Data Analyst

The Hospital:

The Royal Children’s Hospital’s (RCH) Vision is “A world where all kids thrive”.

RCH is a cornerstone member of the Melbourne Children’s Campus, partnering with Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics and The Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation.

RCH has cared for the children and young people of Victoria for more than 150 years since it was founded in 1870. A full range of paediatrics and adolescent health services are provided plus tertiary and quaternary care for the most critically ill and medically complex patients in Victoria, Tasmania, southern NSW and other states around Australia and overseas. The Hospital has more than 6,000 staff, a budget of $850M, 12 wards and 350 beds. Annually, the RCH has 300,000+ Specialist Clinic appointments, 90,000+ Emergency Department presentations and 20,000 elective surgeries.

The RCH is committed to the Child Safe Standards. 

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact.

For further Information on RCH is available here.

Job Title: Data Analyst Grade 6 – Decision Support Unit

• Excellent employee benefits including salary packaging
• Hub of medical precinct in Parkville, Melbourne
• Flexible work options available

About the Role

This is a fixed term part time position at 0.6 FTE /  45.6 hours per fortnight within the Decision Support Unit.  You will be responsible for report and extract development along with maintenance and analysis tasks primarily using Epic’s Clarity database and Decision Support’s enterprise data warehouse. You will work with the RCH Departments to understand and support the hospital’s reporting and data extraction requirements and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives. 

What you’ll achieve:

• Contribute to achieving RCH objectives through the development of reporting capacity in the DSU across different areas.
• Perform analysis of reporting requirements, enhancement requests and other technical issues associated with the EMR and the DSU data warehouse.
• Establish productive relations with key stakeholders and other data providers.

Classification for this position will range from AO61 – AO65 (base salary $110,479 to  $111,051 per annum, plus superannuation)

Your skills and experience:

• A tertiary degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience).
• Advanced skills in the development and deployment of reports using Microsoft Power BI reports or similar tools.
• Experience with data integration, the use of BI tools and relational databases.

If this sounds like you, click here to view the position description.

About the Decision Support Unit

The Decision Support Unit provides mission critical data and reporting to all areas of the hospital to assist in the achievement of performance management initiatives and strategic goals. This includes data extraction, funding and revenue analysis, patient costing and benchmarking with external organisations.

What we offer:

• Staff Wellbeing Hub
• Culture of continuous improvement
• Salary Packaging – Increase your take home pay!

Other requirements:

• Current National Criminal Record Check, or willingness to obtain
• Valid Working with Children Check
• Compliance with RCHs “Staff Immunisation - Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases” procedure

Application process

To apply, you will need a resume and a tailored cover letter outlining your skills, experience, and suitability for the position in line with the requirements of the position description.

Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately, we encourage you to apply promptly!

For more information about this position please contact Chris Jackson, Manager, Decision Support, Ph: (03) 93456841, Email: Chris.Jackson@rch.org.au

Why work at the RCH?

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact. We offer the opportunity to work in world-class facilities, surrounded by Royal Park and only a short tram trip from the heart of Melbourne city.

We also offer staff benefits such as discounted staff parking, salary packaging, and an award-winning health and wellbeing program.

The RCH is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse background, all members of the LGBTQI community and people with disability.

It is a requirement of your employment that you be vaccinated against Influenza annually for Category A and B roles, in compliance with any public health orders in place at the relevant time, unless you have a medical exception in line with those public health orders, which has been accepted by The Royal Children’s Hospital.  Applicants will be required to provide their Australian Government Immunisation History Statement, it is a requirement of the RCH to collect, record and hold vaccination information.

It is also a requirement of your employment that you comply with any direction given by The Royal Children’s Hospital that you be vaccinated against, or prove immunity to, any other disease, unless you have a relevant exemption, and offers of employment are conditional on successful completion of background checks including reference checks. 

Are you ready to join our team?

Apply online by clicking on the “Apply” button

Applications close 15/05/2026