Health Data Specialist
Children's Cancer Institute
Date: 6 hours ago
City: Sydney, New South Wales
Salary:
A$80,000
-
A$90,000
per year
Contract type: Full time
Position: Health Data Specialist
Location: Kensington, New South Wales
Salary Range: $80,000 – $90,000 + Super
Job Type: Full-time
About Us
Children’s Cancer Institute is the only independent medical research institute in Australia
wholly dedicated to curing childhood cancer. Cancer kills more children than any other
disease, and our mission is to save the lives of all children with cancer and improve their
quality of life through medical research. With cutting-edge facilities, pioneering science, and
a passionate team of experts, we are working tirelessly to make childhood cancer history.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain data transformation pipelines using OMOP CDM, FHIR, and other standards.
- Support integration of clinical research data from platforms such as Oracle Clinical One and LabMatrix.
- Collaborate with software and data engineers to enable robust data harmonisation.
- Extend data models to represent biobank and animal model samples.
- Build capabilities for real-time data exchange with electronic medical record (eMR) systems.
- Contribute to national and international collaborations to improve health data interoperability.
- Foster data use from structured and unstructured sources, including natural language processing.
- Ensure compliance with ethical, data governance, and cybersecurity requirements.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in or higher qualification in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Excellent communication and teamwork capabilities.
- Ability to work independently and in multidisciplinary teams
- Minimum 1 year of relevant experience
Why Join Us?
- Be part of a mission-driven team creating tangible impact.
- Work in a collaborative, diverse and inclusive culture.
- Develop alongside some of Australia’s brightest minds in medical research.
- Gain access to leading technologies, partnerships, and infrastructure.
- Build a career where your skills contribute to saving children’s lives.
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