Patient Safety and Quality Officer, Medical Services - Cairns

at  Queensland Health

Health Workers who take up employment with Queensland Health from intrastate, interstate or overseas may be eligible for incentive payments under the Queensland Health Workforce Attraction Incentive Scheme. For further information regarding the Scheme and to verify eligibility, please refer to the guideline.
The Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service covers a large geographic area with a diverse and growing population. The Health Service provides a wide range of primary care, acute and specialist services.
Our staff are a part of the community we serve, and we strongly believe that health outcomes are enhanced by involving our community in the planning and evaluation of local health services.

ABOUT US:

Our values were developed by our staff, patients and community. They guide our work and actions every day. Our staff are part of the community we serve. We believe that we can improve health outcomes by involving our community in the planning and evaluation of their local health services.

ABOUT YOUR ROLE:

• Collaborate with other Patient Safety and Quality Unit team members to develop, implement, and monitor safety and quality systems, including action plans for improvement.
• Provide the Service Director and senior leadership group with a bi-monthly Safety and Quality Report including key performance measures and information relevant to the Directorate.
• Facilitate relevant service group / speciality team training about patient safety and quality and provide advice to improve the safety culture, processes, outcomes and experiences through ongoing engagement with clinicians.

In your new role you will…

• Demonstrate evidence of applied knowledge and skills of clinical governance systems, safety, and human factors science, and the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards second edition and Aged Care Quality Standards.
• Demonstrate effective engagement, collaboration and change management with all levels of the workforce to achieve improved outcomes in a clinical environment.
• Demonstrate high level verbal and analytical writing skills with demonstrated ability to undertake data analysis and produce presentations and reports