• Commission on Excellence and Innovation in Health (CEIH) – Clinical Informatics and Innovation
• Salary: $108,109 to $116,864 – ASO7 – Full Time / Term Contract up to 1 Year

Overview:

• Be part of a once in a lifetime career opportunity to work closely with clinicians, consumers, researchers and analysts in helping establish state-of-the-art data and intelligence infrastructure for Cancer (CANDI) as one of the core enablers for the South Australian Comprehensive Cancer Network (SACCaN). 
• Use, apply, grow and innovate your knowledge and experience of working in complex projects and services that integrate and standardise data assets, create faster data access, a consistent ‘version of the truth’ and vastly improved time-to-solution for clinical informatics initiatives. 
• Opportunities to work with and in a dynamic and growing team across a range of areas from applications, integration, interoperability, warehousing, data science, devops and more. 
• The role provides expert technical advice to, and undertakes, the building, management and optimisation of data pipelines, moving them effectively into production for key data and analytics consumers including clinicians, business managers, data analysts, data scientists and the community.
• The Data Engineer works collaboratively with team members and customers to understand requirements and delivers technical consultancy to the development of solution recommendations.  The role is also responsible for ensuring activities comply with data governance and data security requirements and the CANDI agreed development and configuration standards as well as the data architecture and model design.  Considered an expert in the field, a strong component of this role is the proactive leadership and development of staff within and outside the team.
• The position operates in a complex program management and technical environment strongly customer focussed including consumers, clinicians, the Minister, operational managers and executives to facilitate data driven decisions which ensure appropriate, safe and quality services for patients to enable comprehensive cancer care.

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time.  Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and appropriate immunisation requirements.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job ref:  914204

Criminal History Screening Requirement

• A ‘National Police Certificate’ NPC (also known as a ‘Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check’ NCCHC)  for employment involving no contact with vulnerable groups is required for this position (general employment)

Immunisation Risk for this position is Category C (minimal patient contact)

SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

Enquiries

Tina Hardin
Executive Director, Clinical Informatics and Innovation
Phone: (08) 7117 6580
E-mail: tina.hardin@sa.gov.au E-mail: 

Application Closing Date

Wednesday, 17 September 2025 – 11:55PM

Attachments

• 914204 - Data Engineer - Commission on Excellence and Innovation in Health - Role Description.pdf
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