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Project Officer – Pathology Connect
Royal Melbourne Hospital

• Exciting opportunity to support a landmark digital health transformation project
• Full Time, 12-month Fixed Term role based in Parkville
• Join a collaborative team at one of Victoria’s leading public health services

About the Role
The Royal Melbourne Hospital is seeking a motivated and highly organised Project Officer to join the Pathology Connect program. This large-scale, multi-site initiative will deliver a new Laboratory Information System (Epic Beaker) and an integrated enterprise billing solution.

As Project Officer, you will provide high-quality project and administrative support to the Senior Project Director and project team, helping ensure the smooth coordination and delivery of key project activities. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to a transformative digital health program that will improve outcomes for patients, clinicians, and pathology services across Victoria.

Role Responsibilities:

• Support the Senior Project Director and project team in delivering program activities and milestones
• Coordinate logistics for testing, training, super users, and go-live readiness
• Prepare project documents, briefs, reports, and presentations
• Maintain project registers, schedules, and document management systems
• Assist with governance activities, including agenda preparation, minute-taking, and action tracking
• Coordinate stakeholder engagement and communications across multiple workstreams
• Provide operational and administrative support to ensure smooth project delivery

About You:

• Experience providing project or business support within a complex organisation
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools, particularly Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint
• A proactive, solutions-focused mindset with strong attention to detail
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively as part of a team
• Experience in health, digital health, or transformation programs (highly desirable)
• Experience working in health service pathology laboratories (highly desirable)

Benefits of working at RMH:

• 5 weeks annual leave, 17.5% leave loading and ADO’s for full time employees
• Salary packaging options, earn up to $12,000 of tax free earnings!

• Discounts on health and wellbeing facilities with Fitness passport
• Hybrid/flexible working arrangements
• Work in an organisation that lives by our values – People First, Lead with kindness and Excellence Together!

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Interested? Click apply! We will be scheduling interviews and suitable candidates apply and this advert may close early.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Record Check. Successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of an immunisation assessment prior to commencement.

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.