WA Health to finally end IT leadership limbo

CIO role up for grabs after five-year wait.

WA Health has finally begun taking applications for a chief information officer role that has remained in the hands of temporary appointees since 2010.

On Saturday the department posted a job ad seeking candidates to become CIO of the 43,000-strong department on a five year contract.

The recruitment drive follows a five-year revolving door at the top of WA Health’s IT wing, the health information network (HIN), which has been linked by some parliamentarians to the government’s failure to commission IT services at the new Fiona Stanley Hospital on time.

In the past five years, WA Health has ushered a total of four interim tech chiefs in and out.

The acting line-up started with Alan Piper, who was then followed by Dr Andrew Robertson, Bill Leonard and Michael D’Souza – all attempting to lead the complex enterprise within the limitations of their temporary appointments. For the full article click here 

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