Patient Safety & Quality Improvement Coordinator

New Zealand Government; Whanganui; On-site; NZD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora in Whanganui invites applications for a Quality Improvement Co-ordinator. The role focuses on ensuring patient safety by improving hospital systems and processes, with varied daily tasks from adverse event reviews to developing new quality initiatives.

You will work with a multidisciplinary clinical team, bringing postgraduate quality improvement expertise and a passion for safer care in a permanent 0.9 FTE position.

Qualifications

• Experience leading quality improvement programmes in a NZ clinical setting.
• Postgraduate qualifications in quality improvement advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead quality improvement programmes and assurance processes.
• Coordinate adverse event reviews and implement system improvements.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams within Health New Zealand.

Skills

Quality improvement

Project coordination

Education

Postgraduate qualifications in quality improvement

Job description

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora in Whanganui invites applications for a Quality Improvement Co-ordinator. The role focuses on ensuring patient safety by improving hospital systems and processes, with varied daily tasks from adverse event reviews to developing new quality initiatives.

You will work with a multidisciplinary clinical team, bringing postgraduate quality improvement expertise and a passion for safer care in a permanent 0.9 FTE position.