Associate Director, Patient Safety

3 months ago


Malvern, Australia Cabrini Health Full time

Associate Director, Patient Safety

Full Time Permanent role (will consider part time 0.8FTE)

Patricia Peck Education and Research Precinct, Malvern

Salary range $140,000 - $150,000 + superannuation

Cabrini offers:
- Tax savings - Salary packaging up to $15,900 tax-free each year, plus $2650 meal & entertainment card benefits- Hospital located close to public transport with discounted Myki Commuter fares- Discounts to hospital services- Opportunity to develop your career in a supported environment- Excellent workplace culture in a mission based, values driven organisation

How you will make an impact:
Cabrini is committed to delivering safe, effective, high quality healthcare services in partnership with patients and their families. The Associate Director, Patient Safety will support the Director, Clinical Quality and Patient Safety to drive a focus on patient safety across Cabrini Health. This new position will lead the patient safety portfolio embedding a framework and toolkit for adverse patient safety event (clinical incident) reviews, mortality reviews and Statutory Duty of Candour requirements.

Working collaboratively with members of the Quality and Patient Safety team, clinical teams and the Patient Experience /Patient Liaison departments, the Associate Director, Patient Safety will contribute to a culture of continuous quality improvement which includes implementation of recommendations from patient safety event reviews.

Key responsibilities include:
- Leading the patient safety/clinical incident management system including notification and review of adverse events, monitoring progress of reviews and completion of open disclosure processes.- Providing guidance for clinical service directorates and clinical managers in event review processes.- Promoting an organisational culture that allows safety issues to be openly reported, discussed, investigated and managed.- Providing managers and staff with education and support in relation to incident identification and management aiming to improve overall incident awareness, the need for prompt escalation when required and timely conduct of open disclosure.- Overseeing improvements to the clinical incident reporting system, RiskMan and the adoption contemporary classifications that support organisational reporting.- In collaboration with clinical directors, conduct patient and family meetings providing a supportive and comfortable environment for patients and families to share their experiences.

What you will bring to the role:
To be successful in the role, you will have strong knowledge of quality improvement principles and processes as well as effective interpersonal skills. You will also need to have the following:
- AHPRA registration - Registered Nurse (essential).- Post-graduate leadership or management training (preferred).- Experience in a senior nursing position in an acute hospital setting.- Experience leading patient safety event reviews including liaison with impacted patients and families.- Detailed understanding of SDC including SAPSE reviews, sentinel event reviews and legislative requirements.- Working knowledge of national safety and quality health services standards, specifically the actions which relate to delivery of clinical care, patient safety and clinical documentation.- Knowledge of clinical incident and quality management processes, frameworks and tools (RCA, London protocol etc).- Understanding of legislative and accreditation requirements within acute health services.

Enquiries to: Jodie Dooley, Director of Clinical Quality & Patient Safety - 9508 3524 / 0448 746 243

Working for Cabrini

Cabrini Health is a Catholic, private, for-purpose health service located in Melbourne’s south east. Inspired by the mission and ethic of care of the Cabrini Sisters, we have been providing quality, compassionate care to our community for 75 years.

There is something special about Cabrini. Wherever we work, we are compassionate, connected people transforming lives together. Our highly skilled staff and specialists incorporate clinical research, innovative models of care and state-of-the-art technology to deliver the best possible care and outcomes for our patients. We demonstrate our mission to serve our community through outreach programs that support asylum seekers, provide healthcare in rural communities and in underdeveloped countries.

Our size, reputation and growth strategy ensure genuine opportunities for our people to learn, grow and realise potential.

Cabrini is an equitable and inclusive employer and is committed to providing a safe environment for children and vulnerable people.

Our values: Compassion - Integrity - Courage - Respect

MANDATORY FOR ALL NEW STAFF TO CABRINI

Employment with Cabrini Health will be based on satisfactory background checks such as professional references, National Police Check, vaccinations for Influenza and COVID-19 (including boosters), plus a Working with Children Check (WWCC) may also be r



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