Accreditation and Quality Standards Coordinator

SA Health; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 82,000 - 86,000; Full time

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Job summary

SA Health is seeking an Accreditation and Quality Standards Coordinator in Adelaide. The role supports administrative and coordination tasks to ensure SA Ambulance Service maintains readiness against NSQHS Standards and oversees related accreditation activities.

The successful candidate will contribute to planning, monitoring, documentation and reporting of quality activities, with experience in health or aged care standards and quality management systems aligned to ISO 9001 or AS 9100.

Qualifications

• Experience providing administrative and coordination support to ensure readiness against NSQHS Standards.
• Experience with Health or Aged Care Standards or quality management systems aligned with standards such as ISO 9001 and AS 9100.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative and coordination support to ensure SA Ambulance Service maintains readiness against NSQHS Standards.
• Support planning, monitoring, documentation and reporting of accreditation and quality activities across the organisation.

Job description

Accreditation and Quality Standards Coordinator

Job no: 954162
Work type: Full time
Location: Adelaide Metro Eastern
Categories: Medical, Public Health

• Full Time / Ongoing
• ASO4 / $82,212.00 - $86,180.00 p.a.
• 5063 / EASTWOOD

About the Role:

The Accreditation and Quality Standards Coordinator provides administrative and coordination support to ensure SA Ambulance Service (SAAS) maintains continuous readiness against the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards.

The role supports systematic planning, monitoring, documentation and reporting of accreditation and quality activities across the organisation.

The position would be well suited to someone with experience working with Health or Aged Care Standards or within a quality management system aligned with a recognised standard, such as ISO 9001 and AS 9100.

About the Team:

Clinical Standards is responsible for overseeing key clinical governance portfolios including NSQHS and the Aboriginal Health Outcomes. This business unit provides strategic direction and operational oversight to ensure alignment with the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards, fosters a culture of continuous improvement, and builds capability across the clinical workforce.

About SAAS

SA Ambulance Service (SAAS) is South Australia’s provider of emergency ambulance transport, clinical care, and patient transport services.We are committed to ensuring South Australia has access to the best possible emergency medical care, non-emergency transport, and rescue and retrieval services.

Our Vision:

An innovative, patient focused, technology enabled, evidence driven, emergency response and health care ambulance service; achieved by exceptional people.

Our Mission:

Providing emergency response and health care ambulance services within South Australia, designed and development around patient and community needs, enablingtimelyandequitableaccess for our patients to the mostappropriate pointof care.

Our Purpose:

To ensure South Australia thrives by enabling access to emergency and non-emergency ambulance health care and alternative patient pathways while contributing to our state’s emergency preparedness and health response capability.

SAAS Values

PATIENT FOCUSED:

We will put our patients and the safe and quality care we provide them first; in everything we do.

TEAMWORK:

We will work across SAAS, our health system, our partners,stakeholdersand the community to achieve our goals.

INTEGRITY AND HONESTY:

We accept and uphold the standards and expectations of our organisation and communities.

RESPECT AND COURTESY:

We will always be respectful and courteous toward our patients, each other, and all those we work with.

COMMUNITY COLLABORATION:

We value our role in the community, and we value the communities we serve.

CHANGE READY:

We know our communities’ needs will evolve and we must adapt to meet them.

AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP:

We will support leadership development for our people at every level.

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Application Information:

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply for this role.
• The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
• Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and/oradditionalrelevant history screening that may be applicable andappropriate Immunisationscreening
• SA Health Servicesare required toimplement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

Job reference: 954162

Enquiries to:

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Application Closing Date:

TuesDay, 3 November 2026 @ 11:55pm.

Attachments:

Role Description - Accreditation and Quality Standards Coordinator -V12 .pdf

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