Work Type: Ongoing - Full-time
Salary: Salary not specified
Grade: Grade not specified
Occupation: IT and telecommunications
Location: Melbourne - Northern suburbs
Reference: 4023
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Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and statewide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.
About the department
Specialist Clinics provide planned non-admitted services that require the focus of an acute setting to ensure the best outcome for a patient. These services are an important interface in the health system between acute inpatient and primary care services. They provide access to:
Patients are referred to Specialist Clinics by general practitioners (GPs), specialist and other community-based healthcare providers, as well as clinicians in the Emergency Department, in-patient units and other areas of the hospital. Austin Health Specialist Clinics span two campuses (5 sites) with extensive facilities located at the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital (HRH).
About the role
The Data Coordination Team supports Specialist Clinics and the wider organisation, through their expertise and advice relating to data management and reporting, system configuration and testing, and application of business rules for clinic templates/scheduling across the service.
Data Coordinators are responsible for providing accurate and timely reports to enhance patient care and service delivery. Along with mandatory performance reporting, areas of the business may request specific data to support development of business cases or optimisation of clinic services. Engagement with multidisciplinary stakeholders is essential to ensure appropriate data extraction and translation meets service need.
Data Coordinators assist in systems management, including working alongside Austin IT Department and external vendors to participate in software upgrades, patches, maintaining documentation, and testing for our key technical systems (TrakCare, Queue Manager).
About you
As the Specialist Clinics Data Coordinator, you will be someone who has strong attention to detail, excellent data analysis and extraction skills and the ability to follow complex processes. You’ll bring energy and drive to your work and have a keen interest in developing your skills and learning.
To be successful in this role, you'll bring with you:
Our benefits
Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:
Work with us!
We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures.
If you feel this role is right for you, we encourage your early application. Even if you don’t meet every single requirement, we encourage you to apply. What matters most is your passion, your drive and your willingness to learn and contribute. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place prior to the closing date. This means we reserve the right to close a job ad prior to the advertised closing date.
All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: Michelle Esdale, Business Manager at [email protected].
Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the position description for further details.
Application closing date: 9 October 2025