Clinical Informatics Officer - Division Support Unit

Council Jobs; Canberra; On-site; AUD 128,000 - 137,000; Full time

Job summary

Canberra Health Services in Canberra is seeking a Senior Clinical Informatics Officer to join the Division Support Unit. You will support, optimise and enhance the Digital Health Record (DHR), ensuring safety, usability and alignment with clinical priorities.

Working with clinicians and digital health partners, you will identify opportunities to improve system capability, provide expert advice on DHR configuration, and contribute to education, training and standardised approaches to DHR

Responsibilities

• Support, optimise and enhance the Digital Health Record (DHR).
• Identify opportunities to enhance system capability and provide expert clinical informatics advice on DHR configuration and optimisation.
• Support the delivery of projects and change initiatives that strengthen digital health outcomes across Canberra Health Services.
• Contribute to education and training activities, developing standardised approaches to DHR enhancement, and providing briefings for senior stakeholders.

Skills

Clinical informatics

DHR awareness

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

Clinical Informatics Officer - Division Support Unit

Classification: Senior Officer Grade C
Salary: $127,597 - $136,873 plus superannuation
Position No: 54754 - 02SAS
Directorate: Canberra Health Services
Advertised (Gazettal date): 26 October 2026
Contact Officer: Chrysta Bridge on**************@act.gov.auor0405 978 ***

What can we offer you:

• Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
• Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
• Flexible working conditions.
• Access to Employee Assistance Program.
• Access to onsite Physiotherapists.
• Access to onsite cafes, staff cafeteria, pharmacy and gift shop.

About the Role: Join Canberra Health Services and help shape the future of digital healthcare. As a Clinical Informatics Officer, you will be part of a dedicated clinical informatics team responsible for supporting, optimising and enhancing the Digital Health Record (DHR). Working at the intersection of clinical practice, digital health systems and operational workflows, you will ensure the DHR remains safe, effective and user-focused, supporting high-quality patient care while aligning with organisational priorities, national standards and service delivery needs.

In this diverse and rewarding role, you will contribute to the continuous improvement of DHR functionality, usability, clinical decision support and reporting capability. Working collaboratively with clinicians, operational teams and digital health partners, you will identify opportunities to enhance system capability, provide expert clinical informatics advice on DHR configuration and optimisation, and support the delivery of projects and change initiatives that strengthen digital health outcomes across Canberra Health Services. You will also play a key role in supporting education and training activities, contributing to the development of standardised approaches to DHR enhancement, and providing advice and briefings to support informed decision-making by senior stakeholders.

Note: Under the ACTPS employment framework you may be placed in another role where required for the efficient administration of the service.

Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community-based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website.

Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together
Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our community
Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind

CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.

The ACT public service is committed to closing the gap, underpinned by the belief that when Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have a genuine say in the design and delivery of policies, programs and services that affect them, better life outcomes are achieved. More information can be found here ACT Closing the Gap Implementation Plan - ACT Government Transparency Portal.

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