Principal Lead, Governance and Assurance

**Principal Lead, Governance & Assurance**
**Clinical Excellence Commission (CEC)**

**Where you'll be working**

The Clinical Excellence Commission (CEC) is committed to providing leadership in safety and quality to improve health care for patients in NSW. The primary focus of the CEC is to promote and support improved clinical care, safety and quality across the NSW public health system, and to meet functions specified by the Minister for Health. The CEC Strategic Plan places priority on delivering high performing reliable systems and ensuring safety and quality in the provision of healthcare for ‘every patient, every time’ is consistent across NSW Health.

**What you'll be doing - Principal Lead, Governance & Assurance**

The Principal Lead, Governance and Assurance leads and manages the Governance and Assurance team and has responsibility for a number of critical CEC portfolios. These include critical response, the Safety Alert Broadcast System, health service accreditation, the Blood Watch program, NSW Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) Recall Coordinator role.

The position is also responsible for managing a range of other CEC functions such as Executive on-call and coordinating the CEC input to key state and national meetings

**What are we looking for?**
- Enthusiastic team members with a 'can-do' attitude
- Commitment to outstanding customer service
- Innovative thinkers who strive for excellence

**What can we offer you?**
- Career Development
- A culture focused on core values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment
- Allocated day off (ADO) every 28 days of the year

**Employment Type**: Permanent Full Time
**Position Classification**: Health Manager Level 5
**Remuneration**: $155,653 - $ 172,282 per annum plus superannuation
**Hours Per Week**: 40
**Requisition ID**: REQ330748
**Location**: St Leonards
- An up-to-date resume of no more than five (5) pages which clearly details your skills and experience as relevant to this role.
- A cover letter and completed online questionnaire addressing each of the below selection criteria.

**Selection Criteria**
- Relevant tertiary qualifications and extensive relevant equivalent experience in a large complex organisation (or a combination of study and work experience) with a proven track record of managing large-scale quality and safety improvement strategies, priorities and programs.
- Demonstrated superior leadership skills, including knowledge and experience in strategic decision making and development of strategic and operational business plans.
- Expert knowledge of current Ministry of Health and Commonwealth requirements in relation to patient safety statutory reporting and accreditation, with proven ability to provide authoritative strategic advice.
- Demonstrated high-level understanding of the delivery of care within the NSW health system and expert knowledge of current and emerging areas for clinical quality and patient safety, and clinical risk.
- Proven experience in leading, developing and managing complex change at a large scale or state-wide level.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, consultation and negotiation skills with a demonstrated ability to effectively manage relationships both within and external to the organisation.
- Demonstrated experience developing and managing a high-performance team and fostering a collegial, professional work environment.
- Demonstrated problem solving and risk assessment skills for managing conflicting priorities and ensuring the effective execution of strategies and solutions across complex areas.

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**Our Commitment to Diversity**

For more information, visit our Aboriginal Workforce Page or contact our **Access and Inclusion Team**.

To be eligible for employment in the role you must be one of the following. You can only be offered employment in this role for the duration that your current visa allows you to work in Australia, and you can only be offered ongoing employment if you have a permanent visa that allows you to work in Australia:

- an Australian Citizen, or
- a permanent resident of Australia, or
- a New Zealand citizen with a current New Zealand Passport, or
- a citizen of another country with an appropriate visa that allows you to work in Australia

**COVID-19 Vaccination Compliancy**

All NSW Health workers are required to have completed a primary course of a COVID-19 vaccine which has been approved or recognised by the Therapeutics Goods Administration (TGA). New applicants must have completed the vaccination course prior to commencement with NSW Health, or provide an approved medical contraindication certificate certifying the worker cannot have any approved COVID-19 vaccines available in NSW.

Acceptable proof of vaccination is the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) Immunisation History Statement or AIR COVID-19 Digital Certificate. Booster doses are highly recommended for all health car