Quality and Safety Manager, Research

**Employment Status**

Temporary Full Time

**Program**

Chief Medical Officer

**Location**

University Hospital Geelong

**Hours Per Fortnight**

76

**Position Summary**
- Make your mark in a newly created research directorate
- Implement strategies and procedures to ensure Barwon Health meets the new accreditation standards
- Enjoy a flexible and healthy work life balance

About the facility

With our consumers at the forefront, we support and conduct research and translation that advances health and wellbeing for all.

Research is one of Barwon Health’s key strategic pillars. In practical terms, this means research is conducted every day by every Barwon Health department. This research may take the form of a quality audit, a patient experience survey, a review of literature, a cell culture experiment or a randomised controlled clinical trial. The staff conducting this research include research scholars, medical students, doctors, specialists, nurses, pharmacists, clinical trial coordinators and allied health professionals, often in collaboration with leading research institutions across the world.

**About the role**

The Quality and Safety Manager for research will be responsible for;
the implementation of the National Clinical Trials Governance Framework across Barwon Health to ensure the quality and safety of Clinical Trials and research.

This role works across Barwon Health research areas providing advice on quality and compliance related issues. The Research Quality Manager demonstrates a capacity for leadership as responsibilities include training team members and leading the resolution of complex issues relating to quality requirements and improvements within Barwon Health’s Clinical Trial program. The role will work with the Barwon Health’s Research Governance Committees; the Director of Research; Research Development Unit; Costa Clinical Trials Operations Manager, Director Safety Quality and Improvement, Deputy Director Quality Systems, National Standards Manager, Safety Quality and Improvement Unit, Research Managers and their staff to ensure the National Clinical Trials Governance Framework Standards are implemented in an integrated manner to ensure that Barwon Health meets the requirements of the Australian Health Service Safety and Quality Accreditation Scheme.

**About the Culture**

Barwon Health is committed to developing a vibrant culture of education, training and research. We support research that ranges from increasing our basic understanding of the world, to translating directly to improved care at the hospital bedside.

**Barwon Health staff benefits**
- Flexible working arrangements
- Professional development
- Access to employee wellness facility
- Salary packaging
- Social club
- Doorstep to the Great Ocean Road, Bellarine Peninsula and the Surf Coast

**About the Geelong Region, AUSTRALIA**

Sitting within one of Victoria’s six regional health centres, Barwon Health serves the community of Greater Geelong and beyond. Victoria’s second largest city after Melbourne Derived from the local Wadawurrung name for the region; Djillong, (Geelong) is means “Tongue of Land”.
- Enjoy a range of lifestyle choices including inner city, coastal, suburban and rural homes at affordable prices.
- High standard of schooling options throughout the area
- A stone throw from the Surf Coast and Great Ocean Road
- Appreciate beautiful parks, rivers, walks and wineries
- To find out more about the Geelong region, visit our Moving to the Region page on the Barwon Health website.

**Diversity and Inclusion**

At Barwon Health we are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce where we value each person’s uniqueness. We embrace diverse life experiences and the perspectives of our people, whilst providing high-quality health care to all members of our community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, religion, cultural background, disability, or sexual orientation.

We Barwon Health are proud to be Totally Smoke Free.

**_ This role must be fully vaccinated for Covid -19 and influenza and meet the requirements of the Barwon Health immunisation policy.
- **

**Selection Criteria**

Essential: Can you please list Barwon Health's values?
Essential: Can you please choose one of Barwon Health's values and describe a situation in the workplace where you have displayed this value?
Essential: Tertiary qualification in a related science or healthcare discipline
Essential: Extensive experience in clinical trials and/or clinical research and/or Prior experience in quality management and accreditation
Essential: Proven capacity to implement organisation wide change
Essential: Comprehensive knowledge of clinical indicators, data management and organisational reporting requirements
Essential: Ability to provide high-level and informed advice regarding state and national accreditation requirements. Demonstrated track record in leading and effecting change, innovation and results in major processes/pr