Senior Database Engineer - Single Digital Patient Record

• 3x Temporary full time (exempt) up to December 2028
• Health Manager Level 4, $141,974– $169,151pa + 11.5% super
• Chatswood, St Leonards location
• Flexible working

Join the team driving the largest digital transformation program for Australia’s largest public health system.

NSW Health has established a Single Digital Patient Record (SDPR) which will provide a secure, holistic and integrated view of the care a patient receives across the NSW Health system. 

The SDPR program will transform how people experience and deliver care across the state, providing benefits for the people of NSW and the NSW Health workforce regardless of their location and role.

It will bring the state healthcare system together, unifying access to patient clinical information in one view. This will help to provide connected, transparent and safe care for any person at any public healthcare setting statewide. All NSW Health care teams and clinicians, no matter where they work, will securely access the same information about a patient in real time from one source.

For more information on the Single Digital Patient Record, click here 

About the Role

The Single Digital Patient Record Implementation Authority (SDPRIA) has been established to coordinate the implementation of the SDPR across NSW Health.

We have an exciting opportunity for three Senior Database Engineer’s to join our team within SDPRIA.

In this key role, you will lead the design, management, and optimisation of our databases and middleware, ensuring seamless delivery of complex queries, software changes, and operational improvements to meet the needs of both internal and external customers. Your expertise will be vital in driving innovation across the system, from performance monitoring to implementing self-service capabilities, while ensuring data security, availability, and integrity across the organisation. This is a critical role where you will contribute to transforming healthcare delivery across NSW, ensuring a connected and efficient patient care experience.

For more information on the role can be found in the POSITION DESCRIPTION.

About you

To be successful, you will have:

• Extensive experience in the design and management of Oracle and/or SQL Server databases and middleware in a shared services environment, with relevant qualifications or equivalent expertise.
• Proven ability to lead software changes, upgrades, and automated procedures to enhance operational capabilities and drive self-service solutions.
• Strong skills in performance monitoring, ensuring service levels are met and data security, privacy, and integrity are maintained across systems.
• Experience in leading technical discussions, refining user stories, and producing high-quality documentation to support deliverables.

Benefits working with us

We support our people with great benefits so they can support the patients and staff of NSW Health. These include:

• Flexible work options
• Skills and leadership development training programs
• Salary Packaging
• Health and wellbeing programs

More information about these benefits can be found here.

Valuing diversity and inclusion

NSW Health is committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. We encourage applications from diverse community groups including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people with disability for all advertised positions and have strategies in place to support them.

For more information on the strategies in place to support diversity and inclusion such as NSW Health’s Stepping Up program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and our Disability Employment Strategy, please visit https://www.ehealth.nsw.gov.au/about/our-culture/diversity-and-inclusion.

Join the team enriching health in millions of ways every day – Apply now! 

Applications close: 11:59PM, Sunday 27 ^th April 2025

How to apply

To start your application, click the APPLY FOR JOB button at the top of the page and provide:

• Your current resume (up to 5 pages)
• A cover letter (up to 2 pages) which describes how your capabilities, knowledge and experience that make you the best person for this role.

Role-specific enquiries: If you have any questions about the role, please contact the hiring manager Sheetal Ram on Sheetal.Ram@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 on 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).
• 'Exempt' is defined as a fixed term contract with a length greater than 13 weeks.