Improvement Lead, Medication Safety

**Improvement Lead, Medication Safety (Critical response)**

**Clinical Excellence Commission**

**Where you'll be working**

The Clinical Excellence Commission (CEC) is committed to providing leadership in safety and quality to improve health care for patients in NSW. The primary focus of the CEC is to promote and support improved clinical care, safety and quality across the NSW public health system, and to meet functions specified by the Minister for Health. The CEC Strategic Plan places priority on delivering high performing reliable systems and ensuring safety and quality in the provision of healthcare for ‘every patient, every time’ is consistent across NSW Health.

**What you'll be doing**

This position supports the development, implementation, evaluation and refinement of activities and initiatives to improve medication safety across NSW. This position sits within the Medication Safety team and contributes to the delivery of key priorities including medication Safety and quality improvement initiatives or critical response management. This position is also responsible for providing expert input into Clinical Excellence Commission (CEC) initiatives and any issues referred to the CEC for comment when required.

The position will take a role in the Systems Improvement Directorate in contributing to the Medication Safety Program. It will be reporting to a Senior Improvement Lead within the team and is ultimately responsible to the Director, Systems Improvement.

**What are we looking for?**
- Enthusiastic team members with a 'can-do' attitude
- Commitment to outstanding customer service
- Innovative thinkers who strive for excellence

**What can we offer you?**
- Career Development
- A culture focused on core values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment
- One Allocated Day Off (ADO) in each 28-day roster cycle

**Employment Type**: Full Time - Exempt (Until December 2026)
**Position Classification**: Health Manager Level 3
**Remuneration**: $127,150.00 - $144,444.00 per annum, plus superannuation
**Hours Per Week**: 38
**Requisition ID**: REQ608588
**Location**:1 Reserve Road, St Leonards
- An up-to-date resume of no more than five (5) pages which clearly details your skills and experience as relevant to this role.
- A cover letter and completed online questionnaire addressing each of the below selection criteria.
- 2x referees will need to be supplied prior to an offer being made.

**Selection Criteria**
- Tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline and/or equivalent with experience, knowledge and demonstrated achievements that enable a sophisticated understanding of medication safety.
- Extensive knowledge of medicines use processes within NSW public hospitals and Quality Use of Medicines principles and experience, skills and knowledge in medication safety
- Demonstrated experience in leading large-scale healthcare quality improvement initiatives fostering a systematic collaborative approach to improving patient outcomes, including the management of multiple and concurrent initiatives with conflicting milestones and deadlines.
- Highly developed interpersonal skills with demonstrated experience developing effective professional relationships with internal and external stakeholders including liaising with and influencing stakeholders to adopt and implement continuous improvement initiatives.
- High level verbal and written communication skills with demonstrated experience drafting complex written documents such as reports, briefs and advice for senior managers.

**Need more information?**
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**Our Commitment to Diversity**

For more information, visit our Aboriginal Workforce Page or contact our Access and Inclusion Team.

To be eligible for employment in the role you must be one of the following. You can only be offered employment in this role for the duration that your current visa allows you to work in Australia, and you can only be offered ongoing employment if you have a permanent visa that allows you to work in Australia:

- an Australian Citizen, or
- a permanent resident of Australia, or
- a New Zealand citizen with a current New Zealand Passport, or
- a citizen of another country with an appropriate visa that allows you to work in Australia

To learn more about working at the NSW Health, please visit our career portal.

**Applications Close: Thursday, 30 October at 11:59PM**

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