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Role highlights
- Help shape national health data standards used across Australia's healthcare system.
- Leverage your clinical expertise beyond direct patient care to drive healthcare interoperability and innovation.
- Collaborate with clinicians, industry and government to improve how health information is shared and used nationwide.
About CSIRO
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The opportunity
Are you a clinician who is passionate about improving healthcare beyond the bedside, clinic or ward?
CSIRO's Australian e-Health Research Centre (AEHRC) is seeking a Clinical Information Modeller/Informatician to join the Sparked AU FHIR Accelerator team and help shape Australia's future health data standards. Drawing on your clinical knowledge and experience, you will work alongside healthcare professionals, researchers, vendors and other stakeholders to design and govern the clinical information models, terminologies and interoperability standards that support the exchange of health information across the Australian healthcare system.
This is a unique opportunity for experienced doctors and nurses with strong Australian healthcare experience to apply their understanding of clinical workflows, documentation practices and information exchange challenges in a new way. Rather than delivering patient care directly, you'll help ensure health information can move consistently and safely between healthcare settings, supporting initiatives such as My Health Record, digital health solutions and national interoperability programs.
Working within Australia's largest digital health research program, you'll collaborate with other clinicians and industry experts across areas such as chronic condition management, child health and aged care, contributing to nationally significant work that supports better connected healthcare for all Australians.
Your high-level duties will include:
Clinical data modelling:
- Developing and governing structured clinical data models, comprising clinical information models and appropriate terminology value sets, to ensure alignment with current Australian clinical practice.
- Supporting the development of clinical terminology to achieve high-quality data and interoperability among diverse health information systems.
- Supporting the development of clinical use cases, workflows and clinical test data.
Stakeholder engagement:
- Providing clinical expertise regarding aged, disability and primary health care.
- Participating in and facilitating the Sparked Clinical Design Group (CDG) and Sparked Clinical Focus Groups (CFGs), to co-design work with the clinical profession and industry through an agile approach.
- Where necessary, participating in the Sparked FHIR Projects, to clarify clinical requirements during the FHIR IG development process.
- Facilitating workshops with clinicians and vendors, including pre- and post-workshop documentation.
Role particulars
Location and office arrangements: Brisbane, QLD preferred; other major CSIRO sites in Sydney, (NSW), Canberra (ACT), Melbourne (VIC) or Perth (WA) will also be considered
Salary: AU$135k – AU$158k per annum (pro rata for part-time), plus 15.4% superannuation
Tenure & work schedule: Specified term of 2 years; full time; options for part-time work can be discussed based on needs of the role and individual circumstances.
Reference: 102996
As the successful candidate, you will bring:
Essential criteria
- Tertiary qualifications in Medicine and/or Nursing, with demonstrated clinical practice experience in the Australian primary health care domain.
- An understanding of clinical healthcare practices, workflows, and regulatory requirements related to clinical documentation and health data exchange in Australia.
- The ability to engage stakeholders through negotiation, consultation and facilitation, supported by strong written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to apply these in complex project environments.
- An understanding of medical terminology, including anatomical terms, procedures, diagnoses, and medications.
- An understanding of the Sparked and Clinical Design Group (CDG) community collaborative approach.
Candidates who can also demonstrate one or more of the following will be highly regarded:
- Clinical work experience in the Australian aged care, disability or child health sectors
- Experience with openEHR clinical modelling methodology and FHIR standards.
- Proficiency in healthcare terminology standards such as SNOMED CT, LOINC, ICD-10, and CPT codes, including how these integrate with openEHR archetypes and FHIR resources.
- Experience in using and managing terminology services, tools and other clinical data ontologies.
- Ability to develop and govern information models for national data sets like the Australian Clinical Data for Interoperability (AUCDI), to support FHIR-based systems.
For full details about this role, and other criteria, please review the Position Description.
Not sure if you meet all the criteria?
While it is CSIRO policy that the successful candidate must meet all the essential criteria, there are many ways to demonstrate this. Don’t let the list discourage you. If you are unsure about applying, please reach out to the contact person in the Position Description.
Setting you up for success
We are committed to providing a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible to everyone. We recognise that it may be helpful for us to adjust our process to make it equitable for your individual situation. Please contact Cristina O’Brien via email at
[email protected] and let us know how we can support you.
Life at CSIRO and flexible work arrangements
We work flexibly at CSIRO, offering a range of options for how, when and where you work. We can discuss flexible work arrangements with you during the recruitment process. CSIRO also offers a range of leave entitlements, benefits and career development opportunities. To find out more, visit Careers at CSIRO.
Inclusion and belonging
Solving Australia's greatest challenges takes a diversity of minds and lived experiences. We know diverse teams are more effective and deliver more innovative outcomes. As an equal employment opportunity organisation, we are committed to creating diverse and inclusive teams where people feel they belong. We recognise true diversity encompasses all ages, abilities, cultures, faiths, levels of education, genders, sexualities, diversity of thought and much more. We focus on hiring people who share our values of People First, Further Together, Making it Real and Trusted.
CSIRO holds Gold Status for the Australian Workplace Equality Index for LGBTQIA+ inclusion, and a Science in Australia Gender Equity Bronze Award.
Eligibility
Applications for this position are open to Australian Citizens, New Zealand Citizens, and Australian Permanent Residents. Appointment to this role is subject to provision of a national police check and may be subject to other security/medical/character requirements.
Child safety
CSIRO is committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people involved in our activities and programs. View our Child Safe Policy.
How to apply
Please apply online and submit a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) and CV that demonstrate your motivation and ability to meet the essential requirements of this role.
Applications close
Tuesday 1st September 2026, 11:00pm AEST
