AddressWe currently have a permanent, full-time opportunity available; part time options may be considered for the right candidate.
CRVCID 593567
Position Profile
We are seeking a Director of Digital Delivery to drive operational and strategic Digital Health initiatives across our service. This is an exciting opportunity help shape the future of Digital Health within CAHS and the broader paediatric health system landscape.
Reporting to the Chief Digital Health Officer, you will oversee the planning, execution, and completion of digital projects and initiatives that enable clinical excellence, support our workforce to deliver equitable and high-quality health outcomes, and have the capacity to adapt to meet future health requirements.
Initiatives include the EMR (Electronic Medical Records) implementation project, virtual care programs, and medical technologies including medication management, clinical decision support and diagnostic tools. These initiatives are designed to reduce the administrative burden on clinicians (allowing them to focus on delivering care), enable clinicians to diagnose at the point of capture (in real time), and help healthcare professionals make informed decisions based on the latest guidelines and patient-specific information.
As a leader, you will foster a culture of innovation, and role model solution-oriented, empathy-driven decision making. This means empowering and challenging your team to comprehend how digital tools impact frontline operations, ensuring patient safety is prioritised. You will be accountable for the effectiveness and adoption of digital solutions, monitor and evaluate, and provide specialist advice to solve complex problems across business and technical domains.
Your ability to foster collaboration and alignment, and build strong relationships with leaders, our clinical workforce and frontline staff, our young patients and their families, will be pivotal in keeping stakeholders informed, and engaged.
Key responsibilities include:
- Leading and influencing a diverse multidisciplinary group to manage and deliver Digital Health projects and programs within CAHS and across the broader WA health system.
- Overseeing all aspects of program delivery, facilitating escalation as required and navigating complex stakeholder relationships.
- Planning and allocating resources required for program and project management, within budget, scope and timelines.
- Monitoring and managing program-level risks and mitigation actions to safeguard delivery of outcomes.
- Developing and maintaining governance practices to enable informed decision-making and prioritisation and resolution of complex issues.
- Providing insights and progress information to key stakeholders, including the Chief Digital Health Officer, Department of Health WA, and CAHS Executive.
- Representing CAHS on strategic governance committees, forums, and cross-functional project teams.
- Fostering a culture of innovation and working with research institutions and industry partners to advance paediatric healthcare.
The ideal candidate will be an experienced leader, familiar with navigating complex organisational structures, and have extensive experience in Digital Health or healthcare program delivery. Prior experience delivering an EMR, or delivery of large scale health systems, will be of benefit. Additionally, you will have a strong understanding of project management principles and methodologies and human-centered design principles.
If you're ready to make a meaningful impact in paediatric healthcare and drive positive change, we want to hear from you. Join us in our mission to enhance patient care and improve outcomes for our community.
About our Team
The Digital Health team at the Child and Adolescent Health Service (CAHS) is dedicated to delivering streamlined, efficient, and high-quality care to young people and their families, both now and in the future.
We are responsible for ensuring digital services, health information systems (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 Statewide governance, CAHS’ strategic plan, and our commitment to clinically led, person-centred care.
We maintain an integrated, robust and cohesive system, ensuring effective data exchange across various departments and external facilities and support teams in leveraging data to increase visibility of clinical and operational workload, inform decision making, enhance patient outcomes, optimise hospital operations, and contribute to medical research. To maximise the impact of our digital tools, we provide training focused on improving the digital literacy and capability of system users.
Through engaging with our young patients, workforce consumers, carers, clinicians, and the health service system, we ensure that our patients and their families are active partners in continuous service improvement.
About CAHS:
The Child and Adolescent Health Service (CAHS) is proud to be the leading service provider for paediatric healthcare in Western Australia, as the State’s only dedicated health service for infants, children and young people. CAHS comprises four service areas: Neonatology, Community Health, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) and Perth Children’s Hospital (PCH).
With over 6500 employees, our services are delivered at PCH and King Edward Memorial Hospitals (KEMH), as well as across a network of more than 160 community clinics across the Perth metropolitan area.
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How to apply
We welcome your application via the ‘Apply ’ button on this page. Your application should contain the following:
- A statement addressing selection criteria as per the Job Description Form in 2 – 3 pages maximum.
- A copy of your current CV outlining your most recent and relevant work experience.
- The name, email and contact details of two referees who can be contacted to provide a confidential report (we will contact you and seek your confirmation prior to contacting your listed referees).
Selection Criteria: Please see the attached Job Description Form.
For Further Job Related Information:
We encourage you to contact Shaun O’Neil - Chief Digital Health Officer, Digital Health, on 0472 832 *** or shaun.o’****@health.wa.gov.au with any specific questions related to this role.
Help in submitting your application: If you experience technical difficulties while applying online, please contact Employee Services on 13 44 77 for immediate assistance during business hours.
Eligibility to Apply: Australian citizenship or permanent residency is an essential requirement for applicants to be considered for permanent positions in the public sector.
Other Conditions: WA Health engages staff in positions of trust and responsibility. WA Health policies require applicants to undertake criminal records screening and integrity checking as part of the appointment process. Referees may also be asked to comment on an applicant’s integrity and past demonstration of ethical behaviour.
Whilst this selection process will initially be used to fill the above vacancy, it may also be used to fill other "similar" vacancies throughout the health service. In addition to this, should the successful applicant decline or vacate the advertised vacancy, then the next most 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 the recruitment decision.
CAHS values: To achieve our vision of healthy kids, healthy communities, CAHS is committed to providing a workplace culture that is driven and shaped by our values of Compassion, Collaboration, Equity, Respect, Excellence and Accountability. During the selection process you may be assessed on your ability to fulfil the responsibilities of this position in accordance with the values. If you have any questions regarding this, please contact the person named in this advert.
WA Health is committed to eliminating all forms of discrimination in the provision of our service. We embrace diversity and strongly encourage applications from people from culturally diverse backgrounds and people with disabilities.
In addition, we are committed to growing our Aboriginal workforce as part of WA Health Aboriginal Workforce Policy. As a measure to achieve equality, Section 51 of the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 applies to this position and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are encouraged to apply.
For Assistance including any adjustment needed to accommodate a disability and confidential enquiries – please contact the Strategic Talent Acquisition Recruitment Team (START) service via email: ***************@health.wa.gov.au
Before you apply for this position, please read the attached job application information sheet which contains important information.
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