Allied Health Clinical Informatics

Date: 23 Sept 2025

Site: VCCC (Parkville)

Location:

MELBOURNE, VIC, AU, 3000

Company: Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

Unit: Allied Health Admin

Division: Chief Nursing Officer

Department: Allied Health

Enterprise Agreement: Medical Scientists, Pharmacists and Psychologists

Allied Health Admin

At Peter Mac we aim to continuously improve cancer care, research and education across all cancers and for all people affected by cancer: changing lives, breaking new ground. Everything we do is underpinned by our core values, Excellence, Compassion and Innovation. Welcoming people from a wide variety of different backgrounds and experiences is critical to fostering innovation, cultivating compassion, attracting and retaining top talent and providing the best possible cancer care for our patients.

YOUR ROLE IN OUR FUTURE
Grade 3 Allied Health Informatics Clinician
- Ongoing, Part Time Role (16 Hours per Fortnight)
This is a permanent Grade 3 Allied Health Informatics position at 0.2 EFT.

This exciting position is open to staff from the following Allied Health professions: Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Nutrition, Speech Pathology, Exercise Physiology, Social Work, Music Therapy, Art Therapy or Spiritual Care.

This position works in collaboration with the Director of Allied Health, the Chief Allied Health Informatics Officer and Allied Health Managers, to provide a comprehensive program of Digital Health capabilities including but not limited to staff education, optimisation of processes for efficiency, evaluation of new initiatives, introduction of new technologies, EMR reporting and analysis of other data sets.
The role will also build new relationships, with a particular objective to scale the work of Allied Health into other areas of the organisation as appropriate.
You will also provide leadership and support to all Allied Health Therapy Department members in digital health education/training and professional development.

Applicants need to have proven knowledge of EPIC, including build and reporting, proven quality improvement experience, be highly proficient in excel, great communicators and relationship builders. You'll also need a minimum of 7 years of clinical experience in Allied Health.
In return, you'll get great mentoring and support, as well as investment in your skills and professional development.

Remuneration as per Medical Scientists, Pharmacists and Psychologists Victorian Public Sector (Single Interest Employers) Enterprise Agreement 2021-2025. Year 1: AK1 $106,386.80 (full-time equivalent – to be prorated for part-time) to Year 4: AK4 $123,905.60 (full-time equivalent – to be prorated for part-time) dependent on candidate experience. To be discussed with Hiring Manager.

Applicants to this role should provide a covering letter outlining relative key skills and experience to assist us with our assessment.

For further information about this opportunity, click Apply to be redirected to the Peter Mac Careers page where you can review the position summary. Alternatively, please contact us using the information below for a confidential discussion.
Hiring Manager: Alicia Martin or Kath Feely
Contact Number: 03 8559 95263
Email: Alicia.Martin@petermac.org or Kath.Feely@mh.org.au

Applications Close: 11:59pm Wednesday 08 October 2025

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Position Summary

This position works in collaboration with the Executive Director of Digital Health, the Director of Allied Health, the Chief Allied Health Informatics Officer and Allied Health Managers:

To provide a comprehensive program of Digital Health capabilities including but not limited to staff education, optimisation of processes for efficiency, evaluation of new initiatives, introduction of new technologies, EMR reporting and analysis of other data sets.

The role will also build new relationships, with a particular objective to scale the work of Allied Health into other areas of the organisation as appropriate.

Provide leadership and support to all Allied Health Therapy Department members in digital health education/training and professional development.

Enterprise Agreement

Allied Health Professionals (Victorian Public Sector) (Single Interest Employers) Enterprise Agreement 2021 - 2025

Or Medical Scientists/Community Development Workers employed as Allied Health Operational Therapy staff

Classification or Salary Range

Grade 3: AK1-AK4

Immunisation Risk Category

Immunisation Category C

Key Relationships

Internal	Allied Health Departments and staff Language Services staff Multidisciplinary patient care teams Digital Health Directorate CAHIO AH Educator
External	Effective working relationships with parties involved with Digital Informatics Maintaining links with appropriate professional bodies, government bodies and Universities

Skills

Essential Requirements

Minimum 7 years clinical experience in Allied Health
Proven knowledge of EPIC, including build skills and reporting
Proven ability to build effective relationships in a multidisciplinary setting
Flexible and adaptive
Proven commitment to own professional development and that of others
Experience and interest in initiating quality improvement activities and service development, and/or research
Experience in delivering education

Desirable Requirements

Interest and experience in leading quality improvement activities, service development and project management
Possession or progression towards higher qualification chosen field
Experience in data governance

Key Accountabilities

Key Accountabilities	Demonstrated by / Key Performance Indicators
1. Clinical Informatics leadership	Leadership for AH staff and other clinicians at Peter Mac in field of Clinical Informatics Maintenance, development and dissemination of appropriate knowledge in specialist field Effective communication with AH Therapies team Effective management of assigned workload Effective representation at designated meetings Effective relationship building both internally and externally Work with the Digital Health team to enhance data governance Foster a culture of teamwork
2. Teaching and education	Develop and coordinate the Digital Health capability uplift required for AH Therapies and Language Services staff Scale education to broader audience as required Attends, participates and contributes to relevant seminars/conferences/special interest groups/other continuing education as appropriate Continue to support staff in EPIC personalisation, efficient ways of working
3. Quality improvement activities and service development	Embeds evaluation into change Introduces new technologies into clinical care, with appropriate evaluation Identification of risk/issues Liaises with AH and LS Managers to identify areas of potential improvement, develop processes and protocols to measure/improve systems as agreed, promote best digital health practice activities and implement evidence-based practice Contributes to the development and review of relevant policies, procedures and guidelines Maintains and develops relationship with relevant Services and Departments
4. Research and projects	Develop, promote and contribute to evidence/best practice activities and research that lead to improved outcomes for patients in consultation with Discipline Manager/Senior Team Contribute to raising the profile and position of AH Digital Health

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For further information about this opportunity, click Apply to be redirected to the Peter Mac Careers page where you can review the position profile. Alternatively, please contact us for a confidential discussion.

Peter Mac is a child safe organisation and has a commitment to child safety and wellbeing.

WHY WORK FOR PETER MAC

Peter Mac offer a range of benefits which support our people both personally and professionally.
Our staff benefits include award winning facilities, professional development and events, a health and wellbeing program, flexible work practices and policies and financial benefits such as salary packaging.
We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, all members of the LGBTQI community and people with a disability.