Nurse Manager, Quality & Patient Safety

UPMC Ireland; Clane; On-site; EUR 63,000 - 79,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Maternity/Paternity leave

Pension plan

Death in service benefit

Critical illness cover

Job summary

UPMC Kildare Hospital in Clane seeks a Clinical Nurse Manager 2, Quality and Patient Safety to lead a hospital-wide quality program, oversee clinical review, audit and assurance, and drive continuous quality improvement.

You will collaborate with senior leadership to implement the Quality Management System, manage risk, promote patient safety, coordinate accreditation readiness (HIQA/JCI/CHKS), and deliver dashboards and reports to inform strategic decisions.

Qualifications

• Registered General Nurse with at least 5 years post-qualification experience.
• Experience in quality and patient safety, including clinical audit, quality assurance, risk management or clinical governance.
• Experience with hospital accreditation essential – CHKS or JCI.
• Knowledge of healthcare standards and regulatory requirements.
• Demonstrate knowledge of developments in healthcare quality.
• Ability to apply standards to practice and quality improvement processes.
• Excellent IT skills: MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and email systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead hospital quality management program and strategy.
• Develop, implement, and monitor the hospital quality management system (QMS).
• Ensure compliance with national standards (HIQA, JCI, ISO, CHKS, JAG, HSA).
• Lead quality audits, coordinate action plans, monitor outcomes.
• Analyse quality data, produce dashboards, and present to senior leadership.
• Oversee risk management framework and maintain risk register.
• Lead incident management, RCA, and learning from incidents.
• Promote safety culture and safeguarding compliance.
• Lead continuous improvement using Lean, Six Sigma, and PDSA cycles.
• Prepare for internal and external inspections or accreditation surveys.
• Provide regular quality, risk, and patient safety reports to senior management.
• Deliver training on risk management and quality tools.
• Engage teams and promote accountability and continuous learning.

Skills

Nursing registration

Quality and patient safety

Accreditation knowledge

Regulatory knowledge

Quality improvement

Data analysis & dashboards

IT proficiency (Office)

Education

Nursing qualification (RGN)

Tools

MS Office

MS Teams

Quality management software

Job description

UPMC Kildare Hospital in Clane seeks a Clinical Nurse Manager 2, Quality and Patient Safety to lead a hospital-wide quality program, oversee clinical review, audit and assurance, and drive continuous quality improvement.

You will collaborate with senior leadership to implement the Quality Management System, manage risk, promote patient safety, coordinate accreditation readiness (HIQA/JCI/CHKS), and deliver dashboards and reports to inform strategic decisions.