Care Pathways Project Officer

Job Description:

• Role title: Care Pathways Project Officer

• Role type: Maximum Term full time ( 6 months contract)

• Role grade: Health Services Manager Grade 1

• Department and location: Quality Performance and Improvement St Vincents Hospital Darlinghurst

• Salary: $87813.00 - $116824.00 super salary packaging

Better and fairer care. Always.

We are St Vincents Health Australia Australias largest not-for-profit provider of health and aged care services.

Founded by The Sisters of Charity in 1857 our 30000 healthcare superheroes operatepublic and private hospitals residential aged care community and virtual care and outreach programs.

About the role

• Lead end-to-end project delivery driving initiatives that align with organisational priorities while ensuring strong governance compliance and successful outcomes.

• Coordinate all aspects of project execution including planning scheduling workshops and stakeholder engagement to keep projects on track and delivered on time.

• Develop high-quality project documentation and executive-level reporting including project plans briefs dashboards and presentations to support informed decision-making.

• Monitor and manage project performance through governance frameworks tracking risks issues dependencies and benefits and providing clear recommendations for continuous improvement.

• Partner with clinical operational and executive stakeholders to deliver service improvements support change initiatives and ensure smooth implementation and transition to business-as-usual.

About you

• Proven experience delivering projects or service improvement initiatives in complex environments (health government or similar) with a strong understanding of governance risk management and achieving outcomes.

• Exceptional written communication skills with the ability to produce high-quality project documentation executive briefs reports and presentations for senior stakeholders.

• Highly organised with strong project management capability able to manage competing priorities coordinate multiple workstreams and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

• Confident stakeholder manager with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively with clinicians executives subject matter experts and external partners.

• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data identify risks and trends and provide clear actionable recommendations to support decision-making and continuous improvement.

Why work at St Vincents

• Join us on our mission to provide care to all including the most at-risk people in our community

• Discounted access to many gyms for you and your family with Fitness Passport

• Access to discounted private health insurance with Medibank

• Access to a government salary sacrifice program. Make a proportion of your salary tax-free

• Committed to financial support for educational development scholarship programs paid study leave

About the hospital

In this role you will be based at St Vincents hospital Darlinghurst.

• A busy inner-city hospital in a beautiful location

• Surrounded by great cafes galleries and theatres parks nightlife and nearby glorious beaches

• A place of expert clinical care for at-risk people

• Closely partnered with universities & affiliated research institutes many of which are located on-campus

• Centres of excellence include heart & lung transplantation bone marrow transplantation cardiology cancer care AIDS/HIV respiratory medicine mental health homeless health drug & alcohol services and correctional health

Sponsorship / work rights for Australia

Please note visa sponsorship is not available for this position. For this role you must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen or have an Australia visa that grants you the work rights necessary for the role.

Pre-employment checks

Your employment is conditional upon the completion of all role-required pre-employment checks including relevant immunisations.

Equal opportunity

We celebrate diversity & inclusion and are committed to equal employment opportunity for everyone.

As part of our commitment to reconciliation we encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply and join us in delivering care that heals body mind spirit and community.

How to apply

The closing date for applications is 05 May 2026. Please apply at your earliest convenience as we will be interviewing strong candidates as you apply.

Please submit your resume and a brief cover letter highlighting how your interest skills and experience align with each of the things listed in the About You section of this job advert.

Respectfully this role is not open to recruitment agencies.

Reconciliation Action Plan:

At St Vincents we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming safe equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

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