Data Manager

NSW Health; Sydney; On-site; AUD 119,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Superannuation

Job summary

NSW Health at St Vincent’s Public Hospital, Sydney, seeks a max-term, full-time data governance specialist to lead data quality initiatives and partner with clinicians. The role supports governance, analysis, reporting, and service improvement across clinical data in a dynamic hospital setting.

The position offers a competitive salary range with super and salary packaging benefits, reflecting NSW Health pay scales and a commitment to data excellence.

Qualifications

• Experience in healthcare data environments with governance, quality, analysis, reporting, and improvement.
• Ability to build relationships with clinicians, managers, and stakeholders to influence data quality outcomes.
• Strong communication and relationship management to explain complex concepts to diverse audiences.
• Analytical and problem solving skills to translate data into practical insights for decisions.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and deliver high-quality outcomes with expert advice.

Responsibilities

• Lead data quality and governance initiatives to ensure accurate, reliable clinical and operational data.
• Partner with clinicians and stakeholders to improve data capture, deliver training, and support best practices.
• Analyse complex data and provide actionable insights for service improvement and decision-making.
• Deliver high-quality reporting and drive improvements through data standards and issue resolution.

Skills

Data governance

Data quality

Data analysis

Reporting

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Problem solving

Prioritisation

Job description

Role type: Max-term, full-time contract (10-month parental leave cover)

Department and location: Informatics and Data Excellence, St Vincent’s Public Hospital, Sydney

Salary: $118,821- $140,201 + super + salary packaging

Welcome to St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney

Join a team built on a proud legacy of world-class care, true compassion, and deep community roots.

Founded by the Sisters of Charity and powered today by St Vincent’s Health Australia, the Sisters' legacy of compassionate service is our living heartbeat. As Sydney’s premier and iconic inner-city public hospital, we serve the entire population, providing world-class care to all people, including the most vulnerable in our community. Across our renowned precinct, we feature cutting-edge programs and surgery infrastructure, fostering clinical excellence and professional growth.

Located in the vibrant heart of Darlinghurst, we are positioned just minutes from Kings Cross station, with direct, high-frequency bus connections from the east, and seamless links from Gadigal and Museum stations right to our doorstep.

Read on to explore this exciting role and the fantastic perks waiting for you here.

About the role

• Lead data quality and governance initiatives to ensure accurate, reliable, and compliant clinical and operational data
• Partner with clinicians and business stakeholders to improve data capture practices, deliver training, and support best-practice data management
• Analyse complex data and provide actionable insights that support service improvement, performance monitoring, and strategic decision-making
• Deliver high-quality reporting and drive continuous improvement through the development of data standards, resolution of data quality issues, and enhancement of reporting processes

About you

• Proven experience in healthcare, health information, research, or other complex data environments, with expertise in data governance, data quality, analysis, reporting, and continuous improvement
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain strong relationships with clinicians, managers, and stakeholders, influencing data quality outcomes and supporting organisational priorities through effective use of information
• Highly developed communication, engagement, and relationship management skills, with the ability to communicate complex concepts clearly to a diverse range of audiences
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, with the ability to interpret complex information, develop practical solutions, and drive process and system improvements
• Proven ability to manage competing priorities and deliver high-quality outcomes while providing expert advice and translating data into meaningful insights that support evidence-based decision-making

What we can offer you

• Exceptional Rewards: Competitive pay and not-for-profit salary packaging to maximise your income
• Seamless NSW Health Mobility: Smooth transfer of your qualifying service and leave entitlements
• World-Class: Be part of a renowned precinct alongside the Garvan & Victor Chang institutes
• Excellence: Premier heart/lung transplant program, advanced robotics, & pioneering HIV/AIDS initiatives
• Cutting-Edge Oncology: Deliver advanced cancer care and trials at the renowned Kinghorn Cancer Centre
• Community: Support vital programs for First Nations, homelessness, mental health, & drug and alcohol care
• Professional Advancement: Accelerate your career with study leave and Curran Foundation scholarships
• Health & Wellbeing: Fitness Passport, discounted private health, & cultural recognitions and celebrations

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.

Equal opportunity

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

As part of our commitment to reconciliation, we encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply and join us in delivering care that heals body, mind, spirit and community.

Respectfully, this role is not open to recruitment agencies.