The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne – Parkville VIC

1d ago , from The Royal Children's 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 Protected 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 availablehere.

About the Role:

This is a Part-Time 0.8 FTE ongoing opportunitywithin the Digital Innovation & EMR Team. The role is available to commence immediately.

The DI & EMR Educator designs, delivers and evaluates high quality EMR education and training for RCH staff across all disciplines and classifications.



The role leads onboarding EMR training for new starters and large intake cohorts and delivers ongoing optimisation education that builds the digital capability, confidence and efficiency of the RCH workforce.

Working closely with the clinical informatics team and credentialed trainers across the Parkville precinct, as well as RCH hospital education teams, the DI & EMR Educator translates EMR functionality into practical, workflow-based learning that supports safe, efficient and patient and family centred care. The expected outcomes of the role are a workforce that is competent and confident in EMR use from day one, measurable improvements in EMR proficiency and efficiency, and education programs that are contemporary, evidence-based and aligned to the RCH digital strategy and workplan.

Classification for this position is Grade 6 (AO61 to AO65) (base salary $113,793.68 - $114,382.84 per annum, plus super, pro rata for part time)

What you’ll achieve:

- Design, develop and maintain EMR curricula, lesson plans, eLearning modules, quick reference guides and other learning resources that reflect current RCH workflows, policies and EMR build
- Apply adult learning principles and contemporary instructional design methods to create engaging, role-based education for medical, nursing, allied health, pharmacy and administrative staff




- Maintain the EMR training environment(s) in partnership with clinical analysts, ensuring training patients, scenarios and build reflect the production environment
- Keep education materials current with each EMR upgrade, enhancement and workflow change, in collaboration with the wider Parkville EMR teams

Education Delivery & Administration:

- Deliver EMR onboarding training to new starters and large intake cohorts (including junior medical staff and graduate nurse intakes) via classroom, virtual, eLearning and at-the-elbow formats
- Deliver targeted optimisation education programs (e.g. efficiency and personalisation sessions, thrive/proficiency programs) that improve staff efficiency and satisfaction with the EMR
- Provide at-the-elbow and floor support during go-lives, upgrades, downtimes and the introduction of new functionality, preparing staff and supporting adoption
- Support and coach EMR liaisons, super users, preceptors and education teams to extend the reach of EMR education across the organisation

Quality Improvement & Evaluation:

- Establish systems to evaluate the effectiveness of EMR education and learning activities and use feedback to continuously improve programs
- Utilise available EMR data and reporting tools (e.g. Signal/proficiency data) to identify learning needs, target education and measure impact
- Contribute to post implementation reviews of EMR functionality, benefits realisation activities and measurement of the impact of technology on staff

Stakeholder Management and

📌 Digital Innovation (Melbourne)
🏢 The Royal Children'S Hospital Melbourne
📍 Melbourne