GIPA & Privacy Officer - Single Digital Patient Record
Position: GIPA & Privacy Officer – Single Digital Patient Record
Award: Health Manager Level 3
Employment Type: Temporary Full-Time for a period up until 30/09/2027
Opportunity to work from our modern Chatswood, St Leonards office
Attractive salary commencing from $127,150 + 12% Super and annual leave loading
Allocated day off per month, salary packaging, discounted fitness passport and more!
Join the team enriching health in millions of ways every day through digital innovation
Applications Close: 11:59pm, Tuesday 28th October 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 GIPA & Privacy Officer of our Legal, Data Governance, Privacy & Policy Team within SDPRIA, you will assist in promoting a culture of upholding rights under access to information and privacy legislation within the Single Digital Patient Record program, stakeholders and across the NSW health system. The role primarily will support the SDPRIA’s Senior Privacy Officer with the development of documentation, policies, procedures, governance and incident management reporting procedures to assist with compliance under privacy and information access legislation.
This role also offers the opportunity to support the Senior Privacy Officer with monitoring and responding to applications for access to information including calls for papers made under Standing Order 52 of the NSW Legislative Council and subpoenas. The GIPA & Privacy Officer will also assist the Senior Privacy Officer in responding to privacy and information access related complaints and internal reviews, assessing reported data breach incidents, undertaking privacy impact assessments, monitoring broader information access and privacy risks across the SDPR program and promoting training and education to relevant staff in line with legislative requirements.
In this role, you will:
Investigate complaints and conduct regulatory reviews to ensure compliance with privacy and information access legislation.
Deliver engaging training and develop guidance materials to support best practice across the organisation.
Advise on complex or sensitive matters, identifying risks and recommending effective mitigation strategies.
Manage timely responses to requests, internal reviews, complaints and data breaches and contribute to clear, accurate documentation and governance.
About You
We are looking for someone who has:
Appropriate qualifications in law, governance or information technology and/or experience in anyone of the following: public and administrative law, privacy, data breach incident response, information access or freedom of information.
Proven capacity to be collaborative, manage and meet competing deadlines as well as proactively engage and effectively communicate with relevant internal and external stakeholders.
Excellent written communication skills, with the ability to prepare clear, accurate documentation and correspondence in line with legislative requirements.
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Working at SDPR
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 accept 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 George Psihoyios at george.psihoyios@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 Sam Matthews on samuel.matthews1@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.
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