Role Title: NSP Approvals System Intern
Organisation: Department of Health
Internship Period: Semester 1 (February - May)
Location: East Perth
Needle and syringe programs (NSPs) are a public health measure that aim to reduce the transmission of blood-borne viruses by providing needles and syringes to people who inject drugs. NSPs are delivered by a range of government and non-government organisations, and by pharmacies, across Western Australia.
To operate an NSP, organisations require an NSP approval under the Medicines and Poisons Act 2014 and the Medicines and Poisons Regulations 2016.
A Microsoft Access database was developed many years ago to store details of organisations approved to operate an NSP, and to create approval certificates.
A previous intern built a prototype Microsoft SharePoint list and migrated the data to modern Microsoft tools.
This proposal will have the intern take the prototype and build a dashboard to search and review of the data, plus a Microsoft Power Automate to create standardised NSP Approvals Certificates from the NSP program data.
This will increase the efficiency of the process for issuing NSP approvals and provide modern cybersecurity for the system.
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.