Safety Clinical Insights Data Lead

NSW Health; St Leonards; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health organization in Australia seeks a Safety Clinical Insights Data Lead. The role involves leading quality improvement data initiatives and influencing patient safety strategies across health networks. Candidates should possess a strong clinical leadership background and experience in engaging with diverse stakeholders. The position offers full-time permanent employment with competitive remuneration.

Benefits

Career Development

Culture of collaboration

Allocated Day Off (ADO) every 28 days

Qualifications

• Track record of effective clinical leadership and change management.
• Experience engaging senior stakeholders to drive business outcomes.
• Ability to manage competing demands in a high-pressure environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and implementation of the Quality Improvement Data System.
• Build relationships with key stakeholders to enhance patient safety initiatives.
• Use data to analyze and inform responses to patient safety issues.

Skills

Leadership skills

Customer service

Innovative thinking

Education

Relevant tertiary qualifications or extensive equivalent experience

Tools

Microsoft Office products

Job description

Safety Clinical Insights Data Lead

Clinical Excellence Commission

Where you'll be working

The Clinical Excellence Commission (CEC) is committed to providing leadership in safety and quality to improve health care for patients in NSW. The primary focus of the CEC is to promote and support improved clinical care, safety and quality across the NSW public health system, and to meet functions specified by the Minister for Health. The CEC Strategic Plan places priority on delivering high performing reliable systems and ensuring safety and quality in the provision of healthcare for ‘every patient, every time’ is consistent across NSW Health.

What you'll be doing

The Safety Data Insights Clinical Lead will be responsible for bringing leadership to the ongoing development, implementation and evaluation of the Quality Improvement Data System (QIDS) and other CEC data platforms in collaboration with the Local Health Districts (LHDs), Specialty Health Networks (SHNs), relevant Ministry of Health (MoH) teams and Pillars in line with the CEC Strategic Plan, NSW Health Strategic Priorities and NSW State Health Plan.

The position will build and successfully maintain relationships with key stakeholders within each NSW Health entity and at a state level to successfully enhance the profile, and influence the effectiveness of the CEC mission to actively monitor and drive health system safety, by using data to monitor, analyse, predict and inform data insights and responses to system patient safety issues.

What are we looking for?

• Enthusiastic team members with a 'can-do' attitude
• Commitment to outstanding customer service
• Innovative thinkers who strive for excellence

What can we offer you?

• Career Development
• A culture focused on core values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment
• One Allocated Day Off (ADO) in each 28-day roster cycle

Employment Type

Full Time, Permanent

Position Classification

Health Manager Level 4

Remuneration

$141,974.00 - $169,151.00 per annum, plus 12% superannuation

Hours Per Week

38

Requisition ID

REQ616746

Location

1 Reserve Road, St Leonards

How to apply - your application to be considered must include both:

• An up-to-date resume of no more than five (5) pages which clearly details your skills and experience as relevant to this role.
• A cover letter and completed online questionnaire addressing each of the below selection criteria.
• 2x referees will need to be supplied prior to an offer being made.

• Application must be lodged electronically. Please go to https://jobs.health.nsw.gov.au/ and search Job Reference Number REQ616746 to submit your application.

Please email your expression of interest, along with Resume and Cover Letter addressing the Selection Criteria to Sarah Lyons on [e-mail]

Selection Criteria

• Relevant tertiary qualifications or extensive relevant equivalent experience in a large complex organisation (or a combination of study and work experience) with a proven track record of effective clinical leadership and change management.
• Superior leadership, influencing and negotiation skills with extensive experience engaging senior stakeholders and customers to drive capability and development and achieve business outcomes.
• Superior skills and proven experience using Microsoft office products in a creative and innovative format to provide qualitative and quantitative information to diverse audiences and stakeholders.
• Superior organisational skills and experience working in a high volume and demanding professional environment with a capacity to prioritise competing demands, multitask, achieve business goal within tight timeframes, perform and always work with a customer focused approach.
• Proven experience leading the development, implementation and evaluation of capability building programs and other resources to optimise the access, adoption and use of digital platforms and patient safety data and create insights to improve patient safety and other related outcomes.
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills with demonstrated experience developing effective professional relationships with internal and external stakeholders including liaising with and influencing stakeholders to adopt and implement continuous improvement initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team environment as well as individually.
• Demonstrated experience leading and delivering state‑wide projects, including planning, managing change, improving systems and performance, and working with people and strategies to achieve results.

Need more information?

• Click here for the Position Description
• Find out more about applying for this position
• For role related queries or questions contact Sarah Lyons on [e-mail]

Our Commitment to Diversity

NSW Health values diversity and is committed to building an inclusive workplace culture that reflects the community we serve. We encourage applications from diverse community groups including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTIQ+, those with special needs and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

For more information, visit our Aboriginal Workforce Page or contact our Access and Inclusion Team.

Aboriginal Workforce contact email: [e-mail]

Access and Inclusion Team contact email: [e-mail]

Things to consider when submitting application:

To be eligible for employment in the role you must be one of the following. You can only be offered employment in this role for the duration that your current visa allows you to work in Australia, and you can only be offered ongoing employment if you have a permanent visa that allows you to work in Australia:

• a Australian Citizen,
• a permanent resident of Australia,
• a New Zealand citizen with a current New Zealand Passport,
• a citizen of another country with an appropriate visa that allows you to work in Australia

To learn more about working at the NSW Health, please visit our career portal.

Applications Close

Sunday, 16th of November 2025 at 11:59PM