Quality, Patient Safety & Risk Leader

Incorporated-Orthopaedic-Hospital-of-Irelan; Dublin; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site parking

Public sector pension

Staff canteen

Post-graduate education support

Flexible working where possible

Job summary

Clontarf Hospital in Dublin seeks a Quality, Patient Safety and Risk Officer (Grade VII) on a permanent, full-time basis. Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, the role leads programmes in quality, patient safety, complaints, and integrated risk across all pathways.

Key duties include overseeing the Hospital's Incident Management System, conducting RCA reviews, and generating data-driven reports with NIMS, while implementing recommendations from national and local reviews in compliance with

Qualifications

• Minimum Level 7 health-related qualification.
• Extensive experience in quality and risk management within Irish Health Services.
• Experience in risk, incident and complaint management; data analysis and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee the Hospital Incident Management System aligned with national frameworks.
• Coordinate incident reviews using formal RCA methodologies.
• Ensure local incidents are logged, escalated, and resolved timely and legally compliant.
• Generate data-driven reports on clinical events using NIMS.
• Present thematic trend analyses to the Executive Management Team and Board.
• Oversee implementation of recommendations from national and local reviews.
• Prepare documentation for Coroner's Court where required.

Skills

Risk management

Incident management

Data analysis

Stakeholder collaboration

English fluency

MS Office & NIMS

Education

Health-related qualification at QQI Level 7

QQI Level 6+ Risk/Quality award

Tools

MS Word/Outlook/PowerPoint/Excel

NIMS

Job description

Clontarf Hospital in Dublin seeks a Quality, Patient Safety and Risk Officer (Grade VII) on a permanent, full-time basis. Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, the role leads programmes in quality, patient safety, complaints, and integrated risk across all pathways.

Key duties include overseeing the Hospital's Incident Management System, conducting RCA reviews, and generating data-driven reports with NIMS, while implementing recommendations from national and local reviews in compliance with