Manager Quality And Safety

Manager Quality and Safety

Location: The Wesley Hospital - Auchenflower
Applications Close: 10th of January 2025

Your part in The Wesley Hospital

Reporting directly to the General Manager of Clinical Governance and Director of Clinical Services, you will be working alongside the other hospitals Quality Managers. You will be assisting with the implementation of integrated risk and quality management systems and assurance processes at the Hospitals in accordance with the UnitingCare risk and quality management system requirements.

Responsibilities:

- Support the development and implementation of contemporary care and clinical governance systems and processes to deliver best practice clinical care in line with the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards
- Achieve the quality and risk management objectives for the hospital and Clinical Governance Strategic Plan.
- Drive continuous operational quality and safety improvement through strategy execution, KPI governance, and process change.
- Maintain effective networks and partnering relationships with key internal and external stakeholders and represent UnitingCare Hospitals in internal groups and networks and external organisations, as required.

What makes a difference for us?
- Tertiary Qualifications in Nursing or other relevant discipline or equivalent Health Industry experience.
- Demonstrated expert knowledge and/or clinical experience in service delivery and quality systems in hospital sectors.
- High level knowledge of relevant regulatory systems and National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards.
- Proven knowledge of contemporary continuous quality improvement practices and care and clinical governance practices.
- Demonstrated competence in analytics of care and clinical indicators with ability to deliver tangible outcomes.
- Demonstrated understanding of person-centred care delivery.
- Demonstrated high level effective interpersonal and written communication skills.
- Ability to work autonomously while building strong relationships with a broad range of stakeholders.
- You may be asked to assist from time to time at other UnitingCare Hospitals.

Make a meaningful difference with The Wesley Hospital

We're looking for someone who wants to make the world a little better through small moments that leave big impacts. To build meaningful relationships and make a difference in the lives of others.

An integral part of our team at The Wesley Hospital as Manager of Quality and Safety you'll be encouraged to grow, develop and feel empowered to make the everyday easier for the people we care so passionately about.

What makes a difference for you?

The Wesley Hospital is one of Australia's iconic and largest private not-for-profit hospitals, caring for you for life. From the heart of Brisbane more than 800 Visiting Medical Practitioners and 2,000 staff deliver personalised care through life's journey for generations of Queenslanders.- Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance- Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum- Subsidised On-Site Parking- A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, a wellbeing program and employee assistance program- A positive and inclusive team based on respect, shared standards, strong values and a commitment to serving others- 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme- Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events- Professional development, through Graduate Certificates, skills development courses, bursaries, grants and partnerships with leading Universities (Hospitals).- Career development opportunities to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference.

The Wesley Hospital is proudly part of the UnitingCare family, we'd love you to be too.

At the Wesley Hospital, we offer comprehensive care across a wide range of acute tertiary-level medical and surgical services with a particular focus on cancer care, cardiac care, women's and children's care, and complex surgical care. This includes the busiest robotic surgery program and the first Robotic Surgery Centre of Excellence accredited in Australia.

Joining the Wesley Hospital, you'll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. The second-largest Queensland employer, we're a proud not-for-profit with more than 16,500 staff and 9,000 volunteers across our brands of BlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen's Hospital, and St Andrew's War Memorial Hospital, and have been leading by example for more