Clinical Nurse: Patient Safety & Quality Leader

Health; Queensland; Hybrid; AUD 136,000 - 148,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

Generous leave entitlements

Job summary

Queensland Health is seeking a Clinical Nurse Consultant to lead patient safety and clinical quality at Logan Hospital, Meadowbrook. In this temporary full-time role you will influence incident management and drive improvements across the Logan-Beaudesert Health Service.

You will provide expert clinical advice, conduct RCA, mentor teams and promote a safety culture while delivering evidence-based quality initiatives and reporting to governance groups.

Qualifications

• Current NMBA registration as a nurse.
• Postgraduate qualification or enrolled in further study.
• Experience in clinical governance, patient safety, quality improvement or clinical risk management.
• Experience in clinical incident investigation including RCA.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Lead the review, analysis and management of clinical incidents including Root Cause Analysis (RCA).
• Provide expert clinical advice to managers and multidisciplinary teams on patient safety and quality improvement.
• Drive the implementation and evaluation of evidence-based quality initiatives and clinical audits.
• Promote a strong patient safety culture through education, collaboration and mentoring.
• Monitor patient safety trends and contribute to service-wide reporting.

Skills

Clinical governance

Patient safety

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Quality improvement

Education

NMBA registration

Postgraduate qualification

Job description

Queensland Health is seeking a Clinical Nurse Consultant to lead patient safety and clinical quality at Logan Hospital, Meadowbrook. In this temporary full-time role you will influence incident management and drive improvements across the Logan-Beaudesert Health Service.

You will provide expert clinical advice, conduct RCA, mentor teams and promote a safety culture while delivering evidence-based quality initiatives and reporting to governance groups.