Patient Safety Partner

Location: Melbourne | Parkville

Job type: Ongoing - Full Time

Organisation: The Royal Children's Hospital

**Salary**: $111,103 - $121,274

Occupation: Medical and Nursing

Reference: 12458

**About the Role**

This is a Permanent Full-Time position at 80 hours per fortnight within the Quality Department. You will be responsible for leading the identification, triage and review of patient safety events. You will play an essential role in supporting and connecting patient safety principles through our clinical divisions including; leadership in recognition and reporting of patient safety events, ensuring contemporary review practices and embedding learnings to ensure RCH continuously improves the care of our patients and families.

Classification for this position will range from AO71 - AO75, Grade 7 Level 1 to Grade 7 Level 5 (FTE base salary $111,103 to $121,274 per annum, plus superannuation).

**What you’ll achieve**:

- Monitor trends relating to patient safety across RCH working with divisional partners to ensure high quality, safe care.
- Support teams across RCH in the use of the Victorian Incident Management System (VHIMS).
- Work with all RCH patients, families and staff to ensure a just and open culture.

**Your skills and experience**:

- Tertiary qualifications in a related field and/or significant relevant industry experience.
- Proven leadership experience in a team environment and ability to work well as a senior team member.
- Proven experience in the review of adverse patient safety events including the development of the systems to support patient safety.

If this sounds like you, click **here** to view the position description.

**About the Department**

The RCH Quality team is dynamic and collaborative, supporting patient safety, patient experience and clinical excellence systems and processes across the health service. The Quality Department supports clinical governance processes, coordinates accreditation against the National Safety and Quality Health Service standards and provides expert advice to staff on matters relating to patient safety and patient experience.

**What we offer**:

- Culture of continuous improvement
- Flexible work options available

**Other requirements**:

- Current National Criminal Record Check, or willing to obtain
- Valid Working with Children Check
- Compliance with RCHs “Staff Immunisation - Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases” procedure

**Application process**

To apply, you will need a resume and a tailored cover letter outlining your skills, experience, and suitability for the position in line with the requirements of the position description.

**Why work at the RCH?**

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact. We offer the opportunity to work in world-class facilities, surrounded by Royal Park and only a short tram trip from the heart of Melbourne city.

We also offer discounted staff parking, salary packaging, and an award-winning health and wellbeing program.

It is a requirement of your employment that you be fully vaccinated against Covid-19, and Influenza annually for Category A and B roles, in compliance with any public health orders in place at the relevant time, unless you have a medical exception in line with those public health orders, which has been accepted by The Royal Children’s Hospital. Applicants will be required to provide their Australian Government Immunisation History Statement, it is a requirement of the RCH to collect, record and hold vaccination information. It is also a requirement of your employment that you comply with any direction given by The Royal Children’s Hospital that you be vaccinated against, or prove immunity to, any other disease, unless you have a relevant exemption.

**Are you ready to join our team?**

Applications close **7th November 2024