Work Type: Ongoing - Full-time
Salary: $150,000 - $218,000
Grade: Grade not specified
Occupation: Medicine, nursing and midwifery
Location: Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs
Reference: 14830
The Hospital:
The Royal Children’s Hospital’s (RCH) Vision is “A world where all kids thrive”.
RCH is a cornerstone member of the Melbourne Children’s Campus, partnering with Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics and The Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation.
RCH has cared for the children and young people of Victoria for more than 150 years since it was founded in 1870. A full range of paediatrics and adolescent health services are provided plus tertiary and quaternary care for the most critically ill and medically complex patients in Victoria, Tasmania, southern NSW and other states around Australia and overseas. The Hospital has more than 6,000 staff, a budget of $850M, 12 wards and 350 beds. Annually, the RCH has 300,000+ Specialist Clinic appointments, 90,000+ Emergency Department presentations and 20,000 elective surgeries.
The RCH is committed to the Child Safe Standards.
RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact.
For further Information on RCH is available here.
Chief Clinical Information Officer (CCIO)
Digital Health Division | The Royal Children’s Hospital
About the Role:
This is a Permanent Full-Time position at 80 hours per fortnight within the Digital Health Division at The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH).
As Chief Clinical Information Officer, you will provide strategic clinical leadership for the safe, effective and innovative use of digital technologies across the hospital. You will act as the primary bridge between clinicians and digital health teams, ensuring that the Electronic Medical Record (EMR), clinical decision support tools and emerging technologies are designed, implemented and optimised to support high-quality paediatric care.
Working closely with the Executive Director Digital Health, clinical leaders and senior operational leaders, you will lead clinical engagement in digital transformation, champion adoption of new technologies, and ensure digital solutions support safe, efficient and family-centred care. You will also contribute to the hospital’s digital strategy, driving innovation across virtual care, predictive analytics, artificial intelligence and digitally enabled models of care.
Classification for this position is under the Medical, Nursing or Allied Health awards as appropriate:
What You’ll Achieve:
If this sounds like you, please click here for the position description.
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Application Process:
To apply, you will need a resume and a tailored cover letter outlining your skills, experience and suitability for the position in line with the requirements of the position description.
Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced.
For more information about this position please contact: Doug McCakie, Executive Director Digital Health & Chief Allied Health Officer via email: [email protected]
Why work at the RCH?
RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact. We offer the opportunity to work in world-class facilities, surrounded by Royal Park and only a short tram trip from the heart of Melbourne city.
We also offer staff benefits such as discounted staff parking, salary packaging, and an award-winning health and wellbeing program.
The RCH is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse background, all members of the LGBTQI community and people with disability.
It is a requirement of your employment that you be vaccinated against Influenza annually for Category A and B roles, in compliance with any public health orders in place at the relevant time, unless you have a medical exception in line with those public health orders, which has been accepted by The Royal Children’s Hospital. Applicants will be required to provide their Australian Government Immunisation History Statement, it is a requirement of the RCH to collect, record and hold vaccination information.
It is also a requirement of your employment that you comply with any direction given by The Royal Children’s Hospital that you be vaccinated against, or prove immunity to, any other disease, unless you have a relevant exemption, and offers of employment are conditional on successful completion of background checks including reference checks.
Are you ready to join our team?
Apply online by clicking on the “Apply” button
Applications close: 01 June 2026.