Quality Improvement Lead

Overview

Quality Improvement Lead role at cohealth. This is a full-time position (Part Time 0.8 will be considered), fixed-term role of 12 months. Generous salary packaging options to reduce your cohealth taxable income. Work for a multi-award-winning iconic community health organisation. Where excellence meets opportunity - discover your next chapter with cohealth.

About the role

The Quality Improvement Lead is part of the Quality and Continuous Improvement team, shaping and supporting cohealth's organisation-wide approach to Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI). Working across both Service and Enabling networks, the role leads the implementation of cohealth's Quality Improvement Strategy, a key strategic priority positioning cohealth as a leader in quality improvement within community health.

With curiosity, vision, and collaboration, the Quality Improvement Lead develops and embeds consistent CQI practices across the organisation, strengthening a culture of quality improvement and supporting cohealth to deliver high-quality care and services to our communities.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development, evaluation and management of CQI systems and processes aligned with the Quality Improvement Strategy
• Establish systems to track, monitor and report quality improvements through governance channels.
• Partner with Network Directors to set and achieve annual CQI targets and demonstrate the impact of CQI initiatives.
• Support managers, teams, and the broader workforce to identify and action opportunities for quality improvement.
• Lead the development of CQI capability across the workforce through supporting training, coaching, and the facilitation of a Quality Improvement Community of Practice.
• Support the workforce to engage with clients as partners in CQI.
• Act as a subject matter expert in improvement methodologies, supporting the workforce to apply these in CQI activities.
• Lead and support CQI initiatives as required.
• Provide subject matter expertise in quality improvement across forums, committees, and projects.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years' experience in a quality improvement/management role within a health care setting
• A qualification or certification in improvement methodology (IHI improvement science, lean six sigma etc), or extensive experience using improvement methodologies.
• Certificate IV Workplace Training & Assessment, or experience in delivering training
• Victorian Driver's Licence and ability to meet pre-employment requirements (police check, WWCC, work rights, vaccinations)

Benefits

• Exciting Parental leave benefits
• cohealth offers primary carers 14 weeks paid parental leave upon completion of only 6 months of continuous service
• Eligible co-workers will continue to receive superannuation on unpaid parental leave as well
• Salary packaging to suit you - tax free amount of up to $15,900 p.a (mortgage, rent, or credit cards) and a further $2,650 p.a (meal, entertainment expenses and holiday accommodation) alongside generous reward programs from our salary packaging providers. Find out more on salary packaging here: https://www.ato.gov.au/Individuals/Jobs-and-employment-types/Working-as-an-employee/Salary-sacrificing-for-employees/
• Novated Leasing available
• Counselling services for you and your immediate family through our EAP-Access provider, and mindfulness, resilience, and wellbeing programs
• We offer inclusion, equality, and opportunity in a workplace where making a difference counts (based on our guiding principles and values)

Application process

To download the PD, and apply for this job go to: https://cohealthcareers.org.au/Current-Jobs and enter ref code: 6798809.

Applications close 05 September 2025 at 10pm.

You will be asked to upload your CV/resume and Cover Letter as well as address the key selection criteria. We will be conducting interviews for this role as applications are received. If you have any questions regarding this role, please contact Amanda Cameron Amanda.Cameron@cohealth.org.au

Compliance

• All appointments are subject to a satisfactory Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC), a Working with Children Check (WWCC), completion of a Pre-Employment Declaration Form, evidence of legal rights to work in Australia, and evidence of vaccination.
• Successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of immunisation assessment including Influenza within 12 weeks of commencement in line with the Victorian Minister of Health Mandatory Vaccination Orders and legislated requirement for influenza vaccination.

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