Clinical Practice Improvement Specialist

Location: Melbourne | Western Metropolitan

Job type: Part time

Organisation: Western Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Projects, Nursing

Reference: 48408

Come and join our friendly, multi-disciplinary collaborative team at Western Health.

The Clinical Practice Improvement Specialist (CPIS) position is a role for a professional clinical facilitator who will provide assistance and oversight in the planning, delivery, implementation and evaluation of maternity improvement strategies. The CPIS will be required to work collaboratively across Women’s & Children’s service teams to ensure agreed clinical improvement deliverables are achieved in an effective and efficient manner. This role has the responsibility to work collaboratively across Women’s & Children’s services to coordinate and deliver clinical practice guideline/policy/procedure development to ensure Best Care.

The incumbent will have demonstrated abilities in delivering and managing clinical improvement initiatives and clinical practice guideline/policy/procedure development through:

- Effective leadership
- Monitoring and management
- Robust and effective evaluation methodology
- Staff development and human resource functions

**Selection Criteria**:

- Demonstrated clinical improvement competence, reflecting a positive can do approach with an appreciation for Western Health strategic outlook - Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Excellence, Safety
- Registration as a Midwife / Nurse in Australia.
- Minimum of 3 years post registration experience in a midwifery setting.
- A compassionate and respectful approach to effective liaison and coordination of stakeholder (internal & external) relationships.
- Experience in facilitating groups and workshops.
- Demonstrated risk and issue management skills.
- Demonstrated reporting skills.
- Demonstrated effective interpersonal and written communication skills including negotiation skills.
- Demonstrated ability to practice collaboratively within a multidisciplinary health care team
- Ability to work within an evidence based framework
- Be innovative, resourceful and adaptable to change
- Demonstrated computer literacy

**Desirable**
- Demonstrated experience in the delivery of women’s and/or children’s specific projects.
- Membership of relevant professional organisation(s).
- Knowledge of business, systems and process redesign
- Demonstrated guideline development skills.
- Proven history of forging strategic partnerships to ensure delivery of high quality clinical outcomes and service improvement initiatives.

**About Us**

Our workforce of over 11,000 employees are driven by our values of ‘Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Excellence and Safety’ (CARES). We value our people and provide them the opportunity to grow and develop. Our teams are friendly and supportive, ensuring we deliver a safe, person-centred and connected patient experience.

Western Health is in a period of rapid growth. Our services comprise of four acute public hospitals: Footscray Hospital, Sunshine Hospital (including Joan Kirner Women's and Children's), Williamstown Hospital and Bacchus Marsh & Melton Hospital. We also operate Sunbury Day Hospital, Hazeldean, Grant Lodge Residential Aged Care, as well as community health centres in Melton, Caroline Springs and Bacchus Marsh and a range of community-based services. We care for a diverse community of more than 1 million people with complex care needs ranging from Neonates to Geriatrics.

Our employees enjoy a wide range of benefits such as:

- Professional development support
- Career advancement opportunities
- Salary packaging including novated vehicle leasing
- Work-life balance

Western Health is committed to providing a safe environment for the children and young people who are involved in our services, sites and operations. We follow and abide by all legislative requirements to keep children and young people safe.