Mater Health has an exciting permanent opportunity for an experience Information Management professional to join us as our new Director Information Management. Reporting to the Senior Director Private Revenue and Information Management this role will see you work across our Newstead and South Brisbane locations and will see you provide strategic leadership and vision for best practice management and governance of Mater’s health and corporate information assets.

The Director Information Management will manage the following Mater state wide functions.

• Health Records
• Mailroom services
• Patient Administration Systems (iPM and WebPAS)
• Clinical Coding both public and private health services
• Information Governance

Salary: Commensurate with experience plus superannuation and access to not-for-profit salary packaging up to $15,900  + access to many staff benefits!

What you’ll be doing

• Lead and mature the delivery of Mater’s information management service
• Collaborate and positively influence in the development and implementation of strategies and plans for information management services
• Set the direction for the use of information management policies, practices, and standards and the systems used
• Drive a culture of service excellence
• Ensure the delivery of information management services delivers value to the Mater, it’s people and partners and most importantly to the patients and the communities we serve
• In collaboration with the Senior Director Private Revenue and Information Management, develop comprehensive strategic workforce planning and capacity management approaches
• Apply high level analytical and conceptual skills, including the ability to think systematically, evaluate data and opinion to provide insightful, authoritative recommendations and advice
• Recognise and address inefficiencies in service provision, and continuously improve business processes
• Responsible for leadership and direction, policy and governance that enables Mater People to deliver safe, highly reliable health and wellbeing services
• Lead services and operations in a way that enables safe, highly reliable service delivery, ensures an experience that is exceptional, effectively manages compliance and risk
• Budget accountability and organisational management of operational budget and resources

About you

• A tertiary undergraduate degree or postgraduate qualification in health information management that meets the competency requirements for a Health Information Manager as set out by the Health Information Management Association of Australia (HIMAA)
• Extensive experience in leading information management teams in a healthcare setting
• Certified Health Information Manager (CHIM)
• Certified Health Informatician Australasia (CHIA)
• Evidence of ongoing professional development
• A minimum of 10 years’ experience working in health information management
• Expert knowledge of contemporary information management standards and service management methodologies
• Knowledge of international and Australian clinical classifications, terminologies and health data standards
• Knowledge of Commonwealth and Queensland legislation, including the Australian Privacy Principles, relevant to information management and patient privacy, access to and use of information and its applicability to Mater health and corporate information
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams and positively influence people in order to achieve organisational outcomes
• Demonstrated financial, project and change management experience
• Demonstrated experience using and/or a working knowledge of multiple healthcare information systems and technologies
• High levels of written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work independently, set priorities, manage own workload, be productive, deliver, show initiative, have a growth mindset, and adapt to change

Why join us?

Mater is Queensland’s largest and most innovative not-for-profit healthcare service, providing care for almost 700,000 patients a year across a network of 11 hospitals.

We are a leader in healthcare, education and research — and that’s because we employ exceptional people. #MAKEYOURMATERMOVE

• Via salary packaging arrangements, allocate some living expenses directly from your pre-taxable income and ultimately increase your take-home pay
• Access to package meal and entertainment expenses via salary packaging
• Access to leading education and professional development via Mater Education
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program and on-site pastoral care teams
• Discounts to local and national business/venues for Dining/Retail/Travel & Accommodation/Other
• Unlimited access to a multitude of discounted fitness facilities through Fitness Passport
• Access to on-site, discounted parking
• Discounted food and beverage at various campus cafés and coffee venues
• Access to gym, pool and end of trip facilities within our new purpose-built corporate office in Newstead

For more information specific to the role, please view the PD here –  Mater Health PD_Information Management (1).pdf

Applications close on 27th June 2024. Please note, we may contact applications prior to the closing date, please do not hesitate to APPLY NOW!

Mater is committed to the wellbeing of their staff, and it is underpinned by our flexible and remote working policies.

Please Note: We will not require any support from Recruitment Agencies at this time and kindly request no contact is made. Only direct applications will be considered.