Talent Register - Project Officer - Bunbury Redevelopment

1d ago , from Western Australia Government

We are establishing a TalentRegister 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 organizational change. You will contribute to planning, coordination, and delivery activities to ensure successful project outcomes within a dynamic healthcare workplace.

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.

Workforce and Change

- 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 organization adopt recent 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

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
- 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.

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.

EEO Statement

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).

Benefits

In addition to the great salary our employees enjoy a amazing range of benefits:

- 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

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📌 Talent Register - Project Officer - Bunbury Redevelopment
🏢 Wa Country Health Service
📍 Bunbury