Head of SDPR Program - Strategy, Innovation & Digital Health
Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Health Manager Level 5
Remuneration: $173,345 - $193,906 per annum plus superannuation
Hours Per Week: 40
Requisition ID: REQ663283
Location: Randwick, Sydney
Application Close: Thursday 4 June 2026
Where you'll be working
The Strategy, Innovation and Digital Health Team encompasses strategic planning functions, analytics, technology, change, and project management resources to ensure strategic allocation of resources to key organisational priorities and initiatives. Built around three key pillars, it drives and enables the delivery of key strategic and operational initiatives by developing innovative solutions to improve the quality and efficiency of service delivery. The directorate oversees the development of organisation strategies and plans, while also monitoring the implementation of such plans. This department handles SESLHD’s most pressing organisational problems and explores opportunities such as technology in Health, change and innovation and environmental sustainability practices.
The Role
The vision for South Eastern Sydney Local Health District SESLHD is ‘exceptional care, healthier lives’. SESLHD is committed to enabling our community to be healthy and well, and to providing the best possible compassionate care when people need it.
The Head of Single Digital Patient Record (SDPR) Program will report to the Director Strategy, Innovation and Digital Health and be responsible for leading and managing the local implementation of the SDPR and associated projects for South Eastern Sydney Local Health District SESLHD.
The position will provide a single point of contact for all SDPR workstreams and coordinate local efforts to deliver a safe and successful transition.
The position is responsible for ensuring effective: governance and decision making; stakeholder engagement and change management; estimating, planning and delivery of SDPR workstreams and SDPR related projects within budget and timeframes. This position will also assist with design and implementation of future local resource service model and structure.
About the Single Digital Patient Record Program - 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.
This role has a District remit and as such may be located at any location across the district.
Benefits:
- Up to 12 allocated days off each year in addition to annual leave.
- 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 describe a large-scale healthcare or clinical service delivery program you led? Please focus on the leadership approaches you used to deliver across multiple complex workstreams, including how you coordinated teams, managed interdependencies, and ensured successful outcomes.
- Tell us about a time you led organisational change in a healthcare or digital health environment where there was resistance. How did you manage stakeholder expectations, build engagement, and achieve adoption—particularly in a context where you were not designing the end-state solution?
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 Emma Clarke on Emma.Clarke1@health.nsw.gov.au
Our CORE Values are Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment and have been created by employees for employees and help define how we work and to inspire positive interactions in the workplace
We embrace diversity as our strength and are committed to maintaining an inclusive and collaborative work environment. Our workplaces are welcoming and safe for all our employees, irrespective of their unique characteristics including age, ethnicity, cultural or spiritual background, gender identity, disability, education and social-economic status. Read about our Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Strategy for more information.
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:
- An eligibility list may be created for future vacancies
- If you have relevant qualifications or experience, please include any supporting documents with your application.
- 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 background, people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, and Indigenous Australians to apply. We do have an Aboriginal Workforce Team 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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