Senior Clinical Informatics Officer | Full-time Permanent

Australian Capital Territory; Canberra; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Salary packaging

Flexible working conditions

Employee Assistance Program

Onsite Physiotherapists

Job summary

Canberra Health Services (CHS) seeks a Senior Clinical Informatics Officer to provide senior leadership for the Digital Health Record (DHR), aligning clinical practice with digital health advances. You will shape digital health strategy, optimise DHR configuration, and drive improvements in safety, usability and outcomes for patients.

You’ll lead projects, translate clinical and operational needs into practical digital solutions, and partner with clinical teams and senior stakeholders to deliver

Qualifications

• Senior clinical informatics leadership with experience in digital health.
• Understanding of Digital Health Record (DHR) operations.
• Experience in healthcare IT projects and change management.

Responsibilities

• Lead and optimise the DHR to be safe and clinically meaningful.
• Translate clinical needs into practical digital solutions.
• Partner with clinical teams and stakeholders to deliver improvements in usability, clinical decision support, reporting, quality and safety.

Job description

Senior Clinical Informatics Officer
Full-time Permanent

• 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.

About the Role: TheInformatics team is a newly established and growing function within CHS, with an exciting opportunity to shape the future of clinical digital health across the organisation. Working at the intersection of clinical practice, technology and strategy, the team is building capability that will strengthen CHS’s digital maturity and enable better ways of working and better outcomes for patients.

AsSenior Clinical Informatics Officer, you’ll provide senior clinical informatics leadership to support, optimise and enhance theDigital Health Record (DHR). You’ll bring together your clinical expertise, digital health knowledge and understanding of operational workflows to ensure the DHR is safe, effective, clinically meaningful and aligned with the needs and priorities of CHS.

This is akey role in driving the ongoing improvement and capability uplift of the DHR. You’ll lead and contribute to projects, digital initiatives and change programs that improve clinical outcomes, enhance usability and create a more effective digital experience for staff.

You’ll have the opportunity tomake a tangible impact on the future of clinical digital health at CHS. You’ll identify opportunities for improvement, translate clinical and operational needs into practical digital solutions, and use data and insights to inform decisions and measure outcomes. You’ll provide expert advice on DHR configuration and optimisation, lead change initiatives, build capability through education and training, and partner with clinical teams, senior stakeholders and Digital Canberra to deliver meaningful improvements acrossusability, clinical decision support, reporting, quality and safety.

If you’re passionate about connecting clinical practice with digital innovation and want to help shape how technology supports the delivery of care, this is an opportunity to make a real difference at CHS.

Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:

• Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy

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 .