Digital & Technology Business Partner

St John of God Health Care is one of the largest private providers of health care services in Australia, employing more than 16,000 employees (caregivers). We operate 26 hospitals and services comprising more than 3,300 hospital beds, including home nursing, disability services and social outreach programs.

As a Catholic, not-for-profit group, we invest all profits to the communities we serve by updating and expanding our facilities and technology; expanding existing services and developing and acquiring new services; and providing Social Outreach services to people experiencing disadvantage to improve health and wellbeing.

Your role at St John of God Health Care
St John of God Midland Public Hospital is a major public and private hospital, providing care to the east metropolitan and wheatbelt regions. It provides a comprehensive range of services including emergency medicine, critical care, day chemotherapy, paediatric care, aged and stroke care, maternity and general surgery. It is operated under a public-private partnership between the State Government and St John of God Health Care.

Midland Hospital has made a significant investment in technologies across all aspects of care. We need a Business Partner to:

• Work closely with caregivers across the site to ensure technology solutions support SJGHC\’s strategy, as well as ensuring Digital and Technology (D&T) services are delivered within agreed Service Levels.
• Manage relationships at a senior level, providing the link between the wider group and D&T.
• Act as the primary interface between D&T and its customers, responsible for identifying and capturing demand, developing and enhancing relationships with key stakeholders, managing customer expectations and feedback and overseeing service delivery for the assigned portfolio.
• Participate in the creation of key business and technology strategies and enterprise architecture to enable them to bring value to the relationship with their business stakeholders.

The Position

• Build deep knowledge of stakeholder operations and maintain positive relationships.
• Develop relationships within D&T to understand processes and governance.
• Partner with senior stakeholders to align initiatives with SJGHC\’s strategy and technology roadmap.
• Help business leaders articulate needs and act as a technology advisor.
• Plan and evaluate new initiatives, integrating digital strategy into business plans.
• Identify opportunities to optimize existing systems to meet strategic objectives.
• Communicate D&T updates, achievements, and opportunities.
• Coordinate interactions between D&T and business units.
• Educate stakeholders on processes, roles, and capabilities.
• Manage relationships, expectations, and service levels with stakeholders.
• Establish communication channels across functions and collaborate on multi-year capability roadmaps.
• Lead the project initiation phase by working collaboratively within D&T to define scope and provide high-level estimates for initiatives.

You will possess a degree qualification in a relevant discipline and have significant experience in contributing to the development of IT strategy and Enterprise Architecture. Additionally, you will have a proven track record of influencing senior executives and developing and presenting business cases to support key business decisions.

To succeed, you will have proven excellence in building and maintaining relationships, with the ability to interact effectively with diverse stakeholders at all levels. You will demonstrate strong critical thinking, lateral problem solving, and quantitative analysis skills when addressing business challenges. Additionally, you will exhibit a facilitative management style that fosters trust, encourages initiative, and promotes teamwork.

Above all, people will be at the core of everything you do committing to and supporting our Mission and Values.

We can offer you

• Highly competitive salary
• A fixed term full-time role working 76 hours per fortnight (contract available until Dec 2026)
• Salary packaging up to $18,550 on a range of benefits such as mortgage, rent, meal entertainment, holiday accommodation or other everyday living expenses as well as options to salary package benefits above the FBT cap on items such as:
  • Novated leasing
  • work related expenses
  • self-education and
  • additional superannuation
• Working from home arrangements
• Located from our SJGHC Midland Hospital
• Onsite parking available
• Employee discount on St John of God Hospital & Medical Services and Private Health Insurance
• Access to a range of Lifestyle, Health & Wellbeing rewards and discounts

All applicants are asked to submit a covering letter (of no more than two (2) pages) demonstrating how you meet the above position requirements.

For enquiries, contact Jeff Docking, Group Manager Design and Platforms, on (08) 6116 0153.

If suitable candidates are identified, shortlisting and interviews may begin before the advertisement closes.

At St John of God Health Care, we celebrate diversity and warmly welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

Our commitment is to create a safe and nurturing environment for all children and vulnerable individuals in our care and proactively take steps to protect them from abuse, ensuring their safety and well-being.

Our inclusive culture fosters an environment that is respectful and secure, welcoming and accessible, and unified through our diverse community.

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