeping stakeholders informed, and engaged.

Keyresponsibilities include:

• Leadingand influencing a diverse multidisciplinary group to manage anddeliver digital health projects and programs within CAHS andacross the broader WA health system.
• Overseeing all aspectsof program delivery, facilitating escalation as required andnavigating complex stakeholder relationships.
• Planningand allocating resources required for program and projectmanagement, within budget, scope and timelines.
• Monitoring and managingprogram-level risks and mitigation actions to safeguarddelivery of outcomes.
• Developing andmaintaining governance practices to enable informeddecision-making and prioritisation and resolution of complexissues.
• Providing insights andprogress information to key stakeholders, including the ChiefDigital Health Officer, Department of Health WA, and CAHSExecutive.
• Representing CAHS onstrategic governance committees, forums, and cross-functionalproject teams.
• Fostering a culture ofinnovation and working with research institutions and industrypartners to advance paediatric healthcare.

The idealcandidate will be an experienced leader, familiar with navigatingcomplex organisational structures, and have extensive experience indigital health or healthcare program delivery. Prior experiencedelivering an EMR, or delivery of large scale health systems, willbe of benefit. Additionally, you will have a strong understandingof project management principles and methodologies andhuman-centered design principles.

If you'reready to make a meaningful impact in paediatric healthcare anddrive positive change, we want to hear from you. Join us in ourmission to enhance patient care and improve outcomes for ourcommunity.

Aboutour Team

The DigitalHealth team at the Child and Adolescent Health Service (CAHS) is dedicated to delivering streamlined, efficient, andhigh-quality care to young people and their families, both now andin the future.

We areresponsible for ensuring digital services, health informationsystems (electronic medical records or EMR), IT infrastructure,virtual care, mobile solutions, patient management systems,clinical technology and decision making tools are fit for purpose,reliable, secure, easily accessible, and aligned with Statewidegovernance, CAHS’ strategic plan, and our commitment toclinically led, person-centred care.

We maintainan integrated, robust and cohesive system, ensuring effective dataexchange across various departments and external facilities andsupport teams in leveraging data to increase visibility of clinicaland operational workload, inform decision making, enhance patientoutcomes, optimise hospital operations, and contribute to medicalresearch. To maximise the impact of our digital tools, we providetraining focused on improving the digital literacy and capabilityof system users.

Throughengaging with our young patients, workforce consumers, carers,clinicians, and the health service system, we ensure that ourpatients and their families are active partners in continuousservice improvement.

AboutCAHS:

The Child andAdolescent Health Service (CAHS) is proud to be the leading serviceprovider for paediatric healthcare in Western Australia, as theState’s only dedicated health service for infants, childrenand young people. CAHS comprises four service areas: Neonatology,Community Health, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services(CAMHS) and Perth Children’s Hospital (PCH).

With over6500 employees, our services are delivered at PCH and King EdwardMemorial Hospitals (KEMH), as well as across a network of more than160 community clinics across the Perth metropolitanarea.

For furtherinformation about the benefits of working for CAHS, pleaseclick  here  andfor further information regarding CAHS’ services, pleaseclick  here

We welcomeyour application via the ‘Apply for Job’ button on thispage. Your application should contain the following:

• Astatement addressing selection criteria as per the JobDescription Form in 2 – 3 pages maximum.
• A copyof your current CV outlining your most recent and relevant workexperience.
• Thename, email and contact details of tworeferees  who can be contacted to provide aconfidential report (we will contact you and seek yourconfirmation prior to contacting your listedreferees).

SelectionCriteria:  Please see the attached Job DescriptionForm. 

ForFurther Job Related Information: 

We encourageyou to contact Shaun O’Neil - Chief Digital Health Officer,Digital Health, on 0472 832 *** or shaun.o’ with any specific questions related to this role.

Helpin submitting your application:  If you experiencetechnical difficulties while applying online, please contactEmployee Services on 13 44 77 for immediate assistance duringbusiness hours.

Eligibility toApply:  Australian citizenship or permanent residencyis an essential requirement for applicants to be considered forpermanent positions in the public sector. 
OtherConditions:  WA Health engages staff in positions oftrust and responsibility. WA Health policies require applicants toundertake criminal records screening and integrity checking as partof the appointment process. Referees may also be asked to commenton an applicant’s integrity and past demonstration of ethicalbehaviour.

Whilst thisselection process will initially be used to fill the above vacancy,it may also be used to fill other "similar" vacancies throughoutthe health service. In addition to this, should the successfulapplicant decline or vacate the advertised vacancy, then the nextmost suitable applicant may also be selected from this process.Both of these options remain valid for a period of twelve (12)months from when the authorised delegate endorses therecruitment decision.

CAHSvalues:  To achieve our vision of healthykids, healthy communities , CAHS is committed to providing aworkplace culture that is driven and shaped by our valuesof Compassion, Collaboration, Equity, Respect,Excellence and Accountability.  During the selectionprocess you may be assessed on your ability to fulfil theresponsibilities of this position in accordance with the values. Ifyou have any questions regarding this, please contact the personnamed in this advert.

WA Health iscommitted to eliminating all forms of discrimination in theprovision of our service. We embrace diversity and stronglyencourage applications from people from culturally diversebackgrounds and people with disabilities.

In addition,we are committed to growing our Aboriginal workforce as part of WAHealth Aboriginal Workforce Policy. As a measure to achieveequality, Section 51 of the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 applies tothis position and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples areencouraged to apply.

ForAssistance  including any adjustment needed toaccommodate a disability and confidential enquiries – pleasecontact the Strategic Talent Acquisition Recruitment Team (START)service via email:

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