Senior Quality Safety and Compliance Manager - UnitingCare Hospitals

Permanent Full-Time Position
Salary + 11% Super + NFP Salary Packaging
Location: Ann Street, Brisbane CBD, some travel to the hospital sites may be required

Make a meaningful difference with us 
We’re looking for someone who wants to make the world a little better through small moments that leave big impacts. To be part of something bigger, achieving positive change by working with thousands of Australians to help them live life in all its fullness.  

We want people who are great as individuals, and even better in a team. As a Senior Quality Safety and Compliance Manager - UnitingCare Hospitals you’ll be encouraged to grow, develop and feel empowered to make the everyday easier for the people we care so passionately about.

Let’s make a meaningful difference, together. 

Your part in our UnitingCare team

The Senior Manager Quality and Safety, Hospitals will be responsible for the application of the UnitingCare Hospitals Clinical Governance Framework and strategic plan across all services to ensure optimal performance within regulatory and compliance requirements and to support the culture of Continuous Quality Improvement. This includes providing strong leadership for the development of related systems and process, as well as developing a robust mechanism for sharing learning’s across the organisation in line with the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards.

Together with the hospitals Quality Managers (who report directly to this position), you will be responsible for 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
• Provide leadership and support to Hospital Executive Teams, and Quality and Safety Department Managers and teams to assist them to 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.

What makes a difference for you? 

The opportunity to be part of the second-largest Queensland employer who has been leading by example as a proud not-for-profit, for more than 100 years.

• Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance
• Access to salary packaging, meal and entertainment benefits - up to $15,900 per year tax free as well as up to $2,650 of your pre-tax income to pay for meal and entertainment benefits
• 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
• Career development opportunities to challenge yourself,