Priority Projects Manager

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Health Manager Level 3
Remuneration: $127,150 - $144,444 per annum plus superannuation
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ594186
Applications Close: Sunday, 17th August 2025
Location: Various locations throughout SESLHD

Are you ready to lead strategic healthcare projects that enhance care delivery and improve patient outcomes?
Where you'll be working

Reporting to the Strategy, Innovation & Digital Health Directorate, this position will rotate across the SESLHD major hospitals, including Prince of Wales Hospital, the Sydney Eye Hospital, the Royal Hospital for Women, St George Hospital, and Sutherland Hospital.

What you'll be doing

The Strategy, Innovation and Digital Health Team encompasses strategic planning functions, analytics, technology, change, and project management resources to ensure strategic allocation of resources to key organisational priorities and initiatives. Built around three key pillars, it drives and enables the delivery of key strategic and operational initiatives by developing innovative solutions to improve the quality and efficiency of service delivery. The directorate oversees the development of organisation strategies and plans, while also monitoring the implementation of such plans. This department handles SESLHD's most pressing organisational problems and explores opportunities such as technology in health, change and innovation, and environmental sustainability practices.

The Priority Projects Manager is a senior role where the successful applicant will work independently within the hospital site or district-wide service, and work directly with the General Manager, Executive, or senior leadership team within their assigned location. Note that location will change over time based on current priorities and needs.

Applicants are required to work onsite and full time, have excellent project management skills, and strong experience in leading projects across all phases of the project lifespan. Previous experience leading quality improvement projects at the hospital or district level, analyzing large patient datasets, and a demonstrated understanding of hospital revenue/funding and operational aspects of service delivery will be highly regarded.

The role will also provide ongoing advice and guidance to local project teams around project management, implementation, and reporting requirements for key strategic projects. Strong experience is required in independently running projects at the hospital level, managing stakeholders, and implementing sustainable changes.

Benefits:

• Up to 12 allocated days off each year (for full-time employees) in addition to annual leave.
• Salary packaging options that reduce your taxable income and increase your take-home pay Up to $9K for living expenses and $2.6K for meal & entertainment & Novated Leasing.
• Discounted gym memberships with a Fitness Passport
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for employees and family members.
• Discounted Private Health Insurance.

Are you ready to join us?

We are excited to learn more about you and your experience. As part of the application process, we invite you to review the selection criteria and respond to the following two targeted questions:

1. Outline a challenge you have faced in managing scope, sponsorship, or implementation in a hospital environment of a project you led that focused on improving systems, processes, and patient outcomes. How did you approach the issue and what was the outcome?
2. Describe a time when you have worked autonomously and directly with a senior executive and key internal stakeholders to drive change in a complex setting. How did you identify, manage, and influence key priorities, and what did you achieve?

Need more information?

• Click here for the Position Description and SESLHD Expected Standards
• Find out more about applying for this position
• For role-related queries or questions, contact Caroline Coevoet at Caroline.Coevoet@health.nsw.gov.au

Our CORE Values are Collaboration, Openness, Respect, and Empowerment, created by employees for employees to inspire positive workplace interactions.

Reasonable Adjustments

NSW Health recognises everyone is unique, and you may require adjustments to ensure the best opportunity to apply. If we can make adjustments to the NSW Health recruitment/interview process, please email SESLHD-Recruitment-District@health.nsw.gov.au.

Adjustments may include but are not limited to, physical requirements, interview setups, and specific interview times where required.

Information for applicants:

• If you have relevant qualifications or experience, include supporting documents with your application.
• An eligibility list may be created for future vacancies.
• Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia is available, following labour market testing.
• Applicants will be assessed against the essential requirements and criteria in the position description.
• Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with NSW Health policy on Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specific Diseases prior to offer.
• SESLHD is committed to a diverse workforce. We encourage candidates of all backgrounds to apply. Support is available from our Aboriginal Employment Consultant at SESLHD-AboriginalWorkforce@health.nsw.gov.au.

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