Senior Service Manager - Single Digital Patient Record

Position: Senior Service Manager – Single Digital Patient Record
Award – Health Manager Level 4 
Employment Type: Permanent Full Time

• Opportunity to work from our modern Chatswood/St Leonards offices
• Attractive salary from $147,653 up to $175,917 + 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,19 Febraury 2026

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 Senior Service Manager of our newly established Change, Release and Service Management stream within SDPRIA, you will lead the management and continuous improvement of major incident, change and problem management processes to support a stable and resilient digital environment for the Single Digital Patient Record. This role offers the opportunity to play a critical part in the implementation of the Single Digital Patient Record by ensuring timely service restoration, minimising future disruptions and safeguarding the integrity of the live environment through structured governance and analysis.

In this role, you will:

• Lead the development and governance of incident and problem management frameworks to support swift service recovery and root cause identification
• Collaborate with eHealth and Health Entity Change Advisory Boards to guide change implementation and reduce operational risk
• Drive the creation and maintenance of known error and change databases to support proactive issue resolution
• Conduct performance reviews and produce reports that measure impact, cost and service improvement opportunities
• Coordinate major incident responses and post-incident reviews to drive continual service improvement and learning

About You

We are looking for someone who:

• Brings strong knowledge of ITIL disciplines, especially in Service Transition and Continual Service Improvement
• Has extensive experience managing Service Management functions in large, complex digital environments
• Can build strong stakeholder relationships and influence cross-functional teams to support business outcomes
• Holds relevant qualifications or can demonstrate equivalent experience in IT service management
• Thrives in fast-paced, high-pressure settings and can effectively balance competing priorities

You will succeed in this role if you:

• Enjoy working in an environment where no two days are the same. 
• Are motivated by tight deadlines and problem solving on the go. 
• Can juggle multiple priorities while staying calm and outcome focused. 
• Thrive when collaborating with others to deliver results in a fast-moving space. 

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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 most up to date resume (up to 5 pages), highlighting your relevant skills and experience and response to the targeted question below.  

Targeted question: In 500 words or less, Can you describe a time when you led a successful Service Transition and then embedded Continual Service Improvement (CSI) practices? What specific strategies did you apply to ensure a smooth transition and sustained improvement?

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 Michael Ormerod at Michael.Ormerod@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 Vaaruni Narayana at Vaaruni.narayanaiyengar@health.nsw.gov.au

Please note:

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).
• This role may require evening, night, weekend and/or shift work, in accordance with operational needs and Award provisions.

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