We are establishing a Talent
Register for experienced and motivated professionals interested in
joining our team as Project Officers on either a
fixed-term or casual basis.
This register provides an
opportunity to contribute to complex commissioning, transition, and
service delivery projects across a range of clinical and
operational environments.
About the
role: Project Officers will support key project streams
across infrastructure, clinical services, workforce, and
organisational change. You will contribute to planning,
coordination, and delivery activities to ensure successful project
outcomes within a dynamic healthcare environment.
Delivery
Interface and Integration
- Construction to handover
skills.
- Disruptive works and
additional site process, inclusive of risk and business
continuity management.
Clinical (Service
Planning and Governance)
Service
Planning
- Developing and
finalising models of care.
- Patient
flows and operational workflows.
- Bed
capacity and demand modelling support aligned to the Clinical
Services Framework.
Clinical Governance,
Safety and Quality
- Clinical
governance structures, policies and escalation pathways for new
and changed services.
- National
Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards, WA Health
mandatory policies and accreditation requirements.
- Clinical
scenario testing, simulation
exercises.
Workforce and
Change
Workforce
- Project
workforce planning
- Coordinating industrial
relations requirements, classification reviews, position
descriptions and organisational structure changes.
- Managing
training needs analysis, orientation programs and competency
requirements for new environments and equipment;
and
- Ensuring
compliance with WHS obligations across all transition
activities, including risk assessments for moves, manual
handling and new work environments.
Change
Management
- Change
management planning, including stakeholder analysis, impact
assessments and engagement strategies.
- Coordinating internal
communications, staff engagement activities and change
readiness assessments.
- Supporting staff,
reducing disruption, strengthening readiness and helping the
organisation adopt new ways of working; and
- Monitoring change
adoption and embedding sustainability measures to support
post-transition stabilisation.
Infrastructure
- Asset
management activities including facilities management systems,
planned maintenance schedules and asset registers for new and
refurbished areas.
- Managing
ICT deployment including WAN, passive and active communications
infrastructure, IP addressing, VLAN segmentation, end-user
device commissioning and information systems
configuration.
- Supporting the
commissioning of medical equipment, clinical technology and
digital health platforms; and
- Ensuring
infrastructure readiness
evidence.
Corporate
- Affordability,
sustainability and cost drivers for new and expanded clinical
services.
- Supporting financial
modelling, budgeting, forecasting and alignment with
commissioning and steady‑state operations.
- Contractual and
procurement planning and management; and
- Accommodation
Commissioning and
Transition Experience:
We are particularly
interested in candidates with experience project experience and
support to commissioning and transition activities
across:
- Main
Entry
- Emergency Department
(including Short Stay Unit)
- Acute
Psychiatric Unit (including authorisation
processes)
- Clinical
Tower (Theatres, CSSD, ICU, Maternity, Medical)
- Back of
House services
- Teaching, Training and
Research facilities
- Helipad
operations
- G Block
Refurbishment
Bunbury Hospital
Redevelopment Project is Western Australia's biggest ever regional
hospital upgrade.
Once complete, it will be a
modern community healthcare hub for the Southwest
region.
The redevelopment project
will deliver:
- Construction of a new
seven-storey clinical tower and helideck
- A
dedicated new mental health observation unit
- An
expanded acute psychiatric unit
- A
significantly expanded emergency department
- Additional operating
theatres and a new central sterilisation department
- New and
expanded maternity, birthing, and neonatal services
- Increased inpatient ward
capacity
- WA’s
first regional healthcare training, education, and research
centre
The project also includes
expansion and refurbishment of main entry plus additional
short‑term parking.
Construction of the tower
and main works is expected to be completed in early-2028, with
operational commissioning complete in
mid-2028.
Nestled on Western
Australia’s spectacular South West coast, just under two hours
south of Perth, Bunbury blends relaxed seaside living with the
energy of a growing regional city. Often called the City of
Three Waters thanks to its unique position between the Indian
Ocean, Koombana Bay and the Leschenault Inlet, Bunbury offers easy
access to calm swimming beaches, surf breaks, peaceful estuaries
and rich wetlands — all within minutes of the city centre. Bunbury
is the perfect place to live, work, and
thrive.
Want to know more about
these roles, we encourage you to contact Shane Bolton on Shane.Bolton@health.wa.gov.au
or 0436 017 851.
The type of vacancies that
may arise include:
- Short
Term Contracts – Fixed Term employment under twelve (12)
months.
- Both
Part Time and Full Time options are available for all of
these.
- We
encourage local staff to apply for development
opportunities.
The register is actively
monitored, and applicants may be contacted if an opportunity arises
suiting their skills and experience for the above or other similar
roles.
- You may
be contacted to complete further assessment(s) as required for
the role.
- Assessment and
appointments will be merit-based.
- Once you
apply, your CV will stay on the register until 30/06/2027, you
only need to register once.
- Please
be aware there is no guarantee that an offer of employment will
be made while an application remains on the
register.
How to
apply
The assessment of applicants
for these vacancies will be based on the skills, knowledge and
experience as outlined in the curriculum vitae (CV) provided and in
relation to the vacancy requiring filling. You will be contacted by
phone or email if a suitable vacancy becomes available.
To express interest,
apply online by clicking the ‘Apply
for Job’ button (above and below)
and provide the following documents in Word or PDF format
only:
- Submit a
comprehensive CV that clearly outlines your
transferable skills and experience and highlights your past key
achievements providing sufficient information to enable an
assessment of your skills and experience relevant to these
roles and indicating which position(s) you want to be
considered for (in Word or PDF format); and
- The
names and contact details of two (2) professional
referees - preferable for one to be your
current/recent supervisor or manager.
For further information
about your application, please email WACHS.Recruitment@health.wa.gov.au
clearing indicating the Talent Register name in your email
title.
Eligibility to
Apply:
To be eligible for
appointment, applicants must have a valid working visa (for fixed
term appointments) or be an Australian citizen, permanent resident,
or have a visa to live and work indefinitely in Australia (for
permanent appointments). International applicants with or eligible
for registration with AHPRA (as applicable) are encouraged to
apply.
We are committed to
fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce where every employee
feels valued and empowered. We believe that a diverse team brings
unique perspectives and drives innovation to meet our community’s
needs. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds and experiences to
join us in shaping a more equitable future and as a measure to
achieve equality, under sections 51, 66R and 66ZP of the Equal
Opportunity Act 1984, encourage applications from people living
with a disability, Aboriginal people, people from culturally and
linguistically diverse backgrounds, women and youth (24 years of
age and under).
Why work for
us: In addition to the great salary our employees enjoy an
amazing range of benefits:
- 12%
employer contributed superannuation into a fund of your choice.
For further information click
here.
- Generous
salary packaging benefits:
- Up
to $9010 on a range of benefits such as mortgage, your rent
or other everyday living expenses
- Up
to $2650 on meal entertainment, holiday accommodation and
venue hire
- Access to novated
leasing to use pre-tax dollars for a car and
expenses
- Professional Development
Opportunities and Study Leave/assistance
- Flexible
working arrangements
- Flexible
leave arrangements
- Other
professional and location-based allowance
This selection process may
be used to identify suitable applicants for similar vacancies that
arise within the next twelve months. The Department may conduct
further search activities if required, to extend the field of
applicants.
If you experience
difficulties while applying online, please contact Employee
Services on 13 44 77 for immediate assistance during business
hours.
Lodgement is system
generated. Any submissions on, or after, 4:00pm will not be
accepted.
LATE OR
EMAIL APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.
