Clinical Audit Nurse

Your role at St John of God Mt Lawley Hospital

You will undertake auditing and audit projects to facilitate change management practices, improve quality of care and minimise adverse events.

In addition, you will be responsible to ensure auditing requirements of the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards are met and facilitate the collection of clinical indicator data in accordance with the requirements of the Australian Council on Health Care Standards (ACHS).

The Position- Participate in, contribute to, and implement quality improvement and risk management into all aspects of service delivery.- Participates in the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards program.- Data collection, report preparation and monitoring of the ACHS Clinical Indicator Program.- Collects, prioritises and organises reports relating to clinical incidents, audit data, adverse events and clinical indicators.- In consultation with relevant mangers and committees develop recommendations and action plans to improve patient safety and quality of care.- Participates in Root Cause Analysis (RCA) Investigation as required.- Assists with mortality reviews and clinical case review as required.- Prepares reports and attends assigned committees and Doctor Department meetings.- Assists in the training and development of safety and quality portfolio holders at department level, to facilitate a continuous performance improvement culture.- Implement clinical audits through involvement in design, analysis, data collection, report preparation and dissemination of results to relevant stakeholders including hospital committees, Medical Practitioner Specialty groups and departmental caregivers.- Monitor and maintain an audit schedule database.- Facilitate and conduct audits as per audit schedule.- Maintain a contemporaneous record of audit activity and action plans in order to ensure effective re-audit and closure of quality processes.- Communicate results of audits to caregivers at all levels, including providing immediate feedback during observational audits.- Develop mechanisms for and provide departmental audit feedback.- Provides education to caregivers regarding clinical audit and incident reporting.

You will have a will hold a current registration with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA) as Registered Nurse and have experience with undertaking observational and retrospective auditing, including medical record review.

To succeed you will have highly developed communication skills and collaborative practice, excellent analytical and report writing skills, computer literacy, particularly word processing, excel spreadsheet and patient information software. Sound understanding of various clinical specialties and the ability to work independently are also imperative to your success in this role.

Above all, patient care will be at the core of everything you do committing to and supporting our Mission and Values.

We Can Offer You- Salary: $103,883 - $110,954 (pro rata), plus 11.5% superannuation- Part Time position, working 26.6 hours per week- Salary packaging up to $18,550 on a range of benefits such as mortgage, rent, meal entertainment, holiday accommodation or other everyday living expenses as well as options to salary package benefits above the FBT cap on items such as:
- Novated leasing- Work related expenses- Self-education and- Additional superannuation- A welcoming and supportive culture- Dynamic multidisciplinary team- Employee discount on St John of God Hospital & Medical Services and private health insurance- Access to a range of Lifestyle, Health & Wellbeing rewards & discounts- On-site parking

For enquiries, please contact Emma Cook (Director of Nursing & Midwifery) on 9370 9296.

Applications close: 17 February 2025
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