Application Developer

Your role at St John of God Health Care

As an Application Developer, you will be responsible for the development, customisation, configuration, support, and maintenance of hospital and corporate systems within St John of God Health Care to meet business objectives.

You will design and build enterprise applications using .NET technologies, working across front-end, back-end, and system integrations to deliver reliable and scalable solutions. The role also involves producing high-quality system documentation and collaborating with stakeholders to ensure business needs are met and continuous improvement is achieved.

The Position

• Participating in various stages of the software development life cycle to create, deliver and support Hospital and Corporate applications for use across the SJGHC organisation.

• Developing and maintaining a detailed knowledge of applications and data integrations developed by the team.

• Attending to Service Desk Requests to ensure all incidents and requests are responded to in a timely manner.

• Working with the Business Engagement and Design team to understand the requirements of projects in the pipe-line.

• Working with the Project Delivery team to provide time and resource estimates on projects.

• Assisting with the preparation of technical specifications and estimates of effort to design, develop and deliver approved solutions.

• Ensuring appropriate level of version management and change control are adhered to in line with the standards, policies and guidelines in the team.

• Developing, maintaining and documenting all systems in accordance with best practice and industry standards.

• Assisting in investigating and advising on possible solutions to specific business needs.

• Maintaining knowledge of current technology developments and trends within information systems.

• Provide on-call and out-of-hours support as required to meet service level agreements.

• Ability to travel within WA and Interstate, if required.

It is essential you have proven experience in front-end application design and development, including modern JavaScript frameworks, along with strong knowledge of back-end database design and relational databases such as SQL Server and Oracle. You will also possess a solid understanding of Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) principles, including web services, messaging, SOA, microservices, and event-driven architecture.

You will demonstrate at least three years’ experience in software development using technologies such as C#/.NET, ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Core, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. Additionally, you will demonstrate a strong understanding of object-oriented programming (OOP) concepts and software design patterns, with the ability to apply them effectively in application development.

To succeed you will possess a tertiary qualification in Information Systems or related discipline or other relevant qualifications plus experience. You will have experience in managing or working with organisation-wide IT applications and the ability to work independently, prioritise tasks, and manage workload effectively

It is highly regarded if you have experience working with hospital applications within a healthcare environment, along with familiarity with healthcare integration standards such as HL7 messaging, and experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines using tools like Azure DevOps.

Above all, people will be at the core of everything you do committing to and supporting our Mission and Values.

We can offer you

• Salary: $124,196 to $137,946 per annum, plus 12% superannuation

• Permanent full-time position working 76 hours a fortnight

• Based at Perth CBD office with 40% work from home option

• Salary packaging up to $18,550 on a range of benefits such as mortgage, rent, meal entertainment, holiday accommodation or other everyday living expenses as well as options to salary package benefits above the FBT cap on items such as:

  • Novated leasing 

  • work related expenses

  • self-education and

  • additional superannuation

• A healthy work-life balance through flexible work options, additional purchased leave and well-being programs

• Employee discount on St John of God Hospital & Medical Services and Private Health Insurance

• Employee support through our dedicated free Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• Access to a range of Lifestyle, Health & Wellbeing rewards and discounts

• End of trip/shower and bike facilities

• Close to public transport

* All applicants are asked to submit a covering letter (of no more than two (2) pages) demonstrating how you meet the above position requirements

For enquiries contact William Sun, Applications Development Manager on (08) 6116 0060

If suitable applicants are identified advertisement may close prior to listed date and screening/interviews may commence throughout the advertising process.

St John of God Health Care embraces diversity and strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people with disabilities. We are committed to providing a safe environment for all children and vulnerable people in our care and proactively take measures to protect children/vulnerable people from abuse.