Role Title: Communicable Disease Control Data Dashboards Intern
Organisation: Department of Health
Internship Period: Winter (June - July)
Location: East Perth
The intern will be placed with the Data team of the Communicable Disease Control Directorate (CDCD) to modernise data reporting communicable diseases, primarily hospital infection control. The aim of this project is to develop reporting dashboards using Power BI for users and analysts.
This includes:
- Assessing current state of data reporting.
- Develop Power BI dashboards or similar, to collate CDCD data and enable monitoring of and reporting on key indicators.
- Assess use of other data tools including Microsoft Azure for use where appropriate.
WA Health is now governed by the Health Services Act 2016.
The new legislation represents a significant reform in health, and is designed to modernise the way our health services are structured, governed and delivered; to promote better health, better care and better value to all Western Australians.
The legislation established the Department of Health as ‘System Manager’ for WA Health, providing stewardship, guidance and support to our health services using a collection of binding Policy Frameworks in 18 key areas of health service delivery, to ensure they provide consistent, efficient and effective services into the future.