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, interesting 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 environment without aggression, sexual harassment, discrimination and racism.

Where you'll be working

You will be based at Ryde Hospital within the Ryde Hospital Redevelopment (RHR) team, part of Northern Sydney Local Health District. The role works closely with Health Infrastructure, the project delivery team (TSA), and a wide range of clinical and non-clinical stakeholders across the hospital.

Ryde Hospital is having an incredible $479 million complete hospital redevelopment that will transform the delivery of healthcare for the Ryde local community.

The Ryde Hospital Redevelopment will result in new health facilities and enhanced services including emergency, ICU/critical care, inpatient units, outpatient/ambulatory care services and much more.

Construction commenced in early 2023, and will provide you with a wonderful and exciting opportunity to be part of the Ryde team to change the future health services for the Ryde Community completely.

What you'll be doing

The primary purpose of the role is to work in collaboration with the Ryde Hospital Redevelopment (RHR) team, Health Infrastructure (HI) and the project team (TSA) to ensure the Ryde Hospital Redevelopment (RHR) meets the functional requirements of the stakeholders.

The Furniture, Fittings and Equipment (FF&E) Project Manager (PM) will work collaboratively with key stakeholders to facilitate the procurement, management and commissioning of FF&E. This activity requires liaison and negotiation with clinical and non-clinical stakeholders at Ryde to ensure the FF&E requirements are delivered. The role is responsible for managing the transfer of current FF&E to the new development as well as monitoring and reporting on the FFE budget. The PM will be required to escalate to Redevelopment Manager and Ryde Executive regarding FFE and MME that is outside of the redevelopment scope and is a capital cost for the LHD. The Project manager will assist, coordinate and support, through administrative duties and scheduling, the project user group meetings and working groups as required.

People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background are encouraged to apply.

Candidates will need to meet the following criteria

• Tertiary qualifications in a health-related/management field or equivalent experience.
• Describe your experience coordinating the planning and commissioning of FF&E or similar components within a health or complex capital project. What were the key challenges and how did you manage them?
• Provide an example of how you have managed diverse stakeholders and facilitated decision-making across multidisciplinary groups within tight timeframes.
• Detail your experience managing procurement processes and financial tracking, including your use of systems such as Excel, dRofus or similar tools to support reporting and budget management.
• Demonstrated capacity to coordinate the planning and commissioning of health services capital projects including Furniture, Fittings and Equipment (FF&E).
• Demonstrated capacity to manage multidisciplinary groups, including the possession of highly developed negotiation skills and the ability to facilitate group decision-making within tight timeframes.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and experience writing complex reports and correspondence and high level proficiency in the use of Microsoft excel and other databases relevant to equipment procurement and management, or the ability to quickly attain these skills. Working knowledge of dRofus system, TRIM and Excel.

• Work in collaboration with the Ryde Hospital Redevelopment (RHR) team, Health Infrastructure (HI) and the project team (TSA) to ensure the Ryde Hospital Redevelopment (RHR) meets the functional requirements of the stakeholders.
• Facilitate the procurement, management and commissioning of FF&E.
• Liaise and negotiate with clinical and non-clinical stakeholders at Ryde to ensure the FF&E requirements are delivered.
• Manage the transfer of current FF&E to the new development.
• Monitor and report on the FFE budget.
• Escalate to Redevelopment Manager and Ryde Executive regarding FFE and MME that is outside of the redevelopment scope and is a capital cost for the LHD.
• Assist, coordinate and support, through administrative duties and scheduling, the project user group meetings and working groups as required.

• Coordinating the planning and commissioning of FF&E or similar components within a health or complex capital project.
• Managing diverse stakeholders and facilitating decision-making across multidisciplinary groups within tight timeframes.
• Managing procurement processes and financial tracking.
• Use of systems such as Excel, dRofus or similar tools to support reporting and budget management.
• Coordinating the planning and commissioning of health services capital projects including Furniture, Fittings and Equipment (FF&E).
• Managing multidisciplinary groups.
• Highly developed negotiation skills.
• Ability to facilitate group decision-making within tight timeframes.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience writing complex reports and correspondence.
• High level proficiency in the use of Microsoft excel and other databases relevant to equipment procurement and management, or the ability to quickly attain these skills.
• Working knowledge of dRofus system, TRIM and Excel.

• Tertiary qualifications in a health-related/management field or equivalent experience.