Clinical Governance Manager

Reporting into the Director of Clinical & Maternity Services and working closely with the Freemasons Executive and senior leadership teams, the Clinical Governance Manager is responsible for monitoring the risk profile of the hospital, driving, and ensuring preparation for accreditation(s) and compliance with the National Standards. This leadership role also oversees patient feedback and experience data to guide and inform ongoing improvement and excellence in patient care. Indicative activities include:

- Regular reporting on incidents and associated trends
- Timely coordination of critical incident assessments and incident review processes
- Initiation of improvement actions and evaluation of interventions in areas requiring focused activity
- Liaison with relevant external bodies e.g. Safer Care Victoria, the Coroner’s Office, the Health Care Commission, regarding safety and quality matters
- Leading and managing incident review processes with the accountable operational leaders and appropriate staff

You will make an impact by:

- Providing strong and visible leadership and technical expertise in quality, patient safety and risk management
- Working collaboratively with a range of clinicians, staff and executive teams to drive innovation, quality improvement and best practice initiatives.
- Facilitating and coordinating multi-disciplinary management of clinical incidents, investigation, and analysis

Position Description Inherent Requirements

**Qualifications**:
**To be successful in this role**

You are an experienced and accomplished leader in quality and clinical governance, with strong interpersonal skills that enable you to influence, build relationships, and earn the trust and respect of your team, colleagues, and the clinical workforce. You are passionate about providing the highest standard person-centred care and have a proven track record achieving excellence in clinical governance, patient safety and accreditation processes.

You will have:

- Unrestricted and current nursing AHPRA registration
- Leadership experience with an engaging and inclusive style
- Experience working in the clinical risk management and/or quality program of a large health service
- Strong organisational and systems thinking skills with attention to detail and a demonstrated ability to manage competing demands, meet deadlines and effectively manage change
- Demonstrated experience in clinical safety systems, root cause analysis and case review investigation
- Expertise in relation to the National Safety and Quality Health Care Standards, contemporary clinical risk management along with a working knowledge of current and emerging patient safety issues nationally
- Highly developed investigation, analytical and numeric skills, with strong attention to detail
- Demonstrated knowledge of relevant legislative requirements and reporting responsibilities to external governing bodies

**Additional Information**:
At Epworth, it’s a community. It’s the sense of belonging and being part of an organisation that puts the patient in the centre of all that is done.

In addition to this, you will have access to:

- Epworth’s enhanced Not for Profit status (and not available in the public sector) provides the opportunity for employees to salary package up to $15,900 pre-tax annually, leading to greater take home pay
- The largest educational scholarship program of its kind in Australia
- Ability to purchase up to four additional weeks of leave
- Reduced cost of health services for you and your family at Epworth

**Enquire / Apply**

Sound interesting? To apply, click the I'm Interested button and attach your CV and cover letter.

For more information, refer to the attached position description or contact Epworth Talent on (03) 9426 0606.
- As a child safe organisation, all successful applicants are required to satisfactorily clear a National Police Check (conducted by Epworth) and may be required to hold a valid employee Working with Children Check (provided by you)._
- At Epworth, we believe inclusion and diversity are essential to our culture and values. We focus on fairness and opportunity for all - across race, ability, ethnicity, gender, age, sexuality, cultures and beliefs - that reflect the communities we work in. At Epworth, we care._- As a child safe organisation, all successful applicants are required to satisfactorily clear a National Police Check (conducted by Epworth) and may be required to hold a valid employee Working with Children Check (provided by you)._
- At Epworth, we believe inclusion and diversity are essential to our culture and values. We focus on fairness and opportunity for all - across race, ability, ethnicity, gender, age, sexuality, cultures and beliefs - that reflect the communities we work in. At Epworth, we care._