Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Lyell McEwin Hospital – Elizabeth Vale Salary: $98,478 - $104,165 p.a. plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits – ASO6 Temporary Full-Time, up to 5 February 2027 About the Role: Step into a role where your expertise will shape the future of digital healthcare across the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN). We are seeking a Digital Health Contracts Manager who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is energised by work that genuinely improves patient outcomes. As the Digital Health Contracts Manager, you will become a trusted partner to our Digital Health Unit, providing end to end contract management expertise that keeps essential digital systems running smoothly. Your work ensures that every contract supports safe, efficient, and innovative digital service delivery across the network. Key responsibilities include: managing diverse contracts that underpin NALHN’s digital operations, ensuring they deliver value for money and meet operational needs overseeing contract variations, renewals, extensions and supplier performance, with a strong focus on risk management and compliance providing targeted procurement support as required, including coordinating procurement activities from planning through to execution, ensuring robust documentation and adherence to relevant framework collaborating with internal stakeholders across clinical and non‑clinical teams to align digital solutions with service requirements identifying and managing risks while ensuring adherence to policies, procedures, and procurement frameworks balancing multiple priorities in a busy, evolving environment where responsiveness and practical problem‑solving are key supporting patient‑centred outcomes by ensuring digital tools and services are backed by strong, well‑managed contracts About You: To thrive in this role, you will bring sharp judgement, strong relationship‑building skills and confident decision‑making to every challenge. You communicate clearly and effectively, collaborating with technical and non‑technical stakeholders across a diverse, multidisciplinary environment. You’re comfortable working independently, analysing complex information and staying composed under pressure, enabling you to meet deadlines and juggle competing priorities without losing focus. Building on these strengths, if you're a proactive, detail‑driven professional who enjoys developing strong relationships and navigating complex procurement landscapes, this role offers the perfect blend of challenge, purpose, and impact. You might also be someone with experience working closely with digital platforms and vendors, which will help you contribute more effectively. If this sounds like you, we’d be excited to receive your application. About Us: The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is a leading provider of public healthcare services in South Australia. NALHN serves over 400,000 people in northern Adelaide with a comprehensive range of high-quality medical services, including emergency, surgical, obstetric, neonatal, paediatric, oncology, geriatric, palliative care and rehabilitation, and mental health care. Recently, NALHN has upgraded its facilities and plans to expand further. The network provides primary health care with a focus on community health promotion and chronic disease management. With nearly 6,500 employees, NALHN emphasises quality care and a supportive work environment guided by respect, integrity, and accountability. Our core values foster excellence, innovation, and equitable health outcomes. At NALHN Everyone Has a Story, Everyone Matters, Everyone Contributes and Everyone Grows. Benefits of working at NALHN: From salary packaging to flexible working arrangements, a large range of opportunities for movement and career progression, you’ll find there are lots of benefits of working with Northern Adelaide Local Health Network. Salary packaging is an option for saving money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed. Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants from interstate or overseas. NALHN supports and fosters a culture in which employees feel they belong and feel safe at work. The culture aims to encourage all people to use their talents and to be valued and rewarded for their contributions. SA Health is committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees. We strongly encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, members of the LGBTIQASB community and people who live with disability and/or neurodivergence. We are committed to making workplace adjustments to provide a positive and supportive work environment. You are encouraged to let us know if you have any support or access requirements during the recruitment process and beyond to ensure you can perform at your best. The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role. Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check. Check(s): DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC) National Police Check (National Police Certificate) for general employment probity, vulnerable person-related employment and aged care sector screening – apply to any of the accredited bodies approved to offer a service direct to the public. Accreditation is provided by the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission . See our National Police Certificate accredited bodies page for links to lodge screening requests. Immunisation Risk for this position is – Category B (indirect contact with blood or body substances) SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job Ref: 922993 Enquiries: Ange Matthews Executive Assistant Phone: 0421 965 959 E-mail: Angela.Matthews@sa.gov.au Application Closing Date: 6 February 2026 – 11.55PM Role Description and Further Information: 922933 - ASO6 Digital Health Contracts Manager - Role Description .pdf * Refer to the SA Health Career Website – How to apply for further information.
