Clinical Governance

4 weeks ago


Brisbane, Australia Icon Group Full time

**Quality and Safety**

**Brisbane**

**Part Time**

**Icon Group**

**Icon Group - Clinical Governance & Quality Specialist**

12 Month Contract Position, 3 days per week (24 hrs)

The _Clinical Governance & Quality Specialist _supports and advises on patient safety topics including risk, clinical incident management, licencing and accreditation, infection prevention and control, consumer engagement, and document management. The Clinical Governance & Quality Specialist is a technical expert on these topics but also contributes to other quality support requirements within Icon’s Clinical Governance & Quality Unit.

The position engages in and contributes to collaboration with national and international personnel, quality teams, organisational leaders, and operational managers to assure best practice, continuous quality improvement, patient-centeredness, staff engagement, patient safety, positive patient experiences, and optimal clinical outcomes.

**Key Tasks & Responsibilities**
- Participates prominently in the clinical governance of Icon’s national and international portfolio through bringing specialist technical knowledge into systems designs, plans, documents, quality committees, meetings, discussions, communications, and other forms of workforce engagement
- Provides technical advice and action that ensures full systems functioning, remedying problems as these arise
- Responds to adverse events guiding structured investigation and technical analysis that embodies continuous quality improvement models
- Provides specialist knowledge in the interpretation, implementation, and maintenance of all accreditations, national quality assurance standards or regulatory standards to match external requirements
- Provides specialist advice to reduce risks to patients, visitors, and staff in the context of any form of emergency
- Provides specialist knowledge, advice, and support in relation to key areas such as infection prevention and control, clinical document management, and consumer engagement.

**Qualifications, Skills & Experience**
- Mandatory_
- Qualifications in the specialty field or qualifications in a clinical discipline with extensive healthcare quality experience.
- Extensive practical experience in clinical governance and quality improvement initiatives.
- Knowledge of NSQHSS, EQuIP7 or similar accreditation programs.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Desired_
- Certificate IV in Workplace Training and Assessment.
- Extensive practical experience in either infection prevention and control, document management, and/or consumer engagement.
- Experience working in the cancer care healthcare sector.
- Registration with AHPRA or similar authority.
- Member of the Australasian Association for Quality in Health Care or similar professional organisation.
- Research skills and experience.
- Mentoring, coaching, and training skills.

**About ICON Group**

Icon Group is Australia's largest dedicated cancer care provider with a growing reach into New Zealand and Asia. With over 3,000 employees' company-wide, Icon Group's global footprint includes cancer centres, specialist surgical centres, a health screening service, chemotherapy compounding facilities, pharmacies, and Australia's largest private cancer clinical trials program.

Icon Group is committed to consistently extending our reach throughout both urban and remote communities in Australia and continuing our global operations. Our roadmap includes several new purpose-built centres and facilities and new acquisitions, infrastructure changes, and system improvements.

Our future success depends on the quality and commitment of our team, so we are devoted to empowering our people to thrive in their careers through personal and professional growth and development. If you are looking for a dynamic and rewarding role that supports our frontline team to make a difference in the lives of cancer patients globally, this is the opportunity for you

**How to apply?**

Keywords: Nursing, Oncology, Quality Specialist, Policy, Registered Nurse, Nurse Education, Training, Clinical Governance



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