Hospital Quality Manager Lenasia

Resource Associates; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 300 000 - 400 000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Gauteng seeks a Quality Manager to ensure effective implementation of clinical governance standards and drive quality improvement initiatives. The role requires a degree in Nursing or Quality Management, alongside SHEQ knowledge and management experience. Key responsibilities include managing clinical risk, compliance audits, and enhancing patient experience through collaboration with hospital management, including HODs and Unit Managers. This is a management position with an emphasis on compliance and quality training.

Qualifications

• Degree/diploma in Nursing or in Safety/Quality Management.
• Current registration with SANC if applicable.
• Knowledge of legislation (specifically OHS Act).
• Management experience is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Drive improved patient experience through relevant hospital line managers.
• Manage clinical risk effectively.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety frameworks.
• Conduct quality improvement initiatives across the hospital.

Skills

Excellent SHEQ knowledge

Management experience

Knowledge of legislation (specifically OHS Act)

Understanding private health industry

Valid driver's license with own transport

Education

Degree/diploma in Nursing or in Safety/Quality Management

Job description

Job Overview

The main purpose of this position is the Quality Manager will assume responsibility for ensuring effective implementation, management and maintenance of the clinical governance framework, its pillars and related clinical governance standards, policies, processes, systems, guidelines and training. The incumbent will drive compliance to the OHS Act, company/industry requirements and other applicable legislation within the Hospital. The incumbent will play a lead role in coordinating quality improvement initiatives, projects, and clinical quality statistics/reporting together with key members of the hospital management team, including HODs and Unit Managers.

Responsibilities

• Patient experience – drive improved patient experience through relevant hospital line managers together with the CRO.
• Clinical risk management.
• Custodian of health and safety framework including appointment of health and safety representatives, supporting the hospital managers towards functional health and safety committee structure and ensuring that the relevant forms/checklists and reports are completed, and risks tabled.
• Driving risk assessment by function/department and the management of risk registers and mitigating actions.
• Overseeing the healthcare risk waste management process together with the infection prevention coordinator and the provider.
• Emergency preparedness and disaster management readiness.
• Legal appointments.
• Compliance with line managers, driving yearly compliance audits and close out findings.
• Clinical outcomes ensuring that the month end data is captured, and hospital scorecards are extracted, reviewed and analysed monthly to identify deviations/trends and implement corrective action.
• Quality improvement identifying and supporting QIP across the hospital and related to improved patient experience, safety and outcomes.
• OHS and quality training conducting all relevant training according to the OHS Act requirements (Health and safety representative, emergency preparedness incident management, risk assessment and other relevant training required under the quality portfolio).

Qualifications & Experience

• Degree/diploma in Nursing or in Safety/Quality Management.
• Management experience is advantageous.
• Current registration with SANC if applicable.
• Excellent SHEQ knowledge.
• Knowledge of legislation (specifically OHS Act).
• Understanding private health industry, its challenges and the key role players.
• Valid driver's license with own transport.

Remuneration

This is a management position.

Application

Interested? Please attach your complete up-to-date CV as well as copies of all qualifications, certifications, ID and SANC receipt urgently.