Data Manager

Queensland Health; Cleveland; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

The Bayside Data Manager role at Bayside Health Service, part of Queensland Health, focuses on ensuring data accuracy and usefulness to support quality improvement and clinical governance. You will work with executive and clinical teams to turn data into actionable insights that enhance patient journeys.

Ideal candidates will have strong analytical and communication skills, experience with BI tools, dashboards, and databases, and familiarity with health system data like HBCIS, ieMR and FirstNet.

Qualifications

• High-level analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with data quality, performance analysis and reporting.
• Strong data management and technical capability with BI, databases, dashboards, and Office apps.

Responsibilities

• Analyse performance data and identify improvement opportunities.
• Develop processes that support reliable reporting and better patient journeys.
• Translate complex data into meaningful insights for quality improvement and governance.
• Support projects and organisational change within a complex health service.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Data management

BI & dashboards

Stakeholder communication

Process improvement

Tools

Power BI

SQL databases

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Turn Data into Better Health Outcomes at Bayside

Use your data expertise to improve data quality, performance reporting and clinical decision-making across Bayside Health Service.

Your new role:

The Bayside Data Manager plays a key role in ensuring the accuracy, quality and usefulness of health service data. Working closely with Bayside Executive, clinical and departmental teams, you will analyse performance data, identify improvement opportunities and develop processes that support reliable reporting and better patient journeys. You'll bring strong analytical, problem-solving and communication skills to translate complex data into meaningful insights that support quality improvement, clinical governance and informed decision-making.

About you:

You're a data-driven problem solver who can turn complex information into clear, meaningful insights that support better decisions, quality improvement and patient outcomes.

• high-level analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills, with experience in data quality, performance analysis and reporting.
• Have strong data management and technical capability, including experience with Business Intelligence, databases, dashboards and Microsoft Office applications.
• Communicate confidently with stakeholders at all levels, with the ability to translate complex data into clear reports, advice and actionable recommendations.
• Demonstrate experience supporting projects, quality improvement initiatives and organisational change within a complex service environment.
• Ideally, have experience with Queensland Health systems such as HBCIS, ieMR and FirstNet, with health-sector experience highly regarded.

What we can offer you:

• We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.
• We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
• We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
• You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE

Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.

We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.

We are Metro South Health:

We are the major public healthcare provider for Brisbane's south side, Logan, Redlands, and the Scenic Rim operating five major hospitals and a range of community, specialty, and state-wide healthcare services.

We are bold, innovative, collaborative, inspiring. We save lives, change lives, and make the world a better place. We are part of and proud of the community we serve.

We are better together.