• Role title: Technical Lead
• Role type: Fixed Term 12 months, full time
• Department and location: Office of the CEO / St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst
• Role grade: Health Service Manager Level 4
• Salary: $141,974 - $169,151 + super + salary packaging

Better and fairer care. Always.
We are St Vincent's Health Australia, Australia's largest not-for-profit provider of health and aged care services.

Founded by The Sisters of Charity in 1857, our +30,000 healthcare superheroes operate public and private hospitals, residential aged care, community and virtual care, and outreach programs.

About the role
This Technical Lead places you at the forefront of St Vincent's Health Network Sydney's largest transformation initiative: the Electrical Medical Record (EMR) and Patient Administration System (PAS) Program.

The Technical Lead will be responsible for the planning, design and implementation of the technical environment required to support a large-scale EMR and PAS at SVHNS.

To be successful in this role you will lead a technical team comprised of staff and external contractors to deliver a range of key projects and initiatives fundamental to the implementation.

• Report to the Program Director, and lead, mentor, and manage the EMR and PAS technical team
• Lead mentor and manage the Technical team ensuring efficient and effective delivery across all key areas
• Actively engage and collaborate with key stakeholders to understand technical needs and deliver solutions in the context of the delivery of patient care
• Design and facilitate implementation of directory services in collaboration with Lead Architect including Identity and Access Management solutions and standard operating environments supporting requirements as outlined for both NSWH and SVHA
• Data Centre, HWAN, WAN and LAN design, configuration and implementation
• Firewall management and co-ordination of configuration changes
• Coordination and management of the scope, procurement, configuration, deployment and testing of all end user and point of care devices;
• Plan, design and implement the required IT infrastructure (including hardware and network requirements) to support a large-scale EMR, ensuring that the appropriate management models are also implemented to ensure it is maintained in alignment with policies and processes;
• Ensure that appropriate cyber-security controls have been considered and deployed to support the EMR implementation;
• Have a flexible working environment to enjoy, with a 50/50 split of time working at hospital/time working from home

About you:

• Personal integrity and demonstrated commitment to the Philosophy, Mission and Values of Mary Aikenhead Ministries and St Vincent's Health Australia.
• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or relevant field and a minimum of 5 years working as a Project Manager in Information Technology, ideally within a healthcare environment or setting
• A sound understanding of networking, hosting and end user computing technologies
• Demonstrated ability to lead a team of different experts with multiple deliverables in a large scale environment across multiple locations
• Ability to work on premises at St Vincent's Hospital Sydney Darlinghurst. You will also be required to travel to other sites such as Reserve Road St Leonards as required.
• Strong inter-personal skills with demonstrated success in leading technology rollouts, with demonstratable experience leading a team of technical resources
• Demonstrated experience in project management functions including budget planning and financial management and forecasting, risk and issue management and implementation of governance frameworks to support technical delivery
• Previous experience working in a large scale EMR and/or PAS implementation is desirable
• A sound understanding of point of care device technologies in a healthcare setting

Why work at St Vincent's?

• Join us on our mission to provide care to all, including the most at-risk people in our community
• Discounted access to many gyms for you and your family with Fitness Passport
• Access to discounted private health insurance with Medibank
• Access to a government salary sacrifice program. Make a proportion of your salary tax-free
• Committed to financial support for educational development, scholarship programs, paid study leave

About the hospital
In this role you will be based at St Vincent's hospital, Darlinghurst.

• A busy inner-city hospital in a beautiful location
• Surrounded by great cafes, galleries and theatres, parks, nightlife, and nearby glorious beaches
• A place of expert clinical care for at-risk people
• Closely partnered with universities & affiliated research institutes, many of which are located on-campus
• Centres of excellence include heart & lung transplantation, bone marrow transplantation, cardiology, cancer care, AIDS/HIV, respiratory medicine, mental health, homeless health, drug & alcohol services, and correctional health

Sponsorship / work rights for Australia
Please note, visa sponsorship is not available for this position. For this role you must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen or have an Australia visa that grants you the work rights necessary for the role.

Pre-employment checks
Your employment is conditional upon the completion of all role-required pre-employment checks, including relevant immunisations.

Equal opportunity
We celebrate diversity & inclusion and are committed to equal employment opportunity for everyone.

How to apply
Please submit your resume and a brief cover letter highlighting how your interest, skills, and experience align with each of the things listed in the About You section of this job advert.

Respectfully, this role is not open to recruitment agencies.