Data Officer

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- Salary Packaging Available
- Frankston, Mornington Peninsula &
surrounding locations
- Classification Grade 1 (HS1)
Who We Are and What We Stand For
Peninsula Health is the major metropolitan health service caring for a community of 300,000 people. Our Vision is to provide exceptional health and community care. To realise this vision we need people who strive for a sense of achievement, take an interest in their individual growth, enjoy innovation and looking for ways to improve and have a passion for communicating and connecting with others.
In representing Peninsula Health, we expect all employees and volunteers to reflect our values:
Be the Best, Be a Role Model, Be Open and Honest, Be Compassionate and Respectful and Be Collaborative. We are One Peninsula Health.
What You Will Be Doing
National Centre for Healthy Ageing (NCHA)
Monash University and Peninsula Health have established the National Centre for Healthy Ageing (NCHA) as a partnership, with initial funding of $32m from the Australian Government Department of Health to create a centralised hub for innovation and transformation of care practices to support the healthy ageing of all Australians.
The NCHA will create better integrated care models to promote health and wellbeing across the lifespan and drive improvements in the way people seek out and access care, to ensure they reflect and align with their values and needs. The NCHA will be Australia's leading health service research, development and implementation hub focused on healthy ageing. A priority activity is the establishment of a Healthy Ageing Data Platform at Peninsula Health that will enable testing of models of care through enhanced data linkage.
The Data Officer will be responsible for assisting the Data Operation Manager with auditing and documenting the contents of the relevant Peninsula Health data systems for all core and non-core structured data sets items that are of relevance to the NCHA data platform. They will also contribute to the development and documentation of related policies and procedures. A main focus will be on health information management and data coding.
The Data Officer will report to the Data Operations Manager.
The successful candidate will be expected to work with the Data Platform development team and where appropriate, members of the academic team. They will contribute to the overall activities of the Data Platform, including attending relevant team and organisational meetings and professional development activities relevant to the needs of the NCHA.
This person will be employed on a part time basis by Peninsula Health and seconded to the NCHA project. The person will be located at Peninsula Health, Frankston Hospital within the NCHA data platform team.
What you need
We anticipate you will have:
- Bachelor Degree in Health Information Management, or similar, or
- An equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education/training
- Demonstrated experience in the management and documentation of data for research or clinical purposes
- Strong communication skills
What Next
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Additional Requirements
Peninsula Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity and promotes a workplace that welcomes and includes the unique contributions of all people. We encourage applications from individuals who identify as being Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, are culturally diverse, LGBTQIA+ or who have a disability to apply. We are also strongly committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and young people.
We encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments or additional support you may require during the recruitment process.
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Please refer to the salary circular Victorian Public Health Sector (Health and Allied Services, Managers and Administrative Workers) Single Interest Enterprise Agreement 2021 - 2025 for salary range. Sub-grading will be based on years of experience.
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