- Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Corporate Services – Elizabeth South
- Salary: $74,095 - $78,694 per annum – plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice Benefits – ASO3
- Ongoing Full-Time
About the Role:
As a PAS (Patient Administrative System) Data Integrity Officer, you will play a critical role in maintaining the accuracy, quality and integrity of patient information within the Sunrise Electronic Medical Record (EMR) across the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network. Working within the Patient Administrative System Data Integrity Unit (PAS DIU), you will help ensure patient registration, demographic and activity data meets State and Federal data standards, supporting safe patient care, accurate reporting and organisational performance.
Working closely with Health Information Management Services, clinical teams, administrative staff, the Registry Integrity Unit and other stakeholders, you will provide expert advice on patient registration practices, investigate and resolve data discrepancies, monitor key performance indicators, and contribute to ongoing quality improvement initiatives. You will also support staff education and provide guidance on data standards, procedures and best practice to strengthen data quality across the network.
The PAS DIU provides leadership in the management, education and administration of PAS in Sunrise EMR, with expertise in SA Health data management, patient registration, data quality and integrity, health information management, and patient activity data capture associated with Casemix and Activity Based Funding (ABF). In this role, you will contribute to these functions through the management of duplicate registrations, data validation, auditing, reporting, troubleshooting data quality issues and supporting compliance with Admitted Patient Care (APC) requirements and Consumer Identification Standards.
About You:
You are a highly organised and detail-focused professional with a passion for data accuracy and quality. You have strong analytical and problem-solving skills, the ability to manage competing priorities, and a commitment to maintaining confidentiality when working with sensitive information.
With excellent communication skills and a collaborative approach, you build effective relationships with a wide range of stakeholders while providing expert support to improve patient registration practices, data quality and compliance across the health service.
This is an excellent opportunity for a detail-oriented professional who enjoys analysing information, solving complex problems and making a meaningful contribution to the quality, accuracy and reliability of health information that underpins patient care, service planning and funding outcomes.
About Us:
The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is a leading provider of public healthcare services in South Australia, and one of the largest employers in northern Adelaide.
NALHN serves over 400,000 people in northern Adelaide with a comprehensive range of high-quality healthcare services, including emergency, surgical, obstetric, neonatal, paediatric, oncology, geriatric, palliative care and rehabilitation, and mental health care, as well as primary health care services with a focus on community health promotion and chronic disease management.
With a commitment for ongoing upgrades to our facilities and the introduction of new services, our priority is delivering exceptional health and wellbeing services that enhance the quality of life for our community.
With over 7,000 employees, NALHN emphasises quality care and a supportive work environment guided by respect, integrity, and accountability. Our core values foster excellence, innovation, and equitable health outcomes.
At NALHN Everyone Has a Story, Everyone Matters, Everyone Contributes and Everyone Grows.
Our Local Health Network Sites and Services:
NALHN provides a range of hospital (inpatient), outpatient, community and home-based services across multiple sites in Adelaide’s north and north-eastern suburbs, including Aboriginal health, mental health, and GP services.
Lyell McEwin Hospital – the major hospital in northern Adelaide for emergency care, complex and multi-day surgery, medicine, obstetric, paediatrics and outpatient services.
Modbury Hospital – a general hospital with emergency care, elective surgery, medicine, outpatient and sub-acute services, rehabilitation, geriatric and palliative care.
Mental Health Services – adult and older persons mental health services and statewide forensic mental health services, across hospital and community settings.
Watto Purrunna Aboriginal Primary Health Care Services – provides culturally responsive primary healthcare services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in-hospital and across four community sites.
Primary Health Care Services – including GP Plus sites at Elizabeth, Modbury and Gilles Plains.
Benefits of working at NALHN:
From salary packaging to flexible working arrangements, a large range of opportunities for movement and career progression, you’ll find there are lots of benefits of working with Northern Adelaide Local Health Network.
Salary packaging is an option for saving money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants from interstate or overseas.
NALHN supports and fosters a culture in which employees feel they belong and feel safe at work. The culture aims to encourage all people to use their talents and to be valued and rewarded for their contributions.
SA Health is committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees. We strongly encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, members of the LGBTIQA+SB community and people who live with disability and/or neurodivergence.
We are committed to making workplace adjustments to provide a positive and supportive work environment. You are encouraged to let us know if you have any support or access requirements during the recruitment process and beyond to ensure you can perform at your best.
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check.
Checks:
Immunisation Risk for this position is – Category B (direct contact with blood or body substances)
SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job Ref: 941831
Enquiries:
Catherine Garvey
Health Information Manager
Corporate Services
Phone: 0435 960 588
E-mail: Catherine.Garvey@sa.gov.au
Application Closing Date:
Friday 24 July 2026 – 11.55PM
Role Description and Further Information:
941831 - PAS Data Integrity Officer - ASO3 - Role Description.pdf
* Refer to the SA Health Career Website – How to apply for further information.
