Director Clinical Governance

Metro South Health Service; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 220,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Metro South Health Service in Brisbane seeks a Director Clinical Governance to provide strategic leadership for clinical governance, patient safety and quality improvement across Logan and Beaudesert Health Service.

You will lead incident management, risk identification and corrective actions, drive data-driven performance monitoring and partner with executives, clinicians and external stakeholders to strengthen governance and a culture of safety.

Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge and expertise in clinical governance, patient safety and quality improvement.
• Proven strategic and operational leadership experience in healthcare.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Demonstrated analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving abilities.
• Experience leading organisational change and quality improvement initiatives within healthcare.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership in clinical governance, patient safety and quality improvement across Logan and Beaudesert Health Service.
• Lead incident management and clinical review processes, ensuring investigation, risk identification, corrective actions and learning.
• Drive analysis and use of governance data to monitor performance and inform executive decisions.
• Build partnerships with executive leaders, clinicians, consumers and external stakeholders to influence governance practices.

Skills

Clinical governance

Patient safety

Quality improvement

Stakeholder engagement

Analytical thinking

Change leadership

Job description

As the Director Clinical Governance, you will provide strategic leadership and direction for clinical governance, patient safety and quality improvement across Logan and Beaudesert Health Service. Working in partnership with the Executive team, clinicians and multidisciplinary stakeholders, you will lead initiatives that strengthen organisational accountability, improve healthcare outcomes and embed a culture of safety, quality and continuous improvement. In this role, you will:

• Provide strategic leadership in clinical governance, patient safety and quality improvement, ensuring an integrated approach to safe, high-quality and person-centred healthcare
• Lead incident management and clinical review processes, ensuring effective investigation, identification of risks, implementation of corrective actions and organisational learning
• Drive the analysis and use of clinical governance, safety and quality data to identify emerging risks, monitor performance and inform executive decision-making
• Build strong partnerships with executive leaders, clinicians, consumers and external stakeholders to influence positive change and strengthen governance practices

About you:

You are an experienced clinical governance leader with the strategic vision, professional expertise and leadership capability to influence organisation-wide improvements in patient safety and healthcare quality. You bring a collaborative approach, strong stakeholder engagement skills and the ability to lead complex initiatives in a dynamic health service environment. You will demonstrate:

• Advanced knowledge and expertise in clinical governance, patient safety and quality improvement, with the ability to lead and manage a complex clinical governance portfolio
• Proven strategic and operational leadership experience, including the ability to lead multidisciplinary teams across multiple services and sites
• Highly developed stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to build collaborative partnerships and influence outcomes at executive and organisational levels
• Strong analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills, including the ability to interpret complex information, identify emerging risks and provide strategic advice
• Demonstrated experience in leading organisational change, clinical redesign and quality improvement initiatives within a complex healthcare environment

Logan Hospital is the major health centre for one of the fastest growing areas in Queensland. We offer a range of services, including medical, rehabilitation, maternity, surgical and paediatric care.

We offer our staff and students extensive support and training in most medical specialties. As a teaching hospital, we help train future health care professionals and participate in research through strong partnerships with Queensland's leading medical schools, universities, and TAFE Queensland.

Our services will continue to grow as we build bigger and better facilities to support the community. By 2027, we'll have more beds and 5 more birthing suites as part of the Logan Hospital expansion.

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE

Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.

We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.