Data Manager

Southern NSW Local Health District; St Leonards; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working options

State-of-the-art offices in St Leonads

Job summary

Agency for Clinical Innovation (ACI) in St Leonards leads NSW health data initiatives and supports clinical improvements. The Data Manager will register clinical data, develop registries, and ensure quality across networks and hospitals.

They will perform pre-processing, anomaly detection, and assist decision-making with analyses and reports. Occasional travel across NSW to sites is expected, with some overnight stays.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications in health data or related field.
• Proficiency in R or similar statistical software for data cleaning and analysis.
• Experience with data governance, data dictionaries and registries.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensure accurate clinical data registration and manage data registries.
• Develop user guides and data dictionaries; support governance and compliance.
• Perform data pre-processing, identify anomalies, and respond to queries.
• Conduct advanced analyses and generate reports to support research.

Skills

R

Statistics

Data cleaning

Data governance

Stakeholder engagement

Data storytelling

Education

Health data qualification

Data science degree

Tools

REDCap

PowerBI

SQL

Excel

Job description

Additional Benefits:

Join an organisation passionate about delivering improved health care and enjoy flexible working options based in state of the art, agile offices in St Leonards.

Location:

1 Reserve Road, St Leonards

Applications Close:

Wednesday, 16 September 2026 at 11:59PM

The Agency for Clinical Innovation (ACI) is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment which reflects the community we serve. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTIQA+, neurodiverse individuals, and people with disabilities to apply!

About us

The Agency for Clinical Innovation (ACI) leads innovation in clinical care across NSW. We do this by bringing clinicians, patients and healthcare managers together to design and implement new ways to deliver healthcare.

About the Opportunity

The Data Manager will provide expertise in data and clinical quality registries, collaborating with ACI networks, the Ministry of Health, Local Health Districts (LHDs), Specialty Health Networks (SHNs), hospitals, and clinicians to drive clinical quality outcomes. Their primary responsibilities include ensuring accurate clinical data registration, developing and maintaining data registries, user guides, and data dictionaries, and supporting data governance, security, and compliance.

Additionally, the Data Manager will perform data pre-processing, identify anomalies, and support clinical decision making by responding to queries at local and state-wide levels. They will also conduct advanced analyses, generate reports, and offer data expertise to support innovations and research in healthcare.

Located at the ACI offices in St Leonards, the Data Manager will occasionally travel across NSW, including rural and metropolitan areas, for site visits, with occasional overnight stays.

Selection Criteria

• Tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline and/or demonstrated experience working with health data, including clinical and outcome data.
• Proficiency in use of R or other statistical software or programming languages, including to clean, structure, and validate data.
• Completion of health projects requiring advanced analytical methods such as statistical modelling.
• Highly developed interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to partner effectively with internal and external stakeholders (including clinicians), such as influencing and negotiating with stakeholders to access or provide data, support new approaches to data analysis and reporting, and implement continuous improvement initiatives.
• High level written and verbal communication skills including extensive experience writing data reports and presenting complex analytical concepts and results to different stakeholders (including clinicians) in a format that will assist in informing decisions regarding service quality, evaluation and new approaches to health service delivery.
• Demonstrated ability to train and work with operational and administrative staff to facilitate reliable and accurate data entry at the service level.

Desirable skills and experience including:

• Experience developing and managing large multi-site projects or databases in REDCap
• Experience developing data dashboards for use by stakeholders using PowerBI
• Experience managing data projects and working in multidisciplinary teams
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• NSW Health is committed to accessibility and may provide adjustments to the recruitment and interview process as needed, including physical adjustments, interview setup, or scheduling needs.
• This is a permanent position and requires full working rights in Australia (e.g. Australian citizenship/ permanent resident). If you currently hold a temporary visa that allows you to live and work in Australia, you may be eligible for employment opportunities in line with the conditions of your visa.

If interview adjustments are required, please contact [e-mail] at the time the interview invitation is issued, or as soon as reasonably possible. Requests for adjustments will be considered in line with NSW Health requirements.

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