Description:
Employment Type : Permanent Full TimePosition Classification : Health Manager Level 5
Remuneration : $166,678 - $186,448 per annum plus Superannuation
Hours Per Week : 40
Requisition ID : REQ569474
Applications Close: Sunday, 18 May 2025 Location: District Wide, SESLHD
Join a Team Driving Innovation and Strategic Change in Healthcare!
The Strategy, Innovation and Digital Health Team at SESLHD is at the forefront of shaping the future of healthcare. Our dynamic directorate brings together strategic planning, analytics, digital technology, change, and project management to ensure that resources are aligned with our most critical organisational priorities.
Structured around three core pillars, our team is dedicated to:
- Driving key strategic and operational initiatives
- Delivering innovative, practical solutions to improve service quality and efficiency
- Exploring forward-thinking opportunities in digital health, environmental sustainability, and organisational change
We lead the development of strategic plans for SESLHD and ensure their successful execution. Whether it's adopting cutting-edge technology, transforming service delivery, or addressing complex system-wide challenges, our focus is clear: to shape a smarter, more sustainable health future.
If you’re passionate about making a tangible impact in healthcare through innovation, strategy, and collaboration— this is the team for you .
Where you'll be working
Welcome to the South Eastern Sydney Local Health District .
South Eastern Sydney Local Health District is one of the largest local health districts in Sydney, covering a geographical area of 468 square kilometres from Sydney’s central business district, the beaches from Bondi to Cronulla and down to the Royal National Park. We proudly deliver health care to around 930,000 residents across the local government areas of Woollahra, Waverley, Randwick, Bayside, Georges River and the Sutherland Shire. We also provide a key role in helping residents of Lord Howe Island.
The Role
Join our dynamic ICT Leadership team and play a key role in shaping the digital future of healthcare. You'll lead the development and execution of ICT and Digital Health strategies, ensuring alignment with statewide priorities. This role manages enterprise architecture, cybersecurity, service delivery, project portfolios, and financial performance—while fostering strong clinical engagement and building future-ready ICT capability. Be a strategic advisor, a change leader, and a key player in advancing digital health innovation across the system.
Benefits:
- Salary packaging options that reduce your taxable income and increase your take-home pay! Up to $9K for living expenses and $2.6K meal & entertainment & Novated Leasing.
- Discounted gym memberships with a Fitness Passport
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for employees and family members.
- Discounted Private Health Insurance.
Are you ready to join us?
We are excited to learn more about you and your experience. As part of the application process, we invite you to respond to the following targeted questions:
- Can you provide an example of a time you led the alignment of a digital health or ICT initiative with broader health system strategies (e.g. LHD, eHealth NSW, Ministry of Health)? What challenges did you face, and how did you ensure stakeholder engagement and successful delivery?
- How have you previously balanced the delivery of large-scale ICT programs (e.g. infrastructure redevelopment) with effective budget management and workforce capability planning?
- Describe a time you managed a complex ICT procurement process. How did you ensure compliance with probity requirements, and what steps did you take to identify and mitigate risks throughout the process?
Need more information?
1) Click here for the Position Description and SESLHD Expected Standards
2) Find out more about applying for this position
For role related queries or questions contact Wendy Cotter on Wendy.Cotter@health.nsw.gov.au
Our CORE Values are C ollaboration, O penness, R espect and E mpowerment and have been created by employees for employees and help define how we work and to inspire positive interactions in the workplace.
Reasonable Adjustments
NSW Health recognises everyone is unique, and that you may require some adjustments to ensure you have the best opportunity to apply. If we can make some adjustments to the NSW Health recruitment/interview process, then please email SESLHD-Recruitment-District@health.nsw.gov.au and let us know.
Adjustments may include but are not limited to, physical requirements, interview setups and specific interview availability times where required.
Information for applicants:
- If you have relevant qualifications or experience, please include any supporting documents with your application.
- An eligibility list may be created for future vacancies.
- Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified for this position following suitable labour market testing.
- Applicants will be assessed against the essential requirements and selection criteria contained within the position description.
- Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with NSW Health policy directive Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specific Diseases for all positions prior to offer.
- SESLHD is committed to creating a workplace that reflects the diversity of our community. This will help ensure our employees, our patients and their carers, feel supported. We invite candidates of all ages, genders, sexual orientation, cultural backgrounds, people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, and Indigenous Australians to apply. We do have an Aboriginal Employment Consultant that can also provide support (SESLHD-AboriginalWorkforce@health.nsw.gov.au) and for additional information please visit our Stepping Up Website
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