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Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Clinical Informatics Officer

The Royal Melbourne Hospital

• Full time, 12-month fixed term position
• Design and develop EMR functionality to enable data capture
• Collaborate with a team of leading international clinical research experts
• Contribute to ground-breaking research aimed at advancing immune health and delivering meaningful real-world outcomes

About the Role:

The EMR Clinical Informatics Officer (CIO) will play a pivotal role in supporting the Snow Centre for Immune Health – a landmark collaboration between The Royal Melbourne Hospital and the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute. 

This position is responsible for scoping, designing, building, testing, and implementing EMR functionality to enable data capture for both clinical and research purposes.  Working closely with researchers, clinicians, and operational staff, the role ensures accurate, efficient, and secure data entry within the Epic EMR system.  The CIO will also liaise with EMR reporting, the Clinical Informatics Centre, and Health Intelligence teams to facilitate robust data extraction and reporting for cohort tracking and research use.  In addition, the role includes providing end-user support and delivering training to clinical and research staff to promote adoption of EMR tools and workflows.

About you:

Qualification

• A tertiary qualification in a related field

Essential

• Experience working in a tertiary hospital, clinical or research setting
• Strong understanding of EMR functionality for clinical workflows, documentation, and research data capture
• Ability to translate clinical or research needs into practical EMR solutions
• Proven stakeholder engagement skills, collaborating with clinicians, researchers, operational teams, and external partners
• Excellent attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy, especially for patient data capture

Desirable

• Epic EMR build certification
• Previous experience working with RMH, Epic EMR, or clinical research projects
• Experience collaborating in multidisciplinary teams across clinical and research settings
• Knowledge of immune health, immunology research, or clinical cohort studies

Benefits of working at The Royal Melbourne Hospital:

• Generous salary packaging options to boost your take-home pay
• 5 weeks annual leave plus monthly ADOs for full time employees
• Flexible working arrangements, including remote work options
• Supportive and collaborative team culture
• Fantastic learning and development opportunities to grow your career
• Central location with onsite parking options, and easy access to public transport
• Values driven workplace that champions our values People First, Lead with Kindness and Excellence Together

Interested in Applying?

If this role aligns with your qualifications and experience, we welcome your application.

For further information or a confidential conversation, please reach out using the contact details provided.

Hiring Manager: Lauren Grundy, +61 3 9138 2336

Don’t delay, apply now!  - recruitment is ongoing, with interviews commencing as soon as suitable candidates are received.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Record Check, and where applicable, Working With Children Check (WWCC). All RMH employees are required to provide evidence of an immunisation assessment prior to commencement.

Please refer to the Position Description for further details regarding key selection criteria

The RMH stands in solidarity with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in work and care. We are proud to be a workplace that champions diversity, inclusion and equality for our staff and our community.  Our goal is for our people to feel safe, included and supported so that they can be at their best every single day. We encourage talented people from all backgrounds, abilities, and identities to apply to our vacancies, and will consider adjustments to support such applications.