Chief Safety & System Learning Officer

Victorian Department of Health; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Victorian Department of Health is seeking a Director, Review and System Learning for Safer Care Victoria. You will provide strategic leadership across sentinel events, safety reviews and risk monitoring, translating evidence into practical actions to improve safety across the Victorian health system.

You will lead a multidisciplinary workforce and build trusted partnerships with health services, clinicians, consumers and government partners to strengthen proactive safety intelligence and system

Qualifications

• Strategic leadership in patient safety and system learning.
• Strong background in incident reviews, safety investigations and risk monitoring.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and driving safety initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Provide authoritative strategic advice on patient safety and system performance to executives and senior leaders.
• Lead sentinel events reviews, safety investigations, and learning across the health system.
• Build trusted relationships with health services, clinicians, consumers and government partners to drive coordinated action on safety risks.
• Lead and develop a multidisciplinary workforce focused on safety, data analytics and system improvement.

Skills

Safety leadership

Health system improvement

Risk management

Data-driven decision making

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Tertiary qualifications in medicine/nursing/allied health/related field

Postgraduate qualification in public health/clinical governance/epidemiology/data science/health policy

Job description

Victorian Department of Health is seeking a Director, Review and System Learning for Safer Care Victoria. You will provide strategic leadership across sentinel events, safety reviews and risk monitoring, translating evidence into practical actions to improve safety across the Victorian health system.

You will lead a multidisciplinary workforce and build trusted partnerships with health services, clinicians, consumers and government partners to strengthen proactive safety intelligence and system