Patient Safety Manager

Employment Type: Temporary Full Time working 38 hours per week, up to November 2026

Location: Liverpool Hospital

Position Classification: Nurse Manager Grade 3, Health Manager Level 3

Remuneration:

Nurse Manager Grade 3: $2, $2,726.30 per week

Health Manager Level 3: $2, $2,768.30 per week

Requisition ID: REQ603736

Application Close Date: 21/09/2025

Interview Date Range: 24/09/2025 – 01/10/2025

Contact Details: Malcolm Green –

Please note: A current influenza (flu) vaccination is a mandatory requirement for appointment to this position

About the Opportunity:

The Patient Safety Manager role at Liverpool Hospital is responsible for overseeing all aspects of patient safety including coordination of incident management, leading serious adverse event reviews, and fostering a resilient and reliable Healthcare Safety Culture where safety is everyone's responsibility.

The Patient Safety Manager overseas the Patient Safety team who promotes open disclosure, builds staff capability in safety systems and supports quality improvement initiatives to deliver reliable safe care.

What You'll be Doing

To provide leadership, authority and delegation to influence clinical practice changes in relation to provision of safe patient care across Liverpool Hospital.

This position is expected to have the necessary degree of clinical knowledge, expertise and experience to influence and guide senior clinicians to implement the required recommendations to improve patient safety systems across the wide range of clinical services. This position is expected to have the ability to evaluate the outcome of implementations and adjust direction as appropriate.

Where You'll Be Working:

Liverpool Hospital, founded in 1813, is the major health service for south-western Sydney, providing services to the local government area of Liverpool City Council as well as district services to residents and visitors in the area. It also provides a range of state-wide services in areas such as critical care and trauma, neonatal intensive care and brain injury rehabilitation.

The Hospital provides a health service of international standing, with 23 operating theatres, capacity for 877 beds, diagnostic and imaging services, emergency and trauma care, maternity, paediatric, cancer care, mental health, ambulatory care, allied health and medical and surgical services from birth to aged care.

Liverpool Hospital is currently undergoing a major redevelopment. The $790 million Liverpool Health and Academic Precinct (LHAP) project will provide enhanced facilities and an increased capacity to meet future significant population growth for South Western Sydney.

Liverpool Hospital is a principal referral and teaching Hospital of the UNSW Sydney and the Western Sydney University and also welcome students from over 20 universities and colleges.

Located in the heart of Liverpool City, the hospital is close to public transport, shopping centres and eateries.

How to Apply

To be considered for this position, please ensure you address the below questions as thoroughly as possible. View our application guide for information on how to respond to criteria and improve your application.

1. Relevant tertiary qualifications or other qualifications and/or experience related to Patient Safety in an acute care setting.
2. Current authority to practice with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA) as a registered nurse (Division 1) - only applicable if graded as a Nurse Manager.
3. Demonstrated understanding and experience in application of clinical practice improvement and continuous Quality improvement and the ability to facilitate clinical practice innovation.
4. Experience in leading or implementing patient safety and quality systems in line with the MoH Incident Management Framework including IIMS database, conducting and writing up RCA and other investigations.

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Additional Information

Salary Packaging 

South Western Sydney Local Health District employees are able to enjoy the benefits of salary packing. Visit Smart Salary for more details.

Health & Fitness

South Western Sydney Local Health District employees  receive discounted Gym Membership/Corporate Wellbeing Programs, including Fitness Passport.

Transforming Your Experience 

Transforming Your Experience (TYE) is SWSLHDs key strategy to always positively transform your, our patients, our consumers, our staffs and our communities experiences across our organisation and services. Our vision is that our care is always safe, high quality and personalised and all our staff are supported and empowered to achieve their full potential. SWSLHD upholds the CORE Values – Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment.

To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have an Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency.

At South Western Sydney Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don't just accept differences but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of  Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background, people with a disability and people from the LGBTQI+ community to apply.

SWSLHD is committed to driving a child safe culture that upholds children and young people's rights. We strive to ensure children and young people feel safe, supported and included in their care. Existing staff of SWSLHD and those seeking employment are required to take the safety, welfare and wellbeing of children and young people seriously while taking action to keep them safe from harm and abuse.

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