Quality & Risk Consultant

St Vincent's Health Australia; Melbourne; Presencial; AUD 90.000 - 130.000; A tiempo parcial

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Salary packaging

Fitness Passport

Give4Good

Extra leave

Staff hospital discounts

Descripción de la vacante

St Vincent’s Private Hospital Melbourne (SVPHM) invites applications for a Quality and Risk Consultant, 0.8EFT fixed term until 26 February 2027, across all four Melbourne Private Campuses. The role suits a Registered Nurse or Allied Health Professional with a strong clinical background and risk-management experience in acute healthcare.

You will join a supportive team with ongoing mentoring, training, and opportunities to contribute to continual improvement and high-quality patient care across

Formación

• Strong clinical background in acute healthcare.
• Experience in incident and risk management.
• Experience implementing quality improvement initiatives.

Responsabilidades

• Facilitate timely reviews of clinical incidents and risks
• Coordinate and participate in root cause analyses, critical systems reviews, and complaint investigations
• Auditing and data collection
• Develop and support continuous improvement activities within the clinical areas
• Lead NSQHS Standards committees and accreditation activities

Conocimientos

Clinical background

Risk management

Root cause analysis

Continuous improvement

Educación

Nursing qualification or Allied Health degree

Descripción del empleo

Job Description

Join an Organisation where we Serve Something Greater; See Something Greater; and Strive for Something Greater!

About Your New Role

In this rewarding opportunity you will join the St Vincent’s Private Hospital Melbourne (SVPHM) team as a Quality and Risk Consultant, working across all four Melbourne Private Campuses. This role will be a fixed term secondment position 0.8EFT, until the 26th February 2027. It will be an ideal role for a Registered Nurse or Allied Health Professional with a strong clinical background, experience with risk management in the acute healthcare setting, and a passion for continual improvement and excellent care. The successful candidate will join a team of highly experienced, supportive and enthusiastic Quality and Risk Consultants. Specific skills training will be provided as required, along with ongoing support and mentoring.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate timely reviews of clinical incidents and risks
• Co-ordinate and participate in root cause analyses, critical systems reviews, and complaint investigations
• Auditing and data collection
• Develop and support continuous improvement activities within the clinical areas
• Have an active leadership role in the NSQHS Standards committees, working parties, and accreditation based activities

Why Work for SVPHM

You will join a high performing team and a workplace with relationships built on mutual trust and respect. We value our staff and offer professional advancement in a respectful, collaborative and learning environment. Join the St Vincent’s Health Australia Group, and work for a truly values based organisation, who operate across VIC, NSW and QLD.

Benefits

• Salary packaging available (pay less tax and increase your take home pay!)
• Gain access to discounted gym membership through Fitness Passport
• Option to join our workplace giving program, Give4Good
• A great work life balance with options to purchase additional leave
• Receive a staff discount on hospital admissions to any SVHA Private Hospital

About You

• A strong clinical background in the acute healthcare setting
• Experience in incident and risk management, and implementation of quality improvement initiatives
• A demonstrated commitment to driving quality improvement and excellent patient care
• Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills, and experience working as part of an effective team

Closing Date: 6 November 2026 11:59pm

Reconciliation Action Plan

At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. For further information, visit https://www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation or get in contact at [e-mail]. View Reconciliation Action Plan Code of Conduct: View Code of Conduct

St Vincent’s Private Melbourne

St Vincent’s Private Melbourne is a facility of St Vincent’s Health Australia under the stewardship of Mary Aikenhead Ministries. We are a not for profit Catholic private hospital which operates across four sites at Fitzroy, East Melbourne, Kew and Werribee.