EMR Test Lead

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Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and statewide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives. 

About EMR Services

The Department provides a wide range of Information Communication and Technology (ICT) and Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Services to Austin Health staff. The ICT and EMR environment include business critical information systems and multi-campus data and telecommunications networks.  It supports over 8,000 staff, computers, applications, Microsoft Windows, Unix servers and multiple database products and telecommunication devices.

The EMR services office is located at the Austin Campus; however, staff are required to work across all Austin Health campuses as required. The EMR team strives for a positive collaborative environment built on trust.  They work towards collective decisions, and they are held accountable for outcomes.

About the role 

The EMR Test Lead plays a critical role in ensuring the safety, quality, and readiness of changes to Austin Health’s Electronic Medical Record (Cerner / Oracle Health Millennium). This role leads testing strategy, governance, and execution across projects and business‑as‑usual releases, working closely with clinical, operational, technical, and vendor stakeholders to ensure EMR changes are clinically safe, compliant, and fit for purpose.

A regular day will see you:   

• Leading and coordinating end‑to‑end testing activities for EMR projects and releases, including UAT, integration, regression, and go‑live readiness assessments
• Partnering with clinicians, business owners, and vendors to plan, execute, and sign off testing outcomes
• Embedding clinical safety and risk‑based testing practices across workflows, interfaces, and system changes
• Managing test governance artefacts, environments, data, defects, and release readiness reporting
• Providing clear status updates and decision‑ready insights to EMR and organisational governance forums

About you 

To be successful in this role you’ll bring with you:

• Excellent analytical skills 
• Passion for digital transformation 
• Expert and experience in test design and execution techniques
• Experience with Cerner Millenium 
• Proven ability to work both independently and in a complex team environment; collaborate with external and internal professionals and other customers   
• Proven communication skills to communicate effectively with all levels of personnel within the organisation   

Our benefits 

Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including: 

• Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging, for living expenses, meals, and holiday accommodation. 
• A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted fitness memberships and special offers on health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program. 
• Onsite childcare at Austin Hospital, easy access via public transport and car parking options. 
• Mentoring and career development opportunities. 

Work with us! 

We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures. 

If you feel this role is right for you, we encourage your early application. Even if you don’t meet every single requirement, we encourage you to apply. What matters most is your passion, your drive and your willingness to learn and contribute. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place prior to the closing date. This means we reserve the right to close a job ad prior to the advertised closing date. 

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: Lynne Keith, EMR Services Manager at Lynne.Keith@austin.org.au

Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the position description for further details. 

Application closing date: Friday 24 April 2026