Parkville EMR Senior Business Manager

Overview

Join to apply for the Parkville EMR Senior Business Manager role at The Royal Children's Hospital.

Applications close: 14 September 2025.

About The Hospital

The Royal Children's Hospital's (RCH) vision is "A world where all kids thrive." RCH is a cornerstone member of the Melbourne Children's Campus, partnering with Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics and The Royal Children's Hospital Foundation. RCH has cared for the children and young people of Victoria for more than 150 years since it was founded in 1870.

RCH provides a full range of paediatrics and adolescent health services, including tertiary and quaternary care for the most critically ill and medically complex patients in Victoria and beyond. The hospital has more than 6,000 staff, a budget of $850M, 12 wards and 350 beds. Annually, RCH handles 300,000+ Specialist Clinic appointments, 90,000+ Emergency Department presentations and 20,000 elective surgeries. RCH is committed to the Child Safe Standards and staff safety and culture.

About The Role

This is a fixed term position at 80 hours per fortnight within the Parkville Electronic Medical Record (EMR) team.

You will be responsible for the financial management of the EMR service including budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, performing monthly reviews and supporting the Parkville EMR senior management team. This role also involves working within the Parkville EMR Governance Framework to support financial and operational decision‑making across the precinct.

Classification for this position will range from Grade 8 Year 1 (AO81) – Grade 8 Year 5 (AO85) with a base salary of $121,274.40 to $133,842.80 per annum, plus superannuation.

What You'll Achieve

• Leading joint budgeting processes for the EMR across the precinct, overseeing cost recovery frameworks, managing shared contracts, and driving financial alignment across service delivery areas.
• Coordinate and action finance activities and plans for the Parkville EMR service.

Your Skills And Experience

• CA/CPA qualified management accountant;
• Meticulous organisational skills, with a proven ability to prioritise work and attention to detail;
• Demonstrate problem solving and analytical skills to identify trends and anomalies;
• Ability to achieve work deadlines, prioritise workload and competing demands;
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex cost-sharing and funding arrangements across multiple stakeholders, with the proven capability to communicate effectively to non-finance audiences, simplifying complex concepts and fostering informed decision-making.

If this sounds like you, view the position description.

About Parkville Electronic Medical Record (EMR)

The Parkville EMR is a digital partnership between The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH), Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre (Peter Mac), The Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH), The Royal Women's Hospital (RWH) and Parkville Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing Service (PYMHWS). The Parkville EMR team (employed by RCH) maintains, operates, and optimises the Parkville EMR service for the benefit of all 5 health services. The Parkville precinct partners are committed to delivering a world-class EMR to support safe, high quality and seamless healthcare across Parkville and improve health outcomes for all Victorians.

What We Offer

• Excellent employee benefits including salary packaging.
• Full time fixed term role until October 2026.
• Work for Australia's leading Children's Hospital.
• Ability to join Fitness Passport and access facilities.
• Parkville location and close to public transport.

Other Requirements

• Current National Criminal Record Check, or willing to obtain
• Valid Working with Children Check
• Compliance with RCHs "Staff Immunisation – Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases" procedure

Application Process

To apply, you will need a resume and a tailored cover letter outlining your skills, experience, and suitability for the position in line with the requirements of the position description. Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately; we encourage you to apply promptly.

For more information about this position please contact Matthew at

Why Work at the RCH?

RCH offers world-class facilities, a positive culture, and opportunities with an award-winning health and wellbeing program. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds, the LGBTQI+ community and people with disability. Vaccination against influenza is a requirement for Category A and B roles, with exceptions for medical reasons as applicable. Applicants will be required to provide their Australian Government Immunisation History Statement and RCH will collect and hold vaccination information.

Are you ready to join our team? Apply online by clicking the "Apply" button.

Applications close: 14 September 2025.

Seniority level: Not Applicable

Employment type: Full-time

Job function: Health Care Provider

Industries: Hospitals and Health Care

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