Quality Manager – JCI Accreditation

Cpl Healthcare; Kildare; Hybrid; EUR 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

4-day week (condensed)

Competitive salary

Job summary

Our client, a leading private hospital in Kildare, seeks a Quality, Risk & Continuous Improvement Manager to join its senior leadership team. Reporting to the Director of Nursing, you will lead quality, patient safety, risk management and continuous improvement across the organisation.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree with 5+ years in healthcare quality/risk and experience with JCI accreditation. Hybrid working and a competitive salary are on offer.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing, Healthcare Management, Quality, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in healthcare quality, risk, compliance, or healthcare administration.
• Essential: proven experience supporting and maintaining JCI accreditation in a hospital setting.
• Strong knowledge of healthcare quality standards, patient safety frameworks, and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the hospital’s Quality Management System.
• Manage risk identification, incident investigations, and organisational risk registers.
• Drive patient safety initiatives and quality improvement projects.
• Lead accreditation preparation and ongoing compliance activities.
• Analyse quality and safety data, producing reports and dashboards for leadership.
• Deliver staff training in quality improvement, risk management, and patient safety.
• Support governance, audit, and service development programmes.

Skills

Quality management

Risk management

Patient safety

Continuous improvement

Staff training

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Nursing/Healthcare Management/Quality

Job description

Quality, Risk & Continuous Improvement Manager

Our client, a leading 39-bed private hospital in Kildare, is seeking an experienced Quality, Risk & Continuous Improvement Manager to join its senior leadership team. Reporting directly to the Director of Nursing, this pivotal role will lead the hospital’s quality, patient safety, risk management and continuous improvement agenda.

The successful candidate will drive compliance with healthcare standards, oversee quality and risk frameworks, support accreditation activities, and champion a culture of continuous improvement across the organisation.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the hospital’s Quality Management System.
• Manage risk identification, incident investigations, and organisational risk registers.
• Drive patient safety initiatives and quality improvement projects.
• Lead accreditation preparation and ongoing compliance activities.
• Analyse quality and safety data, producing reports and dashboards for leadership.
• Deliver staff training in quality improvement, risk management, and patient safety.
• Support governance, audit, and service development programmes.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing, Healthcare Management, Quality, or a related discipline
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in healthcare quality, risk, compliance, or healthcare administration.
• Essential: Proven experience supporting and maintaining JCI accreditation within a hospital setting.
• Strong knowledge of healthcare quality standards, patient safety frameworks, and regulatory requirements.
• Training in Lean, Six Sigma, or similar continuous improvement methodologies is advantageous.

What’s on Offer

• Flexible working arrangements, including the option of a condensed 4-day week and hybrid working.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunity to shape quality and patient safety strategy within a progressive healthcare environment.

Salary: €65,000-80,000