Quality Improvement Officer - Allied Health Practitioner

Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service; Rockhampton Regional; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Ongoing Professional Development and E

Flexible Work-Life Balance

Generous Salary Sacrificing Options

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Discounted Private Health Insurance

Fitness Passport

Job summary

Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service invites a Quality Improvement Officer to translate quality standards into everyday practice. You will support NSQHS compliance, use data to identify opportunities, and drive practical improvements across teams.

You will also help prepare reports, develop resources, engage stakeholders, and support learning and training to strengthen patient care processes and safety culture.

Qualifications

• A recognised Allied Health qualification is required.
• Current AHPRA registration with an annual practising certificate or eligibility for membership with the relevant Australian association.

Responsibilities

• Turn quality standards into everyday practice across CQ Health.
• Use data and reporting to spot opportunities and turn insights into improvements.
• Prepare reports and resources, connect with stakeholders, and support learning and training.

Skills

AHPRA registration

Education

Allied Health qualification

Job description

Quality Improvement Officer - Allied Health Practitioner

Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service – Rockhampton QLD

We're theQuality Improvement Team, helping make great care even better across Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service.

We use clinical data, audits, incidents, consumer feedback and emerging trends tospot opportunities, turn insights into action, and support better decisions.

We work alongside teams to improve patient safety, strengthen clinical practice and build a culture wherecontinuous improvement is everyone's business.

From education and improvement projects to sharing lessons learned, we help turn good ideas intosustainable, high-quality care.

About us

We're theQuality Improvement Team, helping make great care even better across Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service.

We use clinical data, audits, incidents, consumer feedback and emerging trends tospot opportunities, turn insights into action, and support better decisions.

We work alongside teams to improve patient safety, strengthen clinical practice and build a culture wherecontinuous improvement is everyone's business.

From education and improvement projects to sharing lessons learned, we help turn good ideas intosustainable, high-quality care.

About the role

TheQuality Improvement Officer helps turn quality standards into everyday practice across CQ Health. The role supports teams to meet NSQHS Standards, use data and reporting to spot opportunities, and turn insights into practical improvements.

You'll also help keep things moving behind the scenes — preparing reports and resources, connecting with stakeholders, supporting learning and training, and helping teams improve their processes, systems and ways of working.

About you

• Qualifications and Knowledge: You'll need a recognised Allied Health qualification, currentAHPRA registration with an annual practising certificate or eligibility for membership with the relevant Australian professional association.
• Safe and Person-Centred Care: Help teams deliver safe, high-quality care by supporting effective planning, coordination and decision-making. You'll use your knowledge and skills to keep the person at the centre and help turn good practice into great outcomes.
• Systems, Safety and Teamwork: Support compliance with standards and clinical governance processes, contribute to policy and procedure reviews, and work with colleagues and stakeholders to identify opportunities, solve problems and strengthen safe practice. Great communication and collaboration are key!
• Learning, Quality and Innovation: Keep growing your own skills while helping others build their capability. You'll contribute to education, audits, quality improvement and evidence-based practice — bringing fresh ideas and helping turn them into practical improvements that make a difference.

What we offer

Total remuneration value of up to $132,567 p.a. is comprised of:

• An hourly rate between $43.97 - $58.59 p.h.
• 12.75% employer superannuation contribution
• 17.5% leave loading

Additional Benefits

• Ongoing Professional Development and Education Opportunities
• Flexible Work-Life Balance and Variety
• Generous Salary Sacrificing Options
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Discounted Private Health Insurance
• Fitness Passport

Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) requirements

It is a condition of employment for this role for the employee to be, and remain, vaccinated against vaccine preventable diseases as listed on the Role Description.

Applications close: Sunday, 25 October 2026

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