Senior Project Officer

Child and Adolescent Health Service; Western Australia; On-site; AUD 12,000 - 16,000; Part time

Job summary

Child and Adolescent Health Service (CAHS) is seeking a Senior Project Officer to lead strategic healthcare redesign and reform initiatives aimed at enhancing service delivery, patient flow, and organisational performance. You will manage complex projects, support change implementation, and provide expert guidance to multidisciplinary teams to achieve sustainable improvements across CAHS.

The role involves analysing health data, developing business cases and project plans, monitoring outcomes,

Qualifications

• Experience leading complex healthcare projects and driving reform initiatives.
• Ability to analyse health data, develop business cases and project plans.
• Strong communication and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver strategic healthcare redesign initiatives to improve service delivery and performance.
• Analyse complex health data, develop business cases and project plans, monitor outcomes.
• Build and maintain relationships with clinical and industry stakeholders; facilitate consultation and share learnings.

Skills

Strategic project leadership

Healthcare redesign

Data analysis

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

CRVCID No. 751970 This is a Permanent Part Time appointment for 0.1 FTE (Full Time Equivalent) at 8 hours per fortnight.

CRVCID No. 751970 This is a Permanent Part Time appointment for 0.1 FTE (Full Time Equivalent) at 8 hours per fortnight.

Position Profile:

We are seeking a suitably experienced Senior Project Officer to lead and deliver strategic healthcare redesign and reform initiatives that enhance service delivery, patient flow, and organisational performance. In this role, you will manage complex projects, support change implementation, and provide expert guidance to multidisciplinary teams to achieve sustainable improvements across healthcare services.

The successful candidate will analyse and interpret complex health data, develop business cases and project plans, monitor project outcomes, and deliver high-quality reporting to support strategic decision-making. You will also build and maintain strong relationships with clinical and industry stakeholders, facilitate consultation and collaboration, and contribute to the sharing of project outcomes, lessons learned, and best practices across the health sector.

Your ability to meet the work-related requirements will be assessed throughout the recruitment process. For your written application please provide the following:

• A statement addressing the selection criteria as outlined in the attached JDF in no more than 3 pages:
• A short statement addressing the below suitability criteria:
  • Outline your skills and experience aligned with Medical Imaging
  • Outline your knowledge and experience of surgical operations and terminology within a tertiary acute hospital setting.
• A current resume which summarises your experience and how you meet the position requirements.
• The name, email and contact details of two referees who can be contacted to provide an employment reference.

These documents should be complete and ready to attach prior to applying online. Please ensure you allow sufficient time to complete the online application process as you will be required to answer various questions and attach your documentation.

Suitability Criteria: Suitability recognises that there is a range of factors - along with having the skills, knowledge and abilities - that constitute merit. These factors included a person's eligibility, ability to demonstrate the right behaviours, ethical alignment and cultural fit. In addition to the Essential Criteria and Desirable Criteria outlined in the attached Job Description Form, these requirements will also be considered to determine your suitability for the role.

Selection Criteria: Please see the attached Job Description Form (available online at www.jobs.health.wa.gov.au).

For Further Job Related Information: We encourage you to contact Carrie Dunbar, Nurse Co-Director – Surgical Directorate on 08 6456 4540.

Eligibility to Apply: To be eligible for appointment, applicants must have valid Australian work rights. This includes visa holders. Permanent appointments may be made to individuals who hold citizenship, permanent residency, or visas that enable ongoing employment in Australia.

Sponsorship is not currently available for this position.

Other Conditions: WA Health engages staff in positions of trust and responsibility. WA Health policies require applicants to undertake a criminal records screening and integrity checking as part of the appointment process. As well as undertaking a criminal record screening and integrity checking, you may also be required to undertake a working with children check (if required for the role) and a pre-employment health assessment. We may ask referees to comment on your integrity and past demonstration of ethical behaviour. Please note that adverse information does not necessarily disqualify an applicant but will be considered as part of the appointment process.

WA Health is committed to eliminating all forms of discrimination in the provision of our service. We embrace diversity and strongly encourage applications from people from culturally diverse backgrounds and people with disabilities.

In addition, we are committed to growing our Aboriginal workforce as part of WA Health Aboriginal Workforce Policy. As a measure to achieve equality, Section 51 of the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 applies to this position and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are encouraged to apply.

Whilst this selection process will initially be used to fill the above vacancy, applicants found suitable for this position may be considered for other ‘similar’ vacancies within CAHS and/or the wider WA public sector. In addition to this, should the successful applicant decline or vacate the advertised vacancy, then the next most suitable applicant may also be selected from this process. Both of these options remain valid for a period of twelve (12) months from when the authorised delegate endorses the recruitment decision.

About CAHS

The Child and Adolescent Health Service (CAHS) is proud to be the leading service provider for paediatric healthcare in Western Australia, as the State’s only dedicated health service for infants, children, and young people. CAHS comprises three service areas: Perth Children’s Hospital (PCH) and Neonatology, Community Health, and Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS).

With over 7000 employees, our services are delivered at PCH and King Edward Memorial Hospitals (KEMH), as well as across a network of more than 160 community clinics across the Perth metropolitan area.

For further information about the benefits of working for CAHS, please click here and for further information regarding CAHS’ services, please click here.

CAHS values:

To achieve our vision of healthy kids, healthy communities, CAHS is committed to providing a workplace culture that is driven and shaped by our values of Compassion, Collaboration, Equity, Respect, Excellence and Accountability. During the selection process you may be assessed on your ability to fulfil the responsibilities of this position in accordance with the values. If you have any questions regarding this, please contact the person named in this advert.

Support for your interview process

CAHS is committed to ensuring that our interview process meets the access needs of all applicants. If you require any reasonable adjustments to accommodate a disability, enhance access, or support your inclusion and success during the interview, please contact the CAHS Talent Acquisition Team prior to your interview.

You can reach the team via [e-mail] or by calling 08 6456 0321. All enquiries will be treated confidentially.

Lodgement is system generated. Any submissions on, or after, 4:00pm on the closing date will not be accepted.

LATE OR EMAIL APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.