A key leadership role responsible for delivering expert medico-legal services, privacy governance, and continuous service improvement across Royal North Shore Hospital and Northern Sydney Local Health District.
Employment Type
:PermanentFull Time
Position Classification
:Health Manager Level 2
Remuneration
: $2,****** - $2,****** per week
Hours Per Week
:38
Requisition ID
:REQ******
Who we are
: We are a health service that touches thousands of lives across the Northern Sydney Local Health District, together as a team of like-minded people. We are passionate, driven and have the skills and knowledge to care for our patients whilst creating the best services possible. Our teams have meaningful, engaging and rewarding work everyday. We challenge and nurture each other, sharing our knowledge and experience so that we can deliver better care for everyone There's a real sense of belonging here because we value and respect our patients, employees, and teams' voices. You'll feel a real privilege being a trusted caregiver in our patients, their families, their carers, and our communities' lives.
NSLHD is proud of our diverse and inclusive workplaces, a place where health care professionals can thrive and feel they belong. We are committed to ensure that all our people feel respected and participate safely within a work setting without aggression, sexual harassment, discrimination and racism.
Where you'll be working
Royal North Shore Hospital
What you'll be doing




The Medico-Legal Manager is responsible for the management of the medico-legal services including overseeing staff management and workflow of all medico-legal processes, making complex decisions, ensuring requests are completed in accordance with legislation, identifying areas to improve efficiency, and acting as an escalation point for medico-legal team. The position also requires liaising with members of public, internal and external key stakeholders, solicitors and courts; police and other legislative and regulatory bodies.
Protecting patient/carer's privacy is the principal objective of the Medico-Legal team and includes releasing information in accordance with The Health Records and Information Privacy Act **** (HRIPA).
People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background are encouraged to apply.
Candidates will need to meet the following criteria:
Proven leadership and stakeholder management skills, including staff supervision, complex decision-making, negotiation, communication, and a commitment to NSW Health CORE Values.
Demonstrated expertise in medico-legal services, privacy legislation, health information management, and release of information processes, with the ability to provide specialist advice and ensure compliance.
Robust operational, analytical and technical capability, including workload management, auditing, process improvement, digital health systems experience, and the ability to identify and implement service enhancements.
NSW Health is committed toimplementing the Child Safe Standards.
The team enriching healthin millions of ways every day.
Applications Close: 3 October ****
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📌 Medico-Legal Manager (Sydney)
🏢 NSW Health
📍 Sydney