• Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
• Position Classification: Health Manger Level 3
• Remuneration: $113,735 - $129,658 per annum, excluding superannuation
• Hours Per Week: 38

Join an organisation that makes a difference in cancer control in NSW.

Be part of a team that works collaboratively to lead, facilitate, design and implement quality improvement and performance review across cancer control services.

Use your expertise to lead the delivery of system improvement program strategies and reduce unwarranted clinical variations.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are encouraged to apply.

Where you'll be working

The Cancer Institute NSW is Australia?s first state wide cancer control agency, established in 2003 to lessen the impact of cancer across the state.

Working at the Cancer Institute NSW means joining a team of committed and dedicated staff who are proud to be a part of the Institute?s purpose of overseeing and accelerating the effectiveness of cancer control in NSW.

The Cancer Institute is a collaborative working environment that encourages diversity and inclusion in how we work and the way we work together. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are strongly encouraged to apply. Greater consideration will be given to suitable applicants, in order to improve access to employment and career opportunities (GSE Rule 26).

What you'll be doing

The team works collaboratively across the organisation to lead, facilitate, design and implement a suite of reports and products across cancer control services. Your role will be to manage, implement, and monitor the development of the Reporting for Better Cancer Outcomes Program reports production. In this role you will also design, implement and evaluate projects focusing on improving the process of report production, including evidence-based clinical performance indicator development and ensuring these projects meet identified needs and realise maximum benefits for the health system.

Your work will support local health districts and primary health networks to drive the delivery of system improvement program strategies and reduce unwarranted clinical variation.

To be successful in this role, you will have a demonstrated understanding and experience in the health system or health research, and capacity to critically appraise research and interpret clinical and population health data and information. Essential to the role is knowledge of relevant trends, issues, policies and practices across diverse portfolio of projects as well as an understanding of change management and quality improvement methodologies.

Essential requirements

• Knowledge of relevant trends, issues, policies and practices across diverse portfolio of projects and an understanding of change management and quality improvement methodologies.
• Understanding and experience in the health system or research and capacity to critically appraise research and interpret clinical and population health data and information.
• Relevant tertiary qualification and relevant understanding and experience working within the NSW Health system or other health systems; in particular experience working with clinicians or researchers.

This role is based at the Cancer Institute NSW located at Eveleigh, however, the Ministry of Health will be relocating the Cancer Institute to St Leonards in mid-2020. The Cancer Institute NSW is unable to offer salary packaging.  Salaries will be negotiated commensurate to experience and qualifications of the role.

The Cancer Institute NSW welcomes applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from diverse cultural backgrounds and people with disabilities. Stepping Up aims to assist Aboriginal job applicants by providing information about applying for roles in NSW Health. For more information please visit www.steppingup.health.nsw.gov.au.

Please indicate if you have any accessibility requirements in your application or speak with the contact person should you be called for an interview.  We provide reasonable adjustment for people with a disability during the recruitment process and during their employment.

To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency.

A Role Description is attached.