Quality Improvement Partner 1

The Royal Women's Hospital; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 111,000 - 120,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Wellness initiatives

Public transport at doorstep

Onsite facilities

Mentoring and career development

Five weeks annual leave

Job summary

The Royal Women’s Hospital in Parkville, Melbourne, is seeking a Quality Improvement Partner to provide improvement expertise across clinical and non-clinical services. You will plan, implement and evaluate quality initiatives with a focus on patient outcomes and safety.

A regular day involves collaborating with clinical leaders, convening groups, delivering education and building staff capability to participate in audits, guideline reviews, and training.

Qualifications

• Experience as a health professional, preferably within the public health sector.
• Proven track record implementing quality improvement initiatives and managing change projects.
• Ability to lead and influence others.
• Skills to facilitate groups and workshops effectively.

Responsibilities

• Plan, implement and evaluate quality improvement projects.
• Convene working groups, workshops and focus groups with staff and consumers.
• Deliver education, training, coaching and professional support for quality initiatives.
• Build capability among clinical staff and support participation in audits and guideline reviews.

Skills

Quality improvement

Change management

Facilitation

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Health professional qualification

Job description

• Two permanent part-time positions (minimum 0.6FTE week per r ole)
• Parkville location, with multiple public transport options available
• $111,103 - $119,553 (pro-rata for part time) + salary packaging + super + 5 weeks annual leave

The Royal Women’s Hospital is one of Australia’soldest and most distinguishedtertiary hospitals dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of women and newborns, offering specialised services within maternity, neonatal and women’s health. Our goal is to be the best place to work, learn and contribute, and to provide exceptional experiences for our patients and consumers.

About the team

The Quality and Safety Unit at the Women’s is committed to driving excellence in care by fostering a culture of continuous improvement, clinical accountability and patient-centred outcomes. We work in partnership with consumers and staff to ensure that care is safe, timely, effective, efficient, equitable and person centered.

About the role

As an Quality Improvement Partner you will provide improvement expertise across the breadth of clinical and non-clinical services at the Women’s. You will be involved in planning, implementing and evaluating quality improvement projects at the Women’s with a focus on clinical services. This includes implementing improvement priorities determined through analysis of incident review recommendations, clinical audit findings and patient feedback.

A regular day will see you:

• Work collaboratively with clinical leaders and other key stakeholders to identify, scope, design, plan, evaluate and report on quality improvement initiatives
• Convene working groups, workshops, focus groups etc to ensure staff and consumers are engaged as active participants in quality improvement activities
• Facilitate the delivery of relevant education, training, coaching and professional support in relation to each quality improvement initiative
• Build capability amongst the clinical staff, supporting others to participate and engage in quality improvement projects (e.g. participating in audits, guideline review, delivering training etc)

About you

You’ll bring with you:

• Experience as a health professional, preferably within the public health sector
• A proven track record in implementing quality improvement initiatives and managing change projects
• The ability to lead and influence others
• Skills and experience to facilitate groups and workshops effectively

At the Women’s you will enjoy a culture that is collaborative, supportive and passionate about learning. We have a strong sense of purpose, and engage in meaningful work every day. We offer our people a range of rewarding benefits, including:

• Up to $11,660 in salary packaging benefits, for living expenses, meals and holiday accommodation
• A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted financial, lifestyle and health options, and a comprehensive wellbeing program
• Public transport options at our doorstep and end of trip facilities for cyclists
• Onsite post office, eateries, retail stores and library services
• Mentoring, learning and career development opportunities
• Five weeks annual leave, 17.5% leave loading, and purchased leave options

Inclusion and belonging

The Women’s celebrates, values and supports a diverse and inclusive environment which reflects our vibrant community. We encourage applications from anyone identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. We also welcome anyone who identifies as LGBTQIA+, linguistically, culturally and/or gender diverse, people with disability, and people of any age to apply for our roles. We are committed to gender equity principles, and our people have an awareness of and sensitive approach to violence against women and family violence matters. We are proudly Breastfeeding Association accredited.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC) and a valid Working with Children Check. Clinical staff are required to be vaccinated against, or demonstrate immunity to, COVID-19, influenza, and a range of other diseases.

Should you need assistance or require any adjustments or accommodations to fully participate in the application or interview process, or if you require an accessible copy of the position description, you are most welcome to reach out to the contact person listed. We acknowledge that not all applicants will meet the full list of selection criteria outlined, and wherever possible we will consider applications where relevant experience can apply.