Quality Safety Patient Experience Business Partner

**Employment Type**: Various - Permanent, Part-Time or Full-Time Positions Available
**Position Classification**:Health Mgr Lvl 3
**Location**:Bega**
**Remuneration**: $122,850 - $139,559 per annum or $61.96 - $70.39 per hour
**Hours Per Week**: Up to 38 hpw
**Requisition ID**: REQ516796
**Application Close**:13 September 2024
**Interviews Details**:Scheduled within 10 days of closing

Southern NSW Local Health District covers a large area of the southern half of NSW. Surrounding the ACT on three sides and all the way down to the Victorian border, it extends from the pristine beaches of the NSW South Coast, the farmlands of the Southern Tablelands, across the picturesque Great Dividing Range and the spectacular Snowy Mountains. We have 18 facilities and our hospitals take care of more than 200,000 people. As we are a major local employer, our staff are a part of our local communities. To find out more on what it is like to live and work in Southern NSW LHD click here - We are Southern.

**What we offer**
- Salary Packaging - up to $9k for living expenses + $2.6k meal & entertainment + Novated leasing
- Corporate Health and Fitness program
- 11% Superannuation on top of your gross income
- Annual Leave Loading

**Where you'll be working**
There is an abundance of lifestyle benefits available to you in country NSW and you will be amazed at what you will have access to - and it all comes without the queues and crowds of a big city. Bega the rural heartland of the Sapphire Coast halfway between Melbourne and Sydney, a short drive to beautiful sandy beaches and national park wilderness. Just 3 hours to Canberra with the perfect climate to the outdoors all year round, including whale watching between June and November. The pretty valley is a beautiful base for exploring gorgeous beaches, tranquil waterways and beautiful national parks. Imagine Rural - Southern NSW Local Health District

**What you'll be doing**

Reporting directly to the Director Clinical Governance but based locally within the Network, this position leads, coordinates, supports and improves systems for clinical governance, patient safety, patient experience, accreditation, clinical improvement and safety culture across the Local Health District (LHD) Network to facilitate the provision of health care that is effective, appropriate and safe.

The position provides high level advice to the Network senior management team and works collaboratively with managers, clinicians and staff across the Network to improve clinical quality systems.

**Selection Criteria**
- Relevant tertiary qualification or equivalent experience in health services in developing, implementing and maintaining quality, safety, accreditation and/ or clinical risk management systems.
- Demonstrated highly developed written and verbal communication skills particularly the capacity to produce professional written materials including plans, analysis, reports and recommendations to inform decision making.
- Demonstrated skills and knowledge in the various improvement methodologies used in health services.
- Proven capacity to develop interpersonal relationships and teamwork to effectively collaborate and negotiate with a diverse range of stakeholders including senior clinicians and managers.
- Proven ability to motivate and coordinate people to deliver creative solutions that result in change and improvement with a particular focus on patient centred care.
- Proven high level of self-direction, planning, organisational and time management skills.
- Evidence of a current unrestricted drivers’ licence and the ability to maintain. Ability and willingness to drive/travel as the role requires. This may involve driving long distances and overnight stays.

**Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specific Diseases**
This is a Category ‘B’ position, please read and understand NSW Health policy directive PD2024_015
All new employees must agree to comply with the requirements outlined in this policy. OASV requirements also include proof of vaccination against influenza and is compulsory for NSW Staff that enter any Residential Aged Care Facility (RACF) or who work in NSW Health owned and operated RACFs

**Australian Work Rights**
- At Southern NSW Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don’t just accept differences but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background, people with a disability and people from the LGBTQI+ community to apply_

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