Patient Safety and Clinical Excellence C ..

Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across 3 campuses in the northeast of Melbourne and state-wide. Austin Health is world-renowned for its research and specialist work in cancer, liver transplantation, spinal cord injuries, neurology, endocrinology, mental health and rehabilitation.

An exciting opportunity currently exists for an enthusiastic and highly experienced **Patient Safety and Clinical Excellence Coordinator **to join our **Patient Safety and Clinical Excellence Unit.**

**Details of Department**

The Patient Safety and Clinical Excellence Unit is located within the Directorate of the Chief Medical Officer and provides leadership and oversight of systems and processes that enable the delivery of safe, effective and appropriate care for our patients.

**Details of position/position requirements**

The Patient Safety and Clinical Excellence Coordinator is responsible to the Director, Patient Safety and Clinical Excellence (PSCE). Working in partnership with their allocated client groups, the Patient Safety and Clinical Excellence Coordinator will develop a culture and capability for continuous improvement, while ensuring a focus on patient safety and clinical excellence to achieve performance targets and organisational objectives within their allocated Divisions. This position will support the **SurgIcal, Anaesthesia and Procedural Medicine Division.**

The Patient Safety and Clinical Excellence Coordinator will work in conjunction with their allocated Austin Heath Divisional Director and Divisional Medical Director to provide leadership that will drive performance improvement and innovation across their allocated client group and ensure the services focus on ensuring patient safety and quality.

**To be successful in this role you must demonstrate**:

- **Graduate qualifications in a relevant discipline, health services management or other relevant qualification(s).**:

- **Knowledge and understanding of hospital accreditation process, For example, National Standards for Safety and Quality in Healthcare.**:

- **Experience in developing, implementing and monitoring incident management system, in particular undertaking incident investigation and root cause analysis.**:

- **Demonstrated ability to coach and supervise staff to undertake incident investigation using agreed methodology**:

- **Experience and / or knowledge to support mortality and morbidity reviews**:

- **Extensive knowledge of a performance excellence approach to patient quality and safety management**:

- **Extensive knowledge of clinical risk management**:

- **Demonstrated ability to engage clinical leaders in patient safety initiatives**:

- **Management experience within a large, complex healthcare or other relevant organisation**:

- **Demonstrated understanding of planning and continuous improvement of quality and safety within a constrained budgetary environment.**:

- **Proven track record in developing clinical and performance indicators and audits**:

- **Excellent communication and interpersonal skills both written and verbal**:

- **Demonstrated ability to understand change and the dynamics of a large, complex health care organisation**:

- **Advanced skills in data management and in particular ability to extract data into meaningful reports from incident reports (VHIMS) and benchmarked reports.**:

- **Demonstrated ability in project management**:

- **Previous experience within the health care sector**:

- **Computer literacy and advanced skills in excel and data bases**:

- **Ability to prioritise competing demands and meet dead lines**:

- **Ability to influence change in a collaborative and highly professional environment**

**Desirable but not essential**:

- **Knowledge and experience in risk management approaches & methodologies.**:

- **Post graduate qualifications in quality management**

Austin Health is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce that reflects the community we serve. Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are encouraged.