Clinical Assurance and Risk Management Lead - Single Digital Patient Record

Clinical Assurance and Risk Management Lead– Single Digital Patient Record 

• Permanent Full Time
• Up to $169,151.00 + 12% super, salary packaging, discounted fitness passport and additional days off!
• Health Manager Level 4 
• Chatswood, St Leonards, or Charlestown Office 

Applications Close: 11:59pm, Monday 28th July 2025

 
About Us – Single Digital Patient Record (SDPR), NSW Health 
Be part of the team leading the largest digital transformation in Australia’s public health history. NSW Health’s SDPR program is transforming the way patient care is delivered and experienced - creating a single, secure, holistic, and integrated view of patient information across the entire state. 

By connecting every corner of the NSW public health system, this groundbreaking program empowers clinicians and care teams with real-time access to unified patient data - enabling safer, more transparent, and quality care for every person, anywhere.  

Join us now and contribute to the millions of ways we're enriching health every day. 
 

About the Opportunity 
As a Clinical Assurance & Risk Management Lead of our Safety and Quality team within SDPRIA, you will lead and support the application of clinical safety processes and frameworks across digital transformation programs. Your work will ensure that clinical safety & quality risks are identified, assessed and addressed throughout the end-to-end participant journey in digital healthcare systems. 

This role offers the opportunity to contribute to the Single Digital Patient Record (SDPR) Program where you’ll collaborate with clinicians, managers and executives across NSW Health, using Human-Centred Design principles, clinical risk frameworks and the SDPR Clinical Safety Management System. 

In this role, you will: 

• Lead clinical digital safety and risk assessments across system design, development, testing and implementation 
• Contribute to clinical assurance activities across SDPR and other large-scale digital health initiatives 
• Support hazard analysis and development of safety recommendations for mitigating digital clinical risks 
• Engage with stakeholders including senior clinicians, LHDs, and program leads to influence risk management decisions 
• Prepare and present safety reports and escalate findings to support clinical governance 

About You 

We are looking for someone who: 

• Brings strong experience in clinical digital safety or assurance, ideally within complex healthcare environments 
• Holds relevant qualifications or equivalent experience in clinical governance, health ICT or clinical risk management 
• Demonstrates sound knowledge of clinical practices, ICT systems, incident management platforms and regulatory frameworks 
• Can analyse and translate data into insights, prepare recommendations and communicate effectively across all levels 
• Has experience working in large-scale programs and is confident facilitating workshops and managing diverse stakeholders 

Need more information? 

• Position description 
• Check out our diversity and inclusion commitment  
• Learn more about our Single Digital Patient Record Program 

Working at SDPRIA 

Our people are at the heart of who we are. We support our people with great benefits so they can enrich health in millions of ways every day: 

• Professional growth and career development 
• Allocated day off per month 
• Salary packaging  
• Various health and wellbeing programs to support our team 

How to apply 

Share with us your cover letter and most up to date resume (up to 5 pages), highlighting your relevant skills and experience.  

We recognise that AI tools are increasingly being used to assist with resumes and applications. While we welcome their use, we’re eager to see your personality and get to know the person behind the application!  

Role-specific enquiries: If you have any questions about the role, please contact the hiring manager Selvana Awad via Selvana.Awad@health.nsw.gov.au. 

General recruitment and adjustment enquiries: If you require assistance, have any questions about the recruitment or require adjustments to the recruitment/interview process, please contact Taylah Lagos via taylah.lagos@health.nsw.gov.au 

 
Additional information 

• This recruitment may be used to create a Talent Pool for similar future roles (ongoing or temporary) that may arise over the next 18 months.  
• To be eligible for this role you must have current Australian work rights (Australian citizen, permanent resident, New Zealand citizen with a current passport, or hold a valid visa with permission to work in Australia). 

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