Quality Manager (Re-advertised) – RH Matjhabeng Private Hospital

Africa Health Care; Welkom; On-site; ZAR 420,000 - 560,000; Full time

Job summary

RH Matjhabeng Private Hospital in Free State, Welkom, is seeking a Quality Manager to lead quality nursing care within a multidisciplinary team reporting to the Hospital Manager.

The role focuses on risk management, infection control, and continuous improvement of quality processes across the hospital. External candidates will also be considered and encouraged to apply for this role.

Qualifications

• Registered with the South African Nursing Council as a Professional Nurse.
• Diploma in Healthcare Management, Risk management and infection control is advantageous.
• Experience in quality assurance, infection control, health and safety, risk management and administration.

Responsibilities

• Perform risk management assessments of clinical procedures and implement controls.
• Lead quality management and infection control initiatives.
• Develop and manage hospital quality processes.
• Oversee reporting, investigation and close-out of quality and environmental incidents.
• Measure performance against quality objectives and coordinate corrective actions.
• Conduct annual risk assessments with the multidisciplinary team.
• Monitor hazard/risk management quarterly with the multidisciplinary team.
• Monitor and report on effectiveness of actions to mitigate risk with the multidisciplinary team.
• Maintain and update the risk register.
• Coordinate hospital Health & Safety Committee meetings.
• Ensure legal appointments are made and staff trained in requirements.
• Guide Hospital Manager on health and safety issues to ensure legal compliance.
• Coordinate employee injuries and occupational disease reporting.

Skills

Quality assurance

Infection control

Risk management

Health and safety

Administration

Training and development

Communication skills

Education

Diploma in Healthcare Management

Infection control certification

Job description

Location: Free State, Welkom

Description

A vacancy exists for a Quality Manager reporting to the Hospital Manager. The successful candidate will form part of the multidisciplinary team ensuring that all our patients receive comprehensive quality nursing care.

Critical Outputs

• Risk Management assessment of all relevant clinical procedures and implementation of controls.
• Quality management and infection control.
• Compiling and management of quality processes in the hospital.
• Managing, reporting, investigation and close out of all quality and environmental incidents and deviations to standards in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team.
• Measuring performance against the quality objectives, evaluating the results and co-ordinate corrective action where necessary, together with the multidisciplinary team.
• Conducting risk assessments on an annual basis, together with multidisciplinary team, in accordance with legal requirements.
• Monitoring and review of hazard/risk management quarterly, together with multidisciplinary team.
• Monitoring and reporting on the effectiveness of actions taken to mitigate/control risk, together with the multidisciplinary team.
• Maintaining and updating of risk register.
• Coordinating the hospital Health & Safety Committee meetings.
• Ensuring that all legal appointments are made, staff trained in the requirements of such appointments and legal requirements are adhered to.
• Guiding the Hospital Manager on health and safety related issues to ensure that the legal requirements are adhered to for staff safety.
• Coordination of employee injuries and occupational disease reporting - internally and externally.

Requirements

• Registered with the South African Nursing Council as a Professional Nurse.
• Advantageous - Diploma in Healthcare Management, Risk management and infection control.
• Knowledge and skill in quality assurance, improvement of quality, infection control, health and safety, training and development, risk management and administration.
• At least 3 years’ experience in private healthcare.
• Collaboration/ Relationship Building
• Problem-solving, analysis and judgement
• Resilience
• Verbal & written communication and presentation skills
• Organisational awareness
• Excellence and quality orientation
• Ethical behaviour
• Technical and professional knowledge
• Decision making

Departments

• Admin
• Nursing

RH Matjhabeng Private Hospital is an equal opportunity employer, external candidates will also be considered. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted, should you not receive any communication after 2 weeks of closing date kindly consider your application as unsuccessful.