Director, Clinical Governance & Patient Safety

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

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.