QUALITY COORDINATOR / PROJECTS OUTPATIENTS CENTRAL

at  SA Government SA HEALTH

SA HEALTH

Job reference: 872435
Location: 5000 - ADELAIDE
Job status: Short Term Contract

Eligibility: Open to Everyone

• Central Adelaide Local Health Network, Adelaide
• Salary ASO-5 $84,522 - $94,003 p.a.
• Full-time temporary up to 6 months

ABOUT CALHN

The Central Adelaide Local Health Network includes South’s Australia’s major quaternary facility, the Royal Adelaide Hospital, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, the Hampstead Rehabilitation Centre, and the Repat Health Precinct. We also deliver mental health services at Glenside Health Services and at a range of other locations across the metropolitan and regional areas.
We’re looking for talented staff to join us and help us to shape the future of health through world-class care and world-class research and achieve our vision of being in the top 50 health services in the world and top 5 in Australia.

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Current National Police Clearance (NPC)
• Immunisation screening as indicated in the role description. SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
  Diversity and inclusion: At CALHN we support and foster a culture in which employees feel they belong and feel safe at work. The culture aims to encourage all people to use their talents and to be valued and rewarded for their contributions.
  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.

The role of the Quality Coordinator / Projects for Outpatients is to coordinate and provide a range of functions and services which support the leadership and senior clinical roles within the Clinical Programs (CP) to manage the Safety and Quality plan for the clinical program. The Quality Coordinator will work within the CP, and will be responsible for coordinating the:

• Management of the Safety Learning System, adverse incidents, and associated reporting of incidents
• Quality Management Committee papers
• Collation of Mortality Review meeting reports,
• Central Clinical Audit program as it relates to the CP
• Timely review of relevant organisation wide instructions
• Collation, analysis and reporting on key performance indicators

The role is responsible for provision of quality data for the CP, maintenance of the CP Risk, recommendation and Quality Improvement Registers, and supporting accreditation readiness of the CP.
The Quality Coordinator will also assist the OPD Leadership team for the outcomes of a range of projects directed from the Outpatients senior leadership team across the Central Adelaide Health Local Health Network (CALHN) Outpatient and Ambulatory care services.
The role will work closely with the senior leadership team of Outpatients to ensure change plans are integrated with project delivery plans and an improved, efficient delivery of patient care for CALHN OPD.