At Bupa, purpose meets possible. Join us and help shape a future where healthcare is more connected, more personal and more human.

We’re a global healthcare leader trusted by millions and committed to helping people to live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. Healthcare is changing, and so are we. We’re investing in more clinics, better systems and smarter, more connected ways to help our customers. As we continue to expand our services and invest in innovation, you’ll help create a healthcare system that meets people where they are, responds to what they need and leaves them better than before. Here, your work has purpose, your voice matters and your future is full of possibility.

Just imagine the impact you could make.

Opportunity snapshot - Permanent role

The FHIR SME provides technical expertise in healthcare interoperability, translating clinical and business needs into standardised FHIR-based data solutions and ensuring consistent, compliant, and scalable implementation across the enterprise.

 Responsibilities 

• Provide deep expertise in FHIR standards, data models, and implementation approaches to ensure consistent, scalable, and compliant health data exchange across platforms. 
• Translate clinical, regulatory, and business requirements into FHIR-based solutions, ensuring alignment between healthcare workflows and technical implementation.  
• Ensure that FHIR implementations conform to standards and profiles (e.g. implementation guides, terminology standards), maintaining data quality, consistency, and interoperability.  
• Support the design and delivery of FHIR-based integrations and APIs, enabling seamless data exchange between EHRs, Healthcare Platform, and partners.  
• Provide clinical and data context to engineering teams, bridging the gap between domain concepts and technical delivery.   
• Lead or contribute to data modelling, mapping, and transformation into FHIR resources, ensuring accurate representation of longitudinal patient records.   
• Support validation, testing, and assurance of FHIR implementations to ensure they meet enterprise and industry standards. 
• Build internal capability through knowledge sharing, documentation, and mentoring, increasing organisational maturity in FHIR and interoperability practices.

Requirements 

• Strong knowledge of healthcare interoperability standards, including FHIR, HL7, CDA and healthcare interoperability solutions, including the design and delivery of APIs and data exchange capabilities across complex technology ecosystems.
• Experience acting as key point of contact for FHIR across multiple teams, with strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to balance business and technical requirements. 
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly. 
• Analytical focus with an appreciation of data analysis, commercial drivers, business viability, and technical feasibility.
• Experience working in an Agile delivery environment. 
• Experience working across multiple streams in a fast-paced, dynamic, and collaborative environment. 

Why you’ll love it?

At Bupa, our purpose is to help people live longer, healthier, happier lives and make a better world, and we know this starts with delivering our purpose for our people.   

Our wellbeing program Viva has been designed to help you to live a healthy and happy life. It includes access to health & general insurance discounts, information and education sessions, and preventative healthcare screening such as annual health assessments and skin checks. Through Viva you have access to a range of benefits that will help you to maintain your physical, mental, social, digital, environmental and financial wellbeing. As well as a competitive salary, a range of Bupa benefits and flexible working, you’ll be challenged and encouraged to innovate. 

If this sounds exciting, we’d love to hear from you. Let’s shape the future of healthcare, together.

At Bupa your wellbeing, identity, and personal story are respected and valued. We are continuing to build teams that reflect the diversity of the communities we serve. Bupa is committed to providing equal opportunities and fostering a workplace and environment that is free of discrimination, bullying and harassment.

We actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds and experiences, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, veterans, people with disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ applicants.

We are dedicated to removing barriers to participation. If you need any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, or if you’d like to discuss how this role can be flexible for you, please let us know so we can support your participation on an equitable basis.