Clinical Excellence Partner

 

The Hospital:

The Royal Children’s Hospital’s (RCH) Vision is “A world where all kids thrive”.

RCH is a cornerstone member of the Melbourne Children’s Campus, partnering with Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics and The Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation.

RCH has cared for the children and young people of Victoria for more than 150 years since it was founded in 1870. A full range of paediatrics and adolescent health services are provided plus tertiary and quaternary care for the most critically ill and medically complex patients in Victoria, Tasmania, southern NSW and other states around Australia and overseas. The Hospital has more than 6,000 staff, a budget of $850M, 12 wards and 350 beds. Annually, the RCH has 300,000+ Specialist Clinic appointments, 90,000+ Emergency Department presentations and 20,000 elective surgeries.

The RCH is committed to the Child Safe Standards. 

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact.

For further Information on RCH is available here.

 

About the Role:

This is a part-time, Fixed Term position at 60.8 hours (0.8EFT) per fortnight within the Quality Department (until May, 2027).

The Clinical Excellence Partner is responsible for leading and supporting the divisional teams accross RCH to implement, embed and exceed minimal requirements of the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) standards. Strategically aligning with NSQHS stanadard 5- Comprehensive care and Standard 6- Communicating for Safety, the Clinical Excellence Partner reports to the Associate Director Quality and drives oversight, leadership and improvement opportunities to the various committees that support high quality safe care at RCH. This includes committees that support RCH efforts in meeting the requirements of the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care and the eight NSQHS standards and supporting the local areas in preparation of short notice accreditation.

 

Classification for this position will range from Grade 7 level 1 (AO71) to Grade 7 level 5 (AO75) FTE base salary $111,103.20 to $121,274.40 per annum, pro rata for part-time, plus superannuation.

 

What you’ll achieve:

• Monitor trends relating to quality and safety accross RCH working with divisional partners to ensure high quality safe care
• Contribute to RCH quality systems to support the Operational Excellence- Clinical Governance Framework
• Foster collegiate relationships with internal and external stakeholders

 

Your skills and experience:

• Tertiary qualification in a related field and/or significant relevant industry experience
• Proven leadership experience in a team environment with ability to work effectively as a senior team member
• Proven experience in the review of adverse patient safety events including the deveopment of the systems to support patient safety

 

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

 

About the Department:

The Quality Department is a dynamic and collaborative team who supports the core functions of the RCH Clinical Governance Framework. The Quality Department oversees the management of adverse patient safety events, patient and family experience and the work of the National Safety and Quality in Health Service (NSQHS) Standards committees. The Quality Department coordinates and supports in accreditation against the NSQHS standards providing expert advice to the divsions and wider organisation. The Quality Department strives to ensure a just culture and learning culture to support high quality safe care.

 

What we offer:

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