Project Manager - Technology

Company Description

Epworth HealthCare is Victoria’s largest not-for-profit private health care group, renowned for excellence in diagnosis, treatment, care and rehabilitation. Epworth is an innovator in Australia’s health system, embracing the latest in evidence-based medicine to pioneer treatments and services for our patients. 

Our values and purpose define Epworth's approach and delivery. We pride ourselves on communicating and delivering them in a real and meaningful way. Every Patient Matters.

Job Description

Great opportunity for a Project Manager to lead the transformation of our innovative Epworth at Home program. This part-time (0.6 FTE) role would suit someone that is passionate about designing patient - centric services to ensure a quality hospital-level care is offered to patients in the home setting. Driving the development, integration, and evaluation of new service models, you will work closely with clinical teams, IT, and external partners to ensure an alignment with strategic objectives is present, and that there is a robust business case established for future funding and expansion.

You will make an impact by:

• Developing detailed project plans, define scope, objectives, timelines and resource needs.
• Designing and implementing new service models for at home services; including remote patient monitoring; incorporating clinical input, technology capabilities, and operational feasibility.
• Collaborating with clinical, operational, change, analysts and IT stakeholders to ensure project alignment, meet user needs and align changes to Epworth’s IT Architecture Principles and change process.
• Overseeing relationships with external vendors, including vendor selection, contract negotiation, performance monitoring, and delivery assurance.
• Monitoring project budgets and resource allocations, through the engagement with the finance team and vendor partners to ensure clarity.

Position Description Inherent Requirements

We will review applications as we receive them.

Qualifications

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Relevant Project Management qualifications and/ or IT qualifications.
• Demonstrated experience in managing IT Projects, including application enhancements and/ or system implementations.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects concurrently and deliver within scope, time and budget and effortlessly switch contexts.
• Demonstrated ability to manage vendor relationships, including coordinating deliverables, service expectations and issue resolution.
• Experience with solution design aligning with broader IT architecture, considering data flows, system integrations and reporting impacts.
• Experience preparing and maintaining project documentation, such as project plans, risk registers and status reports.
• Experience in leading projects that require cross-disciplinary collaboration (clinical, digital, design, logistics).
• Strong understanding of patient journeys, clinical workflows and hospital care processes.
• Proven track record of managing projects that involve the design or integration of digital solutions (apps, portals, remote monitoring tools) into healthcare services.
• Experience engaging stakeholders across diverse teams, including clinical, technical and operational areas.

Additional Information

At Epworth, it’s a community. It’s the sense of belonging and being part of an organisation and a team that works to make sure that every patient matters. In addition to this, you will have access to:

• Epworth’s enhanced Not for Profit status (and not available in the public sector) provides the opportunity for employees to salary package up to $15,900 pre-tax annually, leading to greater take home pay
• The largest educational scholarship program of its kind in Australia
• Ability to purchase up to four additional weeks of leave
• Reduced cost of health services for you and your family at Epworth
• Relocation assistance is available for approved candidates

At Epworth, we care.

We care about our patients and we care about our people.  We care about keeping everyone safe.  We care about valuing and empowering our people, and growing careers.  And we care about giving our people support and flexibility to thrive, and contribute to our communities.

Enquire / Apply

Sound interesting? To apply, click the I'm Interested button and attach your CV and cover letter as one document.

For more information, refer to the attached position description or contact talent@epworth.org.au or phone (03) 9426 0606.

It is a condition of employment with Epworth HealthCare, subject to reasonable exemptions, that you have had an annual Influenza vaccination, where this is required under Epworth policy.

As a child safe organisation, all successful applicants are required to satisfactorily clear a National Police Check (conducted by Epworth) and may be required to hold a valid employee Working with Children Check (provided by you).

At Epworth, we believe inclusion and diversity are essential to our culture and values. We focus on fairness and opportunity for all – across race, ability, ethnicity, gender, age, sexuality, cultures and beliefs – that reflect the communities we work in. At Epworth, we care.